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Christopher Wigand
Circuit Judge · Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court
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1,701 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Christopher Wigand across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Unified Family — Division 44
Courtroom WW11158
Patti Milcent
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Circuit Court Judge
Division(s) 44 (controlling: AO 2026-21-GEN eff. 2026-07-01)
Zoom ID 930-694-338
Chambers WW11137, Courtroom WW11158
Central Judicial Complex
Verified 2026-08-03: the 17th's own division pages publish rosters and portraits but no biography prose. A court fact, not a harvest gap.
Captured verbatim from the court's own published pages and orders during circuit verification. Chambers practices change without notice — confirm anything time-critical with the judicial assistant. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fourth District Court of Appeal (West Palm Beach).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Alan O. Forst, Burton C. Conner, Caroline Shepherd, Cory J. Ciklin, Johnathan D. Lott, Jonathan D. Gerber, Mark W. Klingensmith, Melanie G. May, Robert M. Gross, Shannon K. Shaw, Spencer D. Levine
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
30-day recheck scheduled with the source monitor.
20 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 1,701 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 6 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
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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.
Audi Flemmings v. Cian Thompson
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Natalia Bermudez v. Charanpreet Ahluwalia
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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Unified Family — Division 44current
date not recorded — present · Courtroom WW11158
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1 verbatim requirement on continuances in CHRISTOPHER WIGAND's division.
1 verbatim requirement on continuances.
1 verbatim requirement on discovery in CHRISTOPHER WIGAND's division.
1 verbatim requirement on discovery.
1 verbatim requirement on exhibits in CHRISTOPHER WIGAND's division.
1 verbatim requirement on exhibits & evidence.
4 verbatim requirements on hearing time in CHRISTOPHER WIGAND's division.
4 verbatim requirements on hearings.
16 verbatim requirements on motion calendar in CHRISTOPHER WIGAND's division.
16 verbatim requirements on motion calendar.
15 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in CHRISTOPHER WIGAND's division.
16 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
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Monitor: content changed at 17th Circuit — Division 44 procedures (Judge Christopher Wigand). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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