Judge Coates inverts the after-hearing norm: proposed orders — including on Motions to Withdraw — are submitted electronically through OLS BEFORE the hearing, in Word.
Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Criminal Division V (Judge Howard Coates, Jr.)
"proposed orders must be submitted electronically prior to the hearing. This includes Orders on Motions to Withdraw." / "All Orders for Criminal Division V must be submitted in Word format through the Online Scheduling (OLS) system." / "Judge Coates requires E-Service."
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 | Superseded in practice by fl15-div-v-instructions (composed 2026-08-03 from the current page after the July rotation). [MEDIUM CONFIRMED 2026-08-03: source re-fetched live — paraphrase-class; 1/3 quoted fragment(s) no longer live; consistent with division-instruction updates. Verbatim recomposition queued (m15-flags.json).] [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, fully-anchored): 3 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 02737741ac016bb2bb389dd36c01277be963696fb604705aa570e3c3f4f0a257; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]
16 verbatim courtroom requirements published by Judge Melanie Chase.
13 verbatim practice requirements published by John Miller.
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