Christina Serrano
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Christina Serrano across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Juvenile Delinquency & Dependency — Brevard County
Education: Juris Doctorate, Stetson University College of Law, 2003; BA, Political Science/Criminology, Florida Southern College, 1998; Titusville High School, 1995; Judicial History; Judge Serrano started in the Juvenile Division in July 2021and she is currently establishing Truancy Court, which will start January 20, 2022, at 3 pm.; Christina Serrano is the circuit judge for Group 9, of Florida’s Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. She won the seat in the general election on November 8, 2016. She is currently assigned to the Family Division.; Administrative Judge for Staff Attorneys; Organizations, Committees, and Commissions; Family Law Subcommittee Chair for Courthouse Reopening after Covid-19; Past President, Brevard County Association for Women Lawyers; Past Board Member and Past Treasurer, Brevard County Bar Foundation; Past President, Young Lawyers Division, Brevard County Bar Association; Past Board Member, Brevard County Red Cross; Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity
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Melbourne Courthouse, in Melbourne, Brevard, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Judge Serrano’s – Division C – Scheduling Policies and Procedures; Attorney Scheduling Instructions; Judge Serrano’s – Division C – Scheduling Policies and Procedures
Verified against Judge Christina Serrano's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division C — Juvenile Delinquency and Dependency (controlling: AO 26-16-B eff. 2026-04-01)
Melbourne Courthouse, First floor
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://flcourts18.org/christina-serrano-biography/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 3 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 834 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 26 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (November 6, 2018–April 18, 2023) 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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MICHAEL LINDO vs KAYDORA LINDO
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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DON FACCIOBENE VS PATRICIA A. TALBERT F/K/A PATRICIA ALICE FACCIOBENE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MARK BEYLIN vs NIKKA COHAN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL C. DONOVAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SCOTT SPENCER vs SHANA MARSHALL
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NICHOLAS A. CASINA vs DULCE CASINA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
J. B. THOMAS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LENA MARIE LINDBERG vs BRUCE LEE ASSAM
Fifth District Court of Appeal · B r e v a r d County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J.J. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KRISTIN O'CONNOR vs RONALD O'CONNOR, JR.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER MAERZ vs BRITTANI MAERZ
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LAURA LINDSAY vs NICHOLAS LINDSAY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ADRIANNE J. SEUS vs RHETT T. KELLY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PAUL JAMES BEFANIS vs LYNNE MARIE BEFANIS N/K/A LYNNE MARIE SOMMER-BEFANIS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
LENA MARIE LINDBERG vs EDWARD M. FITZGERALD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-dispositive
THOMAS BARRETT vs TONI BARRETT
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LENA MARIE LINDBERG vs VINCENT ALBERT CITRO
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-dispositive
P.L. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BRITANY TINO vs JEFFREY MURRAY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSE A. DIEPPA vs MARIA J. DIEPPA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LINDA STAPINSKI vs JOSHUA STAPINSKI
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ELDRIDGE CLEAVON MCBRIDE vs SILENA LESHONDRA SCOTT
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SHERRI LYNN GRETEMAN vs LAURA BREISCH N/K/A LAURA M. RITTER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DENNIS L. JONES vs DEBORAH ANN BOERNER A/K/A DEBORAH ANN JONES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BLAKE M. TILLEY vs ALYSSA EVA GRANT AND ALLEN TREVOR MICHAELSON
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALQUAN PIERCE vs SHARELLE CANNION
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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