Francis Viamontes
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 Francis Viamontes across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Criminal — Division FO
Courtroom NW6750
Gregory Patrick Woods II
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Circuit Court Judge
Division(s) FO (controlling: AO 2026-21-GEN eff. 2026-07-01)
Zoom ID 335-631-889
Chambers NW6850, Courtroom NW6750
Central Judicial Complex, 201 SE 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
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.
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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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14 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.
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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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 10 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (June 7, 2023–June 3, 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.
Kevin Scheen v. Wanda Drozdovitch
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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6 verbatim requirements on divisional requirements in FRANCIS VIAMONTES's division.
Division FO procedures before Judge Francis Viamontes (Circuit Criminal (Felony FO), Broward). Verbatim requirements: scheduling, conferral, orders, appearance format.
1 verbatim requirement on exhibits in FRANCIS VIAMONTES's division.
1 verbatim requirement on exhibits & evidence.
2 verbatim requirements on hearing time in FRANCIS VIAMONTES's division.
2 verbatim requirements on hearings.
5 verbatim requirements on motion calendar in FRANCIS VIAMONTES's division.
5 verbatim requirements on motion calendar.
6 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in FRANCIS VIAMONTES's division.
7 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
Peter Herman v. Scott Dale Smiley, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Rita Marie Pereira v. Steven Robert Bradford o/b/o C.B., a minor
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DARRYL ANTONIO MACK VS JENNIFER HOFFMAN
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Rita Pereira v. Steven Bradford
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Izik Aliya v. Hanna Yarmolik
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Izik Aliya v. Hanna Yarmolik
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jacob A. Schiller v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KAI STRICKLAND WALKER VS EDGAR WIGGINS, JR.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Lucia Nepola vs Todd Nepola
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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