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Judge Volker holds all hearings in person absent special circumstances; Zoom requires e-mailed Court approval, and any remote-appearance NOH must list the judge's remote platform credentials.
Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Juvenile Division JL (Judge Kirk C. Volker)
"All hearings will be held IN PERSON, with the exception of special circumstances" / "counsel of record/pro se litigants may contact the Court for zoom approval by sending an e-mail" / "A notice of hearing involving any remote appearance must list the judge's insert remote platform credentials"
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 | Superseded in practice by fl15-div-jl-instructions (composed 2026-08-03 from the current page after the July rotation). [MEDIUM CONFIRMED 2026-08-03 (paraphrase-class): source re-fetched live (sha256 b784048ee1bd24e902a23c39d27d88c178176b9549b0339642513c41190ce631); all 3 quoted source fragment(s) verified live. Text remains a summary — verbatim recomposition queued.] [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, fully-anchored): 2 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 b784048ee1bd24e902a23c39d27d88c178176b9549b0339642513c41190ce631; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach Division FC on remote appearance policy.
Judge Hooi does not usually allow hybrid hearings (one side in person, one virtual); if both sides prefer, everyone may appear in person instead; emergencies route through the clerk to a judge-entered handling order.
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