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Elaine A. Barbour
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
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545 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Elaine A. Barbour across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Domestic Relations — Division 3/45 (Orange)
Judicial Assignment: 2025-2026 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic Relations; 2023-2024 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic Relations; 2019-2022 Circuit Judge, Orange County Criminal; 2017-2018 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Criminal; 2015-2016 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Unified Family Court — Education: Juris Doctor: Cumberland School of Law, Samford University; Bachelor of Arts Degree, Environmental Studies, with Honors: Rollins College; Certifications; Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law from August 1, 1997 to June 3, 2022 — Professional Activities: Member, Florida Bar; Member, Orange County Bar Association; Member, Osceola County Bar Association; Member, Central Florida Association of Women Lawyers; Past Member, Central Florida Family Law Inns of Court; Past Member, Tiger Bay; Past Member, Rotary International, downtown Orlando club
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Published forms & procedures: Hearing Instructions; Uniform Order Setting PTC; Attorney-Represented Uncontested Dissolutions Checklist; PDF Format; Word Format; Word Format; PDF Format; Instructions; Evidence Pre-Marking Instructions; Guidelines and Procedures
Verified against Judge Elaine A. Barbour's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Profile upgraded 2026-07-24: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://ninthcircuit.org/judges/circuit/elaine-barbour), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 10 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 545 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 180 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (August 28, 2017–May 1, 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. Showing the 50 most recent; all 180 are counted in the outcome census above.
STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM EX REL. v. JOSEPH MICHAEL SERWE, III and ALISCIA MELISSA SERWE
last checked September 3, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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Sixth District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
ALEXANDER CALDERON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RODERICK BLACKSHEAR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RISHAN SAGAR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSHUA TOUCHTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CARLOS ALBERTO MORENO-ROJAS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LEN PUGH VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DANIEL JUNIOR ROSA-ANDINO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NATHANIEL LAMAR WOODS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES DEANGELO ARNOLD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM EX REL. v. JOSEPH MICHAEL SERWE, III and ALISCIA MELISSA SERWE
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
MICHAEL MONTIJO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MILLY MICHEL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TAIKIRO SIMMONS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JASON GARMON v. MEAGAN GARMON
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
ROY EDWARDS STEPHENS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs SEAN JAMES KOEHLER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JORGE LUIS MUNOZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RONALD L. JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALEXANDER CALDERON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BILLY PABON RODRIGUEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEAN DOMINIQUE MORANCY VS SABRINA ALEX SALOMON
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAKEAL TOLEFREE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KHURRAM SHEIK VS MANIJEH A. SHEIK
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JASON GARMON VS MEAGAN GARMON
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILLIAM B. CHANDLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LENNON LAVAL PICKETT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSHUA RAMSAWMY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CALVIN BARONVILLE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN HENRY MASSIE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES BRANDON SMITH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALLEN GLOVER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DERYCK LEE KATWAROO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JESSIE JAMES BORDERS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
NATHANIEL LAMAR WOODS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARQUISE DEON JONES VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
ANTHONY DWAYNE CHAPPELL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CORNETTA LASHAUN KING vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TAURUS BERNARD OWENS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PAUL FREDERICK KNAPP vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DARYL CHARLES ALI vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ZOLTAN KECSKES, JR. v. MARIA SANCHEZ TAIPA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STANLEY STINSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHNATHAN ANDREW COLEMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARY QUEEN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JACK D. GILBERT, II vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DERRIOUS LUNDY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LOUBINS DAUPHIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM TURNER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HENRY L. STALLINGS, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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