Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Palm Beach County Filing Bundling Requirements

Each order must be uploaded separately; multiple orders in one submission will be rejected.

When uploading multiple orders, please upload each order individually. The Court cannot process multiple Orders in a single submission, and they will be rejected and returned unsigned.

When the parties do not file exhibits jointly, they must file them unilaterally at least two calendar days before the evidentiary hearing.

In the absence of a joint filing, must file uni- laterally at least 2 calendar days in advance.

No more than two motions in one case may be scheduled for UMC hearing on a single day.

The Court will only allow the parties to schedule a maximum of TWO (2) motions in one case to be set per day.

Special-set hearings use 15- or 30-minute increments, with only one time slot per case per day.

Special set hearing times are set in 15 and 30 minute increments. ONE TIME SLOT per case per day.

A motion to withdraw filed within 90 days of trial must be set on the UMC docket.

Any Motion filed within 90 days of the trial must be set for hearing on the UMC docket.

After mediation, the parties must schedule the temporary-relief or final hearing in a 30-minute special-set slot.

After mediation, the parties must set the temporary relief or final hearing on a 30-minute Special Set time slot.

When a matter involves more than a handful of relatively short documents, the parties must provide chambers with one joint binder of hard copies by mail or hand delivery.

BUT IF YOUR MATTER INVOLVES MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF RELATIVELY SHORT DOCUMENTS: please provide hard copies to chambers IN ONE JOINT BINDER by postal system (USPS, Fed-Express, UPS etc.) or hand delivered to the 1st floor drop-box.

A proposed order must not be uploaded more than once.

DO NOT SUBMIT/UPLOAD MORE THAN ONCE.

Each consolidated case requires its own proposed order, even when identical, and all pertinent orders should be submitted simultaneously across the consolidated cases.

Consolidated cases, even those consolidated for all purposes, require separate proposed orders in each case. In most situations, the parties will need to submit identical orders for filing in each consolidated case. Please submit all pertinent orders simultaneously in all consolidated cases.

Parties may schedule only one motion hearing at a time and may schedule another only after the Court rules on the last motion heard.

The parties may set only one hearing at a time and may set an additional hearing after the Court rules on the last motion heard.

Multiple hearings may not be scheduled simultaneously without Court approval, and another motion may be scheduled only after the Court rules on the preceding motion.

Please do not set multiple hearings at one time without Court approval and the parties may only set other motions after the Court rules on the last motion heard.

Parties should jointly file all exhibits, but if they do not, each must file its exhibits unilaterally at least two calendar days before the hearing.

The parties should seek to file all exhibits jointly, but in the absence of a joint filing, must file uni- laterally at least 2 calendar days in advance.

A motion to withdraw that does not satisfy the OLS conditions must be set for hearing on the Uniform Motion Calendar.

Otherwise, you will need to set the matter for hearing on the Court's Uniform Motion Calendar docket

A hearing may be cancelled if the allotted time is inadequate or hearing materials are not received, requiring the parties to reset it.

If the court believes more time is needed then requested or materials not received, the hearing will be cancelled and the parties will need to reset the hearing.

Parties should not reserve hearing time for unready matters and should promptly cancel hearings that are no longer needed.

Please do not block time slots for matters not ready to be heard. Also, PLEASE give your colleagues and the Court the courtesy of timely cancelling when a hearing is no longer needed.

Before jury selection, attorneys must meet to discuss jury instructions and verdict forms and present them to the court in three specified packets organized by agreement and party objections.

4. The attorneys are directed to meet prior to jury selection to discuss jury instructions and verdict forms. At the time of jury selection, the attorneys will present jury instructions and verdict forms to the Court in the following form: A. One packet of instructions/verdict forms upon which the parties agree. B. One packet of remaining proposed instructions/verdict forms requested by Plaintiff(s) to which Defendant(s) object. C. One packet of remaining proposed instructions/verdict forms by Defendant(s) to which Plaintiff(s) object.

For Special Set hard copies, parties are encouraged to submit one joint binder containing all pertinent materials, ordinarily no more than three inches thick.

With Hard Copies, it is most helpful to the Court for the parties to submit one Joint Binder with all pertinent materials for the Court's consideration. In most cases, the Joint Binder should be no more than 3 inches.

Parties are encouraged to submit one Joint Binder of pertinent Special Set materials, generally no more than three inches thick.

With Hard Copies, it is most helpful to the Court for the parties to submit one Joint Binder with all pertinent materials for the Court's consideration. In most cases, the Joint Binder should be no more than 3 inches.