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Judge Surber: ALL notices of hearing filed 72 hours before the hearing; status-check resets by agreed order filed at least 24 hours prior; delinquency arraignments Wed/Fri, dependency arraignments Tuesdays.
Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Juvenile Division JS (Judge Melanie Dale Surber)
"ALL NOTICES OF HEARING SHALL BE FILED 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING" / "Status Check Hearings may be reset by agreed order and SHALL be filed no less than 24 hours prior" / "Dependency Arraignments will be heard on Tuesdays at 9 or 9:30AM"
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10 verbatim courtroom requirements from Judge Margaret R. Taylor's published division procedures.
Judge Taylor (under the shared County Criminal Standing Pretrial Order): continuance motions for in-custody defendants must be filed at least 48 hours before the court date to cancel jail transport, and all pleas are in person absent a pre-approved plea in absentia.
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