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12 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach magistrate06 on uniform motion calendar & special sets.
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 uniform motion calendar & special sets, captured 2026-07-24. Each clause is reproduced exactly as the division publishes it; only HTML whitespace was normalised. • Uniform Motion Calendar hearings may be conducted by telephone or video-conferencing . The parties do not need to request the Court's approval to schedule a UMC hearing via zoom, they may do so by simply including the below Zoom information in your Notice of Hearing and a courtesy copy must be sent to the Magistrate via the Cad-email: CAD-NCHRoom2706@pbcgov.org . • UMC Hearings may be conducted either remotely via Zoom, in-person or hybrid (zoom and in-person). The Notice of Hearing MUST indicate which method will be utilized. • Uniform Motion Calendar will be held weekly, every WEDNESDAY at 8:45 AM • Parties shall ensure compliance with Administrative Order 5.201-6/19 prior to scheduling a hearing on UMC. View AO 5.201 • Scheduling is solely between the parties and/or self-represented litigant. UMC hearings are not scheduled with the Magistrate's Assistant. • UMC hearings must be scheduled no less than five (5) business days prior to the hearing date (unless short notice is agreed by the parties and General Magistrate). • All UMC hearings must include the full name of the Motion being heard and the filing date of the Motion. • The Magistrate reserves the right to cancel any UMC hearings that the Magistrate determines is not appropriate for UMC • Self-represented litigants may provide courtesy copies of their UMC motion(s) and notice of hearing to the Court via divisional email: CAD-NCHRoom2706@pbcgov.org , or US Mail. • If there is an urgent non-evidentiary matter, parties may also contact the Magistrate's Office to request a special set hearing. • All requests for special set hearings, evidentiary hearings and Non-Jury trials must be in writing and sent to the Magistrate's Office via email at CAD-NCHRoom2706@pbcgov.org . You must copy the opposing party or opposing counsel on your email request. Your Notice/Motion must be filed and docketed with the Clerk before hearing dates will be provided or will be set. Your written request must include the motion/petition to be heard with the date filed with the Clerk and a copy of said motion/petition, the estimation of time necessary to hear the matter and a copy of the Order of Referral, if necessary, and a copy of the notice of unavailability that has been filed with the court. The Magistrate's staff will make every effort to contact the parties to schedule a hearing. Please note that the Magistrate's Office may, from time to time and as the circumstances require, schedule hearings without coordinating it with the parties or their counsel. • All Notice of Hearings must include the ADA language pursuant to Administrative Order 2.207 , and Review and Recording language per Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Rule 12.490(d)(4) and (5). Matters shall be heard before General Magistrate Allison Kapner , or her successor or alternative General Magistrate. If a special set hearing was requested and the matter is set to be heard via Zoom, please request the Zoom information from the Magistrate's Assistant to include in your Notice. Matters set to be heard in person shall take place at the North County Courthouse,3188 PGA Blvd. Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410, Hearing Room 2706. Requests for zoom attendance must be made by timely filing a Motion stating the reason why the Zoom appearance is being requested, include whether the opposing side objects to the zoom appearance, and the Motion must be set for hearing prior to the scheduled hearing. Motions for Zoom appearance can be set on the Unified Motion Calendar (UMC) docket. For Notices of Hearings on contempt motions, please include contempt language required by Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Rule 12.615(b) and Florida Family Law Form 12.961.
Uniform Motion Calendar hearings may be conducted by telephone or video-conferencing . The parties do not need to request the Court's approval to schedule a UMC hearing via zoom, they may do so by simply including the below Zoom information in your Notice of Hearing and a courtesy copy must be sent to the Magistrate via the Cad-email: CAD-NCHRoom2706@pbcgov.org .
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Ex parte in CV-E is strictly for uncontested matters resolvable in five minutes or less, held 9:00–10:00 a.m. on posted dates (website and outside Hearing Room 739). In-person, telephonic, Zoom, and hybrid appearances are permitted under Rule 2.530.
Judge Wallace's Uniform Motion Calendar takes only non-evidentiary motions, capped at ten minutes per case (five per side) — and the ten minutes includes the judge's time reviewing your papers. Set at least one week ahead; first-come, first-served in Hearing Room 743.
Telephone appearances in CV-D require counsel to arrange a single conference call joining all participants and to courtesy-copy the Notice of Hearing to the JA; the JA prepares the first trial order, but every amended trial order falls on plaintiff's counsel.