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Barbara K. Hobbs
Circuit Judge · Second Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Second Judicial Circuit Court
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303 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Barbara K. Hobbs across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Leon Family Division G (dependency) + Division L
On this assignment since July 1, 2026
Leon Family Division G (dependency) + Division L (20% of family cases)
Judge Hobbs is a native of Tallahassee, Florida and her roots can be traced in the Tallahassee community for five generations. The mother of two sons Justin and Alexander, Ms. Hobbs has been active in the Second Judicial Circuit as a parent, a community member and a small business owner for most of her life.
Ms. Hobbs has been a practicing attorney for 30 years and a member of the Florida Bar since 1982. As a partner with Cummings and Hobbs P.A. for 16 years, she has tried over 200 jury trials in State and Federal court and practiced law in each of the six County Courts of the Second Judicial Circuit.
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Verified against Judge Barbara K. Hobbs's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the First District Court of Appeal (Tallahassee).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Profile upgraded 2026-07-24: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://2ndcircuit.leoncountyfl.gov/hobbs.php), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 150 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 18, 2014–July 29, 2026) that name this judge as the lower-tribunal judge — the courts’ own disposition labels, counted verbatim. This is a census of the appellate record we hold, not a complete case history, an affirmance rate, or a performance rating.
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Travarus Pruitt vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Bobby Scott vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Thaddeus L. Jackson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Shawn Lowry vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Teron Harrison vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Samuel Jones vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
State of Florida vs Ventrel Rush
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
John Johnson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Susan Jennings vs Jose E. Arenas Fredes
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Jennings v. Arenas Fredes
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
A.M., Father of G.P., Minor Child v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
A.C., Mother of R.D., III, Minor Child v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Tiffany J. Brown vs Aaron G. Ellison Jr.
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
A.F., Mother of J.K.T., G.N.P., J.B., Minor Children v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
S.D., etc. et al. v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
E.P., etc. et al. v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Richard Mathis vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Elton Pitts vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Liberty County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Christina Baltodano vs Oscar I. Baltodano
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Harrell v. Friend
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Mattingly, Mattingly v. Hatfield
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Susan Jennings vs Jose E. Arenas Fredes
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Earl Anthony Jackson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jaber v. Jaber
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Per Curiam Opinion
State of Florida VS Clark Mackendrick
First District Court of Appeal · Liberty County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Terra S Delaine Edouard vs Samuel Edouard
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Mattingly, Mattingly v. Hatfield
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
James Spellman vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Clarence Johnson vs Telesia Sheniece Black
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
L.P., Mother of J.S., Minor Child v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Michael A. McClellan vs Haley McClellan
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
N.V.S. vs M.F.
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Reginald Ward Jr. vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Thomas v. Thomas
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
E.P., etc. et al. v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Gary Blackall vs Peggy M. Blackall
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Buselli v. Buselli
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
J.F., Mother of Z.B., A.B., Minor Children v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Riles v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Terry J. Pixley vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Curtis Dukes vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Miranda Martinez vs Benjamin Wayne Osgood
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Michael J. Martin vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Susan Jennings v. Jose E. Arenas Fredes
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Andrew M. Schluck vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Demetrius Branca, Former Husband vs Melissa Valido, Former Wife
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Darrell Usry vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Gadsden County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Damelio v. Damelio
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
R.D., etc. et al. v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hunt Stuart v. Lapete
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
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