Circuit Judge · Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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451 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Helene L. Daniel across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Civil — Division H
Courtroom Edgecomb Crt 502
Tammy Farina
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Edgecomb Courthouse, 800 E. Twiggs St., Room #521, Tampa, Florida 33602
Published forms & procedures: Uniform Order Setting Cause for Trial and Pre-Trial (Non-Jury Trial); Uniform Pre-Trial Conference Order (Jury Trial); Uniform Order Setting Trial and Pretrial; Residential Foreclosure Order Setting Non-Jury Trial and Directing Pre-Trial Procedures; Affidavit of Compliance with Foreclosure Procedures; Uniform Final Judgment of Foreclosure; Uniform Motion For Writ of Possession in Foreclosure Case; Uniform Order of Referral to Foreclosure Mediation; Uniform Order Rescheduling Foreclosure Sale
Verified against Judge Helene L. Daniel's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Second District Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg).
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Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.fljud13.org/Directory/Judges/Judge-Daniel), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 9 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 451 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 23 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 9, 2022–June 5, 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.
MELISSA ROSADO VS REX ABLAO
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 3, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
SPAULDING DECON, LLC v. SYERS, G. R. S, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Florida Insurance Guaranty Association v. Hernandez, Hernandez
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Halikoytakis v. Future Motion, Inc.,
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Authored Opinion
Simeonov, Ronell, et al v. Delgado, Amica Mutual Insurance Company
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ELSBERRY, ELSBERRY v. CARPENTER
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAMES MATHENY VS CAROLYN MATHENY
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SULTAN v. HILLSBOROUGH BP, INC., GHOBRIAL, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ELLEN MARY ALENCE F/K/A ELLEN MARY MATHESON vs JOHN MC GREGOR MATHESON
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Bisk Education, Inc. v. FSOI, LLC, Rupp
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Chronister, Sheriff of Hillsborough County v. Bonds, Bonds
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
AMERICAN PRODUCTS PRODUCTION COMPANY OF PINELLAS COUNTY, INC., FENWALL, LLC, et al v. ARMSTRONG, TUCKER ARENSBERG, P. C., et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
AMERICAN PRODUCTS PRODUCTION COMPANY OF PINELLAS COUNTY, INC., FENWALL, LLC, et al v. ARMSTRONG, TUCKER ARENSBERG, P. C., et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HINOJOSA v. HINOJOSA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
AISHA BALON KNIGHT vs JERMAINE LATONIE LYNN
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
COBURN, ESTATE OF ALLEN BARNES v. DAVIS, DAVIS, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Cuyler v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
CRYSTAL BURNETT-TURNER VS BARRY TURNER
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LINDA DIANE SALAZAR vs KENNETH JOHN SALAZAR
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Chronister, Sheriff of Hillsborough County v. Prahalad
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
KEN SANDY POSNER vs CYNTHIA JOAN POSNER
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JALAJ K. ROY vs VANDANA MISHRA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Prime Property & Casualty Insurance, Inc. v. Garisto, Personal Representative, Estate Of Chris Woodrow Raines, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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