Judge Burkhart will not schedule a temporary-relief hearing until mediation has been held ON the temporary relief sought — mediation first, hearing second.
Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Family Division FY (Judge Laura C. Burkhart)
"Mediation ON THE TEMPORARY RELIEF SOUGHT...must be held before a temporary relief hearing will be scheduled"
Reviewer note: Verified against the live official page on 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled.
Judge Miller mandates pre-trial mediation after every Order Setting Trial — regardless of any earlier mediation — on pain of striking from the trial docket and sanctions up to dismissal without further notice or hearing.
2 summarised requirements on mediation.
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