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Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts
Serving the Citizens of Brevard and Seminole Counties

24-15-b

The court having determined that Magistrate Sandra E. Valentine should not hear cases in which attorney Elise Anne Singer, Bar#749117 appears, it is
ORDERED that all pending or newly filed cases in which Elise Anne Singer, Bar#749117 appears as attorney of record for any party shall be reassigned to the same judge with the next Magistrate in rotation pursuant to pending or existing administrative orders.

24-12

16-27-S: In Re: – Judges – Reassignment of Cases Assigned to Judge Melanie Chase  

18-51-B SUPERSEDES 16-13-B: In Re: – Magistrate – Appointment of General Magistrate & Support Enforcement Hearing Officer Leslie J. Castaldi  

22-05-B: In Re: – Magistrate – Appointment of General Magistrate & Support Enforcement Hearing Officer Daniel J. Freyberg

22-22-S: In Re: – Judges – Reassignment of Cases Assigned to Judge Melanie Chase  

24-11-b

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority vested in me as Chief Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida under Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, Rule 2.215, I hereby appoint Sandra E. Valentin to serve as a General Magistrate and as a Support Enforcement Hearing Officer for the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida

24-05-b

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority vested in me as Chief Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida under Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, Rule 2.215, I hereby appoint Daniel J. Freyberg to serve as a General Magistrate and as a Support Enforcement Hearing Officer for the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida.

24-04-b

Edward C. Park, a member of the Florida Bar, is hereby appointed to serve as the Dependency General Magistrate for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Brevard County, Florida.

24-29-s

24-29-s supersedes 23-41-s it is hereby ordered that the General Magistrate assigned to the civil division for Seminole County shall have jurisdictional authority to hear certain matters as set forth herein, and that the procedure to obtain consent of the parties to a referral of a civil matter to the General Magistrate shall be as set forth within.

23-37

23-37 SUPERSEDES ORDERS LISTED IN THIS A.O. IN RE: ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS – RECINDS ADMINSTRATIVE ORDERS – ORDERED 11/07/2023 BY CHARLES G. CRAWFORD.

23-08-s

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO.: 23-08-S IN RE: MAGISTRATE – APPOINTMENT OF DEPENDENCY AND TRUANCY GENERAL MAGISTRATE – ORDERED 01/27/2023 BY JESSICA RECKSIEDLER

22-23

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO.: 22-23 SUPERSEDES 18-13-S – ADMINISTRATIVE RULES – ORDER ESTABLISHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURT INTERPRETER POLICY – ORDERED 9/12/2022 BY JESSICA RECKSIEDLER

24-03-s 3rd Amended

Assignment of Circuit Judges to Divisions: The circuit judges assigned to the divisions of the court from November 1, 2023, until June 30, 2024, are as follows:
Division A: Melanie Chase – Criminal
Division B: Melissa Souto – Juvenile/Probate/Guardianship/Mental Health
Division E: William S. Orth – Criminal
Division G: Michael J. Rudisill – Civil/Family
Division J: Jessica Recksiedler – Criminal
Division K: Christopher Sprysenski – Civil/Family
Division L: Mark E. Herr – Civil/Family
Division M: Donna M. Goerner – Criminal
Division P: John Galluzzo – Juvenile/Probate/Guardianship/Mental Health
Division W: Susan Stacy – Civil/Family
Assignment of County Court Judges to Divisions:
The county court judges assigned to the divisions of the court from April 1, 2024, until December 21, 2024 are as follows:
Division C: James Joseph Dekleva – County Criminal
Division F: Sylvia Grunor – County Civil
Division R: Carsandra Buie – County Criminal
Division S Wayne Culver – County Civil
Division U John L. Woodard, III – County Criminal
Division Z: Debra L. Krause – County Criminal

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