Christopher Wigand
Circuit Judge · Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified September 17, 2026
Circuit Judge · Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court
What applies in this courtroom
66 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 20 published by Judge Christopher Wigand · 34 county-wide · 2 circuit-wide · 10 statewide — with 6 rule deadlines across those layers. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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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).
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20 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 66 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
7 verbatim requirements on divisional requirements in CHRISTOPHER WIGAND's division.
1 verbatim requirement on divisional requirements in CHRISTOPHER WIGAND's division.
Division 44 (Judge Christopher Wigand) published an AI-use disclosure/certification requirement. Preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12; still posted as of 7/5/2026.
Division 44 procedures before Judge Christopher Wigand (Unified Family, Broward). Verbatim requirements: scheduling, conferral, orders, appearance format.
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.
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.
Timing shown here is quoted from the rule text. Compute your actual date against the court's calendar and the rule itself — not legal advice.
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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
Lucy Pereira Ofstein v. James Dominic Ofstein
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Alexander J. Dobis v. Randi Dobis
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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last checked October 24, 2026
last checked October 24, 2026
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Unified Family — Division 44current
date not recorded — present · Courtroom WW11158
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