No Temporary-Relief Hearing Until Mediation on That Relief… — Palm Beach County, FL · BenchPath

No Temporary-Relief Hearing Until Mediation on That Relief — Division FY

Medium — verify before relying· verified July 5, 2026Mediation15th Jud. Cir., Family Division FY Divisional Instructions

Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.

Summary

Judge Burkhart will not schedule a temporary-relief hearing until mediation has been held ON the temporary relief sought — mediation first, hearing second.

Applies to

Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Family Division FY (Judge Laura C. Burkhart)

Source of truth

"Mediation ON THE TEMPORARY RELIEF SOUGHT...must be held before a temporary relief hearing will be scheduled"

Official source: 15th Cir. — Division FY Instructions (Judge Burkhart)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 5, 2026Live fetch of official division page — 2026-07-05

Reviewer note: Verified against the live official page on 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled. Confidence set to medium 2026-09-08 (H3 re-verification): the live official document no longer carries this text verbatim — see the open change_detected task on its source. The official page changed after this rule's verification: on 2026-10-13 the recorded source passage no longer appeared on https://www.15thcircuit.com/division/fy/instructions (automated verbatim check, window match 0%). Confidence lowered to medium until the rule is re-read against the current text.

Temporary Relief (Family)

Change history

August 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FY Instructions (Judge Burkhart). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FY Instructions (Judge Burkhart). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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July 28, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FY Instructions (Judge Burkhart). Review before republishing dependent rules.