Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Christopher Sprysenski across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Family — Seminole County
Education: JD, Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law; BS, University of Florida; Judicial History; Appointed Circuit Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, 2021; Family Administrative Judge - 18th Judicial Circuit; Organizations, Committees, and Commissions; LEGAL LEADERSHIP; (Present); Board of Directors, Central Florida Family Law Inn; President Elect, Central Florida Family Law Inns of Court; Member, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals; LEGAL LEADERSHIP; (Past); Judicial Liaison, Seminole County Florida Association of Women Lawyers, 2023-2024 membership year
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Seminole Civil Courthouse, Sanford, Seminole, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Attorney Scheduling Instructions; Division K Judge Sprysenski's Uniform Procedures for Family Division
Verified against Judge Christopher Sprysenski's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division K — Family (controlling: AO 26-28-S eff. 2026-07-01)
Seminole Civil Courthouse, Sanford
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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/christopher-sprysenski-biography/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 2 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 20 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 15, 2022–April 25, 2025) 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.
Florida appellate and Supreme Court opinions naming this judge as the lower-tribunal judge, taken verbatim from each court’s official slip opinion (source-hashed). Descriptive record, not a rating.
TIMMY MCCLAIN AND MARCHEAL MCCLAIN VS HMC ASSETS, LLC, SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS A SEPARATE TRUSTEE OF CAM XI TRUST, PRESERVE AT ASTOR
last checked September 4, 2026
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Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ROBERT T. POTCHEN VS U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES I,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JULIO DOPICO VS JANETTE DOPICO
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PETER J. CLAY, DERIVATIVELY AS A PROPERTY OWNER OF AND ON BEHALF OF BUCKINGHAM ESTATES VS RALPH SANJURJO, LOFTON BARNES, TERRI PRENDERGAST, JOE SARNOVSKY, RYAN ALLEN, EDMOND ST. PIERRE,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MICHELE W. BRAUMAN VS KEITH A. BRAUMAN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SUN & FUN MEDIA, LLC., A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY F/K/A CENTRAL FLORIDA SUN & FUN, INC. VS JIMMY VINEYARD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DEBORAH KNIGHT vs LAWRENCE WILLIAM NORDMANN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL MIGNELLA vs VIRGINIA ANN PROX
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL MIGNELLA, III vs VIRGINIA ANN PROX
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
COAST TO COAST PROCESS PIPING, LLC vs LIQUID CONSULTING, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
MICHAEL MIGNELLA vs VIRGINIA ANN PROX
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CARLA L. MITCHELL vs BARRY MCCLEARY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTONIO DALEY vs ELAINE SCHIMMING DALEY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Cole Leleux, Derivatively as Co-Managing Memober of and on behalf of United Legion BJJ, LLC v. Jose David Lopez and United Legion Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sean Gorz v. Harold Willingham and Progressive Waste Solutions of FL, Inc.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jordan Cason v. Landon Cason
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Daimon McNamara v. Cleveland Construction, Incorporated of Nevada and Benderson Development Company, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Trste, LLC as Trustee of the Seminole County Summit Ridge 404 106 Land Trust v. U.S. Bank, National Association, et al
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Diana Martinez v. Marc Martinez
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Denver Ivan Wilson v. Clerk of the Circuit Court, Seminole County, Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
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