I. HEARING SCHEDULE A. Uniform Motion Calendar (UMC): Please make sure to comply with the five (5) day notice requirement per the local rules on all UMC matters. Pro se litigants may provide courtesy copies of their UMC motions and notices of hearing to the Court via regular mail. Counsel should also bring a copy of the motion and notice of hearing to the UMC hearing, along with a blank proposed Order (names and addresses of parties/counsel to receive copies must be noted on the Order, per local rules), with copies and stamped envelopes for all parties. Telephone attendance at UMC hearings: Appearance by telephone is permitted. However, at least one party must appear in person to sign in. The attorney/party appearing by phone should provide opposing counsel/party the number at which he or she may receive a COLLECT or toll free call (if outside of Palm Beach, Broward or Miami-Dade county) from the judge at the time of the hearing and opposing counsel shall provide the number to the judge. Do not call the JA with the number. The judge will then call the attorney when that case is called up for hearing. Telephone hearings are called last on the calendar. B. Summary Judgment Hearings: EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010, MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN RESIDENTIAL FORECLOSURE CASES MAY BE HEARD BEFORE A SENIOR JUDGE. Be advised of the following changes:
Organize your scheduled Summary Judgment hearings accordingly. Summary Judgment Hearings of up to thirty (30) minutes must be set via the Division AW online calendar. Please email CAD-WEB@pbcgov.org Effective January 7, 2011, all cancellations of Summary Judgment hearings MUST be made via the online scheduling system at least (six) 6 days before your scheduled hearing. Please make sure that you have fully completed the Division “AW” Foreclosure Checklist prior to the Summary Judgment Hearing, see (Division “AW” Foreclosure Checklist). In addition, Summary Judgment packets must include a copy of the Proposed Summary Judgment and copies and addressed envelopes for all parties. At the time of the Summary Judgment Hearing, the Clerk's Office will require the following documents: certificate of title and certificate of disbursements, along with envelopes. Sale dates will be provided at the time of the hearing. Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s attorney must prepare a Notice of Sale and send a copy to all parties on the case. This step is not required to be conducted in the courtroom. The original must be filed with the Clerk of Court. Notices of Sale may be emailed (dbrnospalmbeach@alm.com) or faxed (561-820-2077) to The Daily Business Review for publication. Notices should include sale date, billing information, signature of Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s attorney, sale location (www.mypalmbeachclerk.clerkauction.com), time of sale (10:00 AM) and all other information as required by F.S. Section 45.031(2). C. Specially Set Hearings: All Specially Set Motions must be set by Court Order and cannot be canceled except by further Court Order, see sample order (Division AW Order on Specially Set Motions). An order to cancel a special set hearing is proper only if the motion to be heard has been resolved. If you must request the cancellation of a specially set hearing and the motion has not been resolved, you must appear at 8:45 Uniform Motion Calendar prior to the hearing date to request the cancellation. The Order Cancelling Specially Set Hearing must reflect the date and time the matter is set for hearing. Upon receipt of an on-line special set hearing date, please email your proposed Order on Special Set Hearing to Division AW to the following email address: CAD-DivisionAW-SpecialSetHearings@pbcgov.org In advance of any hearing on a specially set matter, counsel/pro se parties must send their motions and memoranda of law (not to exceed ten (10) pages to the Court via regular mail or courier at least 5, but not more than 10, days prior to the scheduled hearing date. Include on the top of the submission a signed copy of the Order Specially Setting Hearing. D. ALL MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND MOTIONS TO QUASH MUST BE SET FOR HEARING DURING UNIFORM MOTION CALENDAR (UMC) WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF FILING THE MOTION E. EMERGENCY MOTIONS II. Notices of Trial: III. Calendar Call/Trials:
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to obtain a password for use of the online calendar. Counsel are required to send a courtesy copy of the notices of hearing for summary judgment matters to the Court via email to the following email address:
