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3 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach magistrate06 on continuances & cancellations.
Palm Beach County, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit — magistrate06 only. Divisional instructions change without notice; the division page is the controlling text. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Complete verbatim requirement set published by this division on the topic of continuances & cancellations, captured 2026-07-24. Each clause is reproduced exactly as the division publishes it; only HTML whitespace was normalised. • Once an action for non-jury trial or motion is referred to the General Magistrate all discovery issues, procedural motions/matters, motions in limine, etc., as well as any motion for continuance is to be heard by the General Magistrate not the Circuit Judge. It is the function of the General Magistrate to alleviate and assist in the Circuit Judge(s) caseload, part and parcel of which is the global disposition of all ancillary motions/issues pertaining to the underlying action or motion previously referred. • Cases will be continued only upon the filing of motion that has been signed by the party and set for hearing. The moving party must request a date from the Magistrate's Assistant via email at CAD-NCHRoom2706@pbcgov.org ". However, if it is the first request for continuance and the continuance is agreed, then the moving party may file a stipulation signed by both counsel and their clients, and submit a proposed agreed order that includes a new hearing date on the matter, or status conference date to reset the motion hearing/final hearing date. All further requests for continuance will be considered only by motion and hearing. • A hearing may be cancelled by submission of an agreed order that resolves the pending matter, or the filing of a notice that the motion or petition has been withdrawn. A Notice of Cancellation should also be filed.
Once an action for non-jury trial or motion is referred to the General Magistrate all discovery issues, procedural motions/matters, motions in limine, etc., as well as any motion for continuance is to be heard by the General Magistrate not the Circuit Judge. It is the function of the General Magistrate to alleviate and assist in the Circuit Judge(s) caseload, part and parcel of which is the global disposition of all ancillary motions/issues pertaining to the underlying action or motion previously referred.
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Florida follows the federal summary-judgment standard. The motion must be served at least 40 days before the hearing; the nonmovant's response is due no later than 20 days before the hearing.
How Florida procedural deadlines are computed: exclude the trigger day; count every day for periods of 7 days or more; for periods under 7 days, skip intermediate weekends and legal holidays; roll forward when the last day is a weekend or holiday.
Judge Siperstein requires every motion to be set within 5 days of filing and heard within 60 days, or it may be deemed abandoned.