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Craig C. DeThomasis
Circuit Judge · Eighth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eighth Judicial Circuit Court
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400 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Craig C. DeThomasis across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Family — Alachua DR3 + 1/5 DV; Levy family/DV/dependency/probate/mental health
On this assignment since March 30, 2026
PROFILE (live circuit8.org, verified 2026-07-24; 4/4 spot-checked profiles matched live): Assignment per AO 9.03 (v2026-2, eff. Mar 30 2026) — Alachua Family DR3 and one-fifth DV; Levy family, domestic violence, juvenile dependency, probate, and mental health. Courthouse: Levy County Courthouse (packages/mail). Office room UNVERIFIED; no permanent courtroom published (AO 9.05 weekly courtroom calendar governs). Judicial assistant: Teresa Stephenson (StephensonT@circuit8.org). Phone (352) 486-5545. Fax (352) 486-5547.
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 First District Court of Appeal (Tallahassee).
● LiveThat court's published bench (13): Joseph Lewis, Jr., L. Clayton Roberts, Lance E. Neff, Lori S. Rowe, M. Kemmerly Thomas, Rachel E. Nordby, Raymond F. Treadwell, Robert E. Long, Jr., Ross L. Bilbrey, Stephanie W. Ray, Susan L. Kelsey, Thomas D. Winokur, Timothy D. Osterhaus
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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5 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 400 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 18 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (June 3, 2020–July 31, 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.
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.
Kruitbosch v. Southern Redhead Farms Rescue, Inc.
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
last checked September 3, 2026
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Family — Alachua DR3 + 1/5 DV; Levy family/DV/dependency/probate/mental healthcurrent
March 30, 2026 — present
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M.T., etc. et al. v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Johnathan Merz vs Harmony Merz
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Lilia Belkova Russo v. James Ciuffetelli, Unknown Tenant One, Unknown Tenant Two, Brittany Tyler, Zachary Kite, BC and GM LLC, and Ioannis Andreas Karambelas
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Raymond J. Soto vs Rebecca A. Soto
First District Court of Appeal · Alachua County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Russo v. Kite, Unknown Tenant 2, et al
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Merz v. Merz
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Pitts v. Pitts
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Rent-A-Center, Impact RTO Florida, LLC v. Frazier
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Parker v. Parker
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gosney and Gosney v. Griffith
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
S.Y., mother of T.B., and T.B., minor children v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Nocerino, etc. v. Shaw
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ward v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - PC Dismissed
Cornell v. Joe Allen Construction, Allen, et al
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Gosney, et al. v. Griffith, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Vals Complete Auto Repair, Inc. v. UNIFIRST CORPORATION
First District Court of Appeal · Levy County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Collier v. Collier
First District Court of Appeal · Alachua County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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