Curt Jacobus
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 Curt Jacobus across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Civil — Brevard County
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Moore Justice Center, in Viera, Brevard, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Judge Curt Jacobus – Division L – JACS Policies and Procedures; Attorney Scheduling Instructions
Verified against Judge Curt Jacobus's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division L — Civil (controlling: AO 26-16-B eff. 2026-04-01)
Moore Justice Center, Viera, Third 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/curt-jacobus-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 29 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (January 21, 2022–June 10, 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.
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last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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Aaron M. Preston v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HERITAGE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY VS JOHN BELLAK AND CHRISTINE BELLAK
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KIPP COOPER AND CLASSIC PLUMBING OF BREVARD, LLC VS TAMMY GONZALEZ
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JOHN DENNIS ENLOW AND LISA ENLOW VS E.C. SCOTT WRIGHT, P.A. AND MOLETTEIRE INJURY LAW, P.A.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
RANDY RHOADES, III VS LILMISSETTE RODRIGUEZ
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JOHN BELLAK AND CHRISTINE BELLAK VS HERITAGE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Willie Jerry Palmer v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TAMMY KENNY VS U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOHN SORGENFREI AND DEANA SORGENFREI vs SAFEPOINT INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES F. TRAINOR, JR. vs BULU2, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
NICOLE KYLIN AND TIMOTHY RUBIN vs EPH320, LLC, D/B/A GRILLS RIVERSIDE SEAFOOD DECK & TIKI BAR
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM A. HOHNS, MARCELLUS RAMBO BENSON, JR., KATHLENE HOHNS, JORDAN J. REARDON, PATRICK HOHNS, AND MARK F. BERNARD vs JOE LEE THOMPSON
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
SOPHIA DZIEGIELEWSKI vs BONNIE SCALERO, SANDRA L. POSER, AND SUPREME TITLE CLOSINGS, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
UNIVERSAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY vs ANDRE MOTIE, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ANIRUDE MOTIE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA vs WATERS MARK DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES, LC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
JOHN TERESI vs SHAWN WEISGERBER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RICHARD LEMON AND LEANNE LEMON vs PEOPLE'S TRUST INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JACOB JANUSZEWSKI vs THE BREVARD ORTHOPAEDIC SPINE AND PAIN CLINIC, INC., D/B/A THE B.A.C.K. CENTER AND FIRST CHOICE MEDICAL GROUP OF BREVARD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PATRICIA DOWD vs CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE COMPANY vs MARINA ISLES CLUB CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE COMPANY vs THE VILLAS OF SUNTREE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION vs SYLVIA FALLEN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JUDITH H. RICHMAN AND DUR-RICH REALTY, INC. vs ROBERT S. CALZARETTA, DEBRA CALZARETTA, KELSMEG, LLC AND SEA & SUN REALTY, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
SPC FORTEBELLO, LLC, SPC HOMES, INC., FORTEBELLO, LLC, FORTEBELLO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., AND LAZARO RODRIGUEZ vs DENISE CATUOGNO, RAYMOND CATUOGNO, EDWINE E. RANDALL, IRENE BORBOROGLU, DALE STAFFORD, FENNY E. CSASZAR, ROSS CSASZAR, DUANE L. DAVIS, COLLENE B. DAVIS, KARLA J. COOPER, JERRY J. COOPER, ET AL.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
TONY SIEGLER vs EMPIRE DAWN, LLC AND DOUGLAS SMEJKAL
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WENDY COWAN AND CLAY COWAN vs JULIE GRAY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Granted
Trinity Alliance, LLC v. Von Stein Real Estate Corporation
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
North Brevard County Hospital District D/B/A/ Parrish Medical Center v. Deligdish
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Per Curiam Opinion
Naud Robinson v. Ocean Realty, Inc.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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