Orders Need Cover Letter, 48-Hour Clock, and Times New Roman 12… — Palm Beach County, FL · BenchPath

Orders Need Cover Letter, 48-Hour Clock, and Times New Roman 12 — Division FZ

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Proposed Orders15th Jud. Cir., Family Division FZ Divisional Instructions

Summary

Judge Delgado requires every proposed order to carry a cover letter, arrive within 48 hours of hearing, include case status, proposed findings, legal authority, mediation confirmation — in Times New Roman size 12.

Applies to

Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Family Division FZ (Judge Luis Delgado)

Source of truth

"Proposed orders MUST have a cover letter" ... Font must be "New Times Roman Size 12" ... movants must document efforts "by telephone and email" with "specific dates, times, and manner of each effort."

Official source: 15th Cir. — Division FZ Instructions (Judge Delgado)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (live text containment) | prior: benchpath-cw-2026-08-04

Reviewer note: Verified against the live official page on 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled. | 2026-08-03: the source (rendered DOM (headless Chromium)) no longer contains this rule's quoted text; dropped to medium pending re-composition against the current version. | Superseded in practice by fl15-div-fz-instructions (composed 2026-08-03 from the current page after the July rotation). [MEDIUM CONFIRMED 2026-08-03: source re-fetched live — paraphrase-class; 1/4 quoted fragment(s) no longer live; consistent with division-instruction updates. Verbatim recomposition queued (m15-flags.json).] [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, partially-anchored): 3 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 2d4329a9fa25f57e877ff654ee8aec6f2877b4f91195f30e40f7d4c6b71acb01; the prior summary-class text is superseded.] Verbatim from the division's live instruction page (https://www.15thcircuit.com/division/fz/instructions), harvested 2026-08-04; each bullet is quoted whole from the page, whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]

Modification (Family)Equitable Distribution Temporary Relief (Family)Paternity Relocation Alimony / Spousal Support Name Change Domestic Violence Injunction Dating / Sexual Violence Injunction Simplified Dissolution Dissolution of Marriage Parenting Plans & Time-Sharing Repeat Violence Injunction Adoption Child Support

Change history

August 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FZ Instructions (Judge Delgado). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 4, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FZ Instructions (Judge Delgado). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 3, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FZ Instructions (Judge Delgado). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 2, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FZ Instructions (Judge Delgado). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 1, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FZ Instructions (Judge Delgado). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 30, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FZ Instructions (Judge Delgado). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 29, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FZ Instructions (Judge Delgado). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 28, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FZ Instructions (Judge Delgado). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 27, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FZ Instructions (Judge Delgado). Review before republishing dependent rules.