General Magistrate · Fourth Judicial Circuit Court
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1,748 verified requirements and 8 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Joanna Houser across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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No current assignment on record.
Administrative Magistrate / Hearing Officer — alpha ranges O, P, Q, R, S — Duval County Unified Courthouse. Referral authority: AO 1996-10, Twelfth Amended (Sept. 26, 2011), "Order of Referral to General Magistrates and Support Enforcement Hearing Officers."
Title corrected 2026-07-25: the circuit's Order of Referral lists this officer alongside Akel, Donley, Tuttle and Graham as a magistrate taking referrals under Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.490, so 'magistrate' was inconsistent with the other four.
The 4th Circuit publishes no individual profile for magistrates or hearing officers; it names them on a shared Magistrates and Hearing Officers page, which is therefore their only published source. Linked 2026-07-25.
Captured verbatim from the court's own published pages and orders during circuit verification. Chambers practices change without notice — confirm anything time-critical with the judicial assistant. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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).
Appointing order UNVERIFIED. BenchPath searched the complete Duval Clerk administrative-order ledger (1,470 orders, 1971–2026) by surname on 2026-07-22 and found no individual appointment order for this officer — only the circuit-wide referral order AO 1996-10 (Twelfth Amended). The appointment may predate the digitised ledger or be recorded under a different name form. Do not infer an order.
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