I. That qualified county court judges in Brevard and Seminole Counties are authorized and directed to supplement and aid the circuit judges of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit by sitting as circuit judges in the following matters:

A. Causes of action for injunctions for protection against domestic violence, in violation of section 741.30, Florida Statutes, as amended;
B. Causes of action for injunctions for protection in cases of repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence, in violation of section 784.046, Florida Statutes, as amended;
C. Causes of action for injunctions for protection against stalking, in violation of section 784.0485, Florida Statutes, as amended;
D. Causes of action for contempt for failure to pay child support or other violations of a court order;
E. Causes of action for indirect criminal contempt for violation of injunctions;
F. Felony crimes;
G. Temporary and final hearings in DOM cases;
H. Modifications in DOM cases;
I. Shelter, Consequence, and Detention hearings in Juvenile matters; and
J. Probate, guardianship, Baker Acts, and Marchman Acts.
K. Civil Cases
L. Juvenile Dependency and Juvenile Delinquency
M. Causes of actions for risk protection orders, pursuant to section 790.401, Florida Statutes
N. Modifications of sentences pursuant to section 98.0751, Florida Statutes, or Article 6 Section 4 of the Florida Constitution.

II. For purposes of conducting the aforementioned proceedings, I determine the following county court judges to be appropriately qualified:

The Honorable Michelle A. Baker
The Honorable Thomas J. Brown
The Honorable Carsandra Buie
The Honorable Wayne Culver
The Honorable James J. DeKleva
The Honorable Bejamin B. Garagozlo
The Honorable Sylvia Grunor
The Honorable Clarissa Harrell
The Honorable Kelly Ingram
The Honorable Katie Jacobus
The Honorable David C. Koenig
The Honorable Debra L. Krause
The Honorable Kimberly Musselman
The Honorable Aaron J. Peacock
The Honorable David E. Silverman
The Honorable Jonathan A. Skinner

III. When the county court judges listed above conduct any of the circuit court matters listed in subsection I of this Order, the services of the county court judge are to be:

A. Temporary;
B. Directed only to the specific classes of cases listed in subsection I of this Order;
C. Limited to assisting and supplementing the circuit court judges; and
D. Restricted to only a fraction of the pending cases.

IV. No county court judge shall be assigned to perform solely circuit court work absent a special order authorizing and directing said assignment (not to exceed sixty days in duration). Crusoe v. Rawls, 472 So.2d 1163 (Fla. 1985) (footnotes 2, 3).

V. No county court judge shall be given successive and repetitive assignments to hear all circuit court matters in any special district within the circuit, absent a special order of assignment (not to exceed sixty days in duration). Payret v. Adams, 500 So.2d 136 (Fla. 1986).

VI. When any of the county court judges listed above conduct any of the circuit court matters as described in subsection I of this Order, that county court judge shall have all powers and authority of a circuit judge in every respect. This authority includes, but is not limited to, the issuing of orders in the circuit court so assigned, as deemed necessary and appropriate.

VII. This Order shall be in effect on January 1, 2026, and for a period of six months from the date of its rendition.

DONE and ORDERED this 1st day of January 2026.
MELANIE CHASE
CHIEF JUDGE