Mediators may hold scheduled mediations remotely, VIA Telephone or Video Conference. Please email CAD-MediationRef@pbcgov.org or call 561-355-2739 to be connected to your mediator.
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HOW to ZOOM: instructions for attorneys and litigants regarding remote hearings.
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Alternative Dispute Resolution Office (ADR)
The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit's Alternative Dispute Resolution Office (ADR) utilizes Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediators, who assist the parties to reach a mutually acceptable agreement. The court program's mediators mediate Family, Juvenile Dependency, and County Court matters.
Mediation is a process whereby a neutral and impartial third person (the mediator) acts to encourage and facilitate the resolution of a dispute without prescribing the resolution.
Other ADR Services
- Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Arbitrator List – 2024
- To be eligible and qualify to serve as an Arbitrator listed with 15th Judicial Circuit, complete and submit the attached Application and Acknowledgement, Authorization, and Release for Background Check.
- In addition to the application, send a copy of your Arbitrator Training Certificate and proof of good standing with the Florida Bar.
- Please return the requested information to CAD-MediationRef@pbcgov.org or call (561) 355-2718.
- Qualifications – Florida Rules of Procedure, 11.010, 11.020
- Application
- Acknowledgement, Authorization and Release for Background Check
- A.O. 2.802
- Updated Information as of 11/4/2024:
On October 31st, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Case No. SC2024-0442 In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules for Court-Appointed Arbitrators mending rule 11.010, Qualification. The amendments are effectively immediately. The court's opinion and the Dispute Resolution Center's (DRC) publication.- The Arbitrator's Almanac can be accessed at Arbitrator's Almanac
- In addition, the DRC has posted its November edition of the Free CME Guide at Free CME Guide. Download CME Guide
- The Arbitrator's Almanac can be accessed at Arbitrator's Almanac
- 15th Judicial Circuit Parenting Coordinator List- 2025
- Parenting Coordination Operating Procedures/Continuing Parenting Coordination Education.
On December 2, 2021, the Florida Supreme Court released opinion SC20-942, In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules for Qualified and Court-Appointed Parenting Coordinators. In its opinion, the court adopted new rules relating to qualifications, renewal, and continuing education for qualified parenting coordinators.
Courthouse Locations
205 North Dixie Hwy.
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
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3188 PGA Blvd.
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
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200 West Atlantic Ave.,
Delray Beach, FL 33444
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2950 State Rd 15
Belle Glade, FL 33430
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Related Administrative Orders
Related Florida Statutes:
Ch 39.01, 39.307, 39.4075, 39.521, 39.601
Ch 44.1011, 44.102, 44.104, 44.106, 44.107, 44.108
Ch 61.16, 61.183
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