All Brevard and Seminole Courthouses are closed Thursday October 3rd in observance of Rosh Hashanah
Additionally the clerk’s office will also be closed in Brevard and Seminole county for training purposes.
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts
Serving the Citizens of Brevard and Seminole Counties

2023 Admin Order 23-33-s

The court having determined that Judge D. Galluzzo should not hear cases in which attorney Maria Ianni Cari, Bar#491780 appears, it is ORDERED that all pending or newly filed cases in which attorney Maria Ianni Cari, Bar#491780 appears as attorney of record for any party shall be reassigned to the next judge in rotation pursuant to pending or existing administrative orders, unless said attorney files a Notice of Appearance in a case with a known recusal order in effect. If an attorney files a Notice of Appearance in a case with a known recusal order in effect, the case shall not be reassigned to the next judge in rotation.

2024 Admin Order 24-09 2nd Amended

STORAGE OF EXHIBITS FOR CIRCUIT CIVIL AND FAMILY CASES, CIRCUIT AND COUNTY CRIMINAL CASES, DIGITAL EVIDENCE, RELEASING EVIDENCE, AND ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL EVIDENCE. HEARING REQUIRED FOR INTRODUCING EXHIBITS CONTAINING HIGH POTENCY NARCOTICS. CLERK NOT TO RELEASE CERTAIN EVIDENCE WITHOUT COURT ORDER.

2023 Admin Order 23-08-s

Pursuant to the authority vested in me as Chief Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida under Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, Rule 2.215, I hereby appoint Brian DeSanto to serve as a Dependency and Truancy General Magistrate for the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, to perform his duties in accordance with applicable Florida Statutes, federal law, court rules, and the terms and conditions of the Title IV-D program.

2022 Admin Order 22-24-s

IT IS ORDERED that:
1. Unless otherwise ordered by the presiding judge in an adoption proceeding, the Clerk shall not release final judgments in those matters from the court file for recording in the official records.
2. All other provisions of Sections 63.162(2) and 39.814(3), Florida Statutes, concerning access to court files in these types of proceedings shall be followed by the Clerk.
3. This Administrative Order shall have immediate effect.

2022 Admin Order 22-23

Under Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215, the Chief Judge orders that all judges, judicial assistants, trial clerks, and attorneys appearing in this Court, as well as Court Administration, shall abide by the following Administrative Order 22-23.

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

99-7

99-7: OBSOLETE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS: 80-4-Ci-S, 92-37-Ci-B, AND 92-49-Ci-B – ORDERED 2/02/1999 BY JOHN DEAN MOXLEY, JR.

93-16

93-16: TRUSTS – FILING OF COURT CASES RE: ALL CASES RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF TRUSTS SHALL BE FILED IN THE PROBATE DIVISION OF THE CIRCUIT COURT – ORDERED 2/09/1993 BY JOHN ANTOON II

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