Know the Weekly Docket Map: Delinquency Tuesday, Dependency Wednesday, Adoptions Friday — Division JO
Summary
Judge Kroll runs a fixed weekly architecture — Monday special-set trials/motions (plus monthly truancy and early-childhood dockets), Tuesday delinquency, Wednesday dependency and monthly permanency reviews, Thursday trials, Friday adoptions and delinquency — with in-custody matters heard first.
Applies to
Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Juvenile Division JO (Judge Kathleen J. Kroll)
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"Tuesday: Delinquency Docket... Wednesday: Dependency Docket... Friday: Adoptions / Delinquency Docket" / "Matters involving in-custody defendants will generally heard before other matters." / "The court must receive all materials for the hearing no later than 3 days business days before the hearing."
- Official source
- 15th Cir. — Division JO Instructions (Judge Kroll)
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 7, 2026
- Effective date
- —
- Last verified
- July 5, 2026Live fetch of official division page — 2026-07-05
Reviewer note: Verified against the live official source on 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled.
Change history
- July 7, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division JO Instructions (Judge Kroll). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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