Elaine A. Carbuccia
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 Elaine A. Carbuccia across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Unified Family — Division 40
Courtroom WW11164
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fourth District Court of Appeal (West Palm Beach).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Provenance attributed 2026-08-08: official page https://www.17th.flcourts.org/2726-2/?smid=17474 live-verified to name this judge (sha256 6a3a4c30326f9735…). No clean biographical prose was extractable from the page (it served procedures/contact/referral text); roster facts render, narrative withheld.
18 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.
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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 11 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (April 24, 2024–July 15, 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.
Michael D. Silva v. Colleen Claffey
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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Unified Family — Division 40current
date not recorded — present · Courtroom WW11164
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4 verbatim requirements on discovery in ELAINE A. CARBUCCIA's division.
4 verbatim requirements on discovery.
12 verbatim requirements on divisional requirements in ELAINE A. CARBUCCIA's division.
Division 40 procedures before Judge Elaine A. Carbuccia (Unified Family, Broward). Verbatim requirements: scheduling, conferral, orders, appearance format.
6 verbatim requirements on exhibits in ELAINE A. CARBUCCIA's division.
6 verbatim requirements on exhibits & evidence.
2 verbatim requirements on hearing time in ELAINE A. CARBUCCIA's division.
2 verbatim requirements on hearings.
27 verbatim requirements on motion calendar in ELAINE A. CARBUCCIA's division.
27 verbatim requirements on motion calendar.
27 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in ELAINE A. CARBUCCIA's division.
28 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
Berline Lapomarede v. Samuel Pierre
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
James P. Mejia v. Rosa B. Mejia
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Department of Revenue Child Support Program o/b/o Arika R. Richard v. Phillip Seymore
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Dalhou Fletcher- Johnson v. Colin Wayne Johnson
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Dalhou Fletcher-Johnson v. Colin Wayne Johnson
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jonathan Hart v. Taylor Moore o/b/o Jonathan Hart, Catherine Hart, and Kylie Hart
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Alan Jay Braverman and Law Firm of Stok Kon + Braverman v. Christian Manuel Varillas and Sandra Milena Monsalve
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Casey Louis Prevelhomme v. Department of Revenue, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Theresa Louise O'Donnell v. William O'Donnell
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Jonathan Hart v. Taylor Moore
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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