Kathleen J. Kroll
Circuit Judge · Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Kathleen J. Kroll across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Juvenile — Division JO (Administrative Judge)
Courtroom 3.1406
On this assignment since June 8, 2026
Main Judicial Complex — 3.1406 / courtroom 3A
Administrative-Judge designation and Early Childhood Court scope verified from AO 11.101-06/2026 — neither was captured in the research pass. Remote motions three days ahead; materials three business days ahead; continuances five days ahead.
Verified 2026-08-03: the 15th's own judges grid publishes assignment and phone facts but no biography prose. A court fact, not a harvest gap.
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 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).
Verified against AO 11.101-06/2026 (signed 6/5/2026, eff. 6/8/2026 — fetched + sha256-hashed cb1b9451…, all 4 pages transcribed) and the live division instruction page (fetched + hashed 2026-07-22).
9 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 834 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 103 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 2, 2005–March 25, 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 103 are counted in the outcome census above.
A.C., THE MOTHER vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
last checked September 3, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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June 8, 2026 — present · Courtroom 3.1406
assignment source →Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division JO Instructions (Judge Kroll). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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Monitor: content changed at 15th Circuit — Administrative Orders (faceted ledger). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division JO Instructions (Judge Kroll). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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3 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division JO on remote appearance policy.
Judge Kroll publishes an enumerated list of who may appear remotely (youth from school via the School Liaison, parents from jail or treatment, DJJ liaisons, JPOs, case managers, CPIs, volunteer GALs, out-of-state parties) — everyone else moves for leave 3 days out, and no one appears from a moving vehicle.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J.R., THE FATHER VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DORENE HARKNESS vs JOHN HARKNESS
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
C.R., the Father v. Department of Children & Families
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
S.A., THE FATHER vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
N.M., THE FATHER vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
T.A.R., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MISAEL RODRIGUEZ vs JURRIELL WASHINGTON
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JERRY P. SAGER vs CAROL SAGER
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CHAD MARTIN TAVARES vs PATRICE SHANTE ENOCH
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
G.K., The Father v. Department of Children and Families
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
T.T.M., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARTHA M. MURPHY vs RAYMOND T. MURPHY
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSEPH GARDI vs LISA GARDI
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
D.A.F., the Mother v. Department of Children & Families
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
E.A.C., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-dispositive
DOREEN FINCK vs DOUG FINCK
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
T.C.M., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
G.E., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
B.D., THE MOTHER and S.A., THE FATHER vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
F.N., THE FATHER vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
D.J., a child v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LAW OFFICE OF JENNIFER S. CARROLL, P.A. vs MARIANNE K. BRENNAN and DANIEL J. BRENNAN
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
T.T.M., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
E.A.C., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DON DU PERAULT vs TATIANA DU PERAULT
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
KELLY D. CUMMINGS vs KENNETH B. HARRELSON
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HAROLD GUNNAR JOHANSSON vs JACQUELYN L. JOHANSSON n/k/a JACQUELYN PUTT
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHAD GODWIN vs STEPHANIE GODWIN n/k/a STEPHANIE ANN FESTA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
ELENA C. WHITE vs BENJAMIN T. WHITE
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANDREA L. LAUX vs KENNETH A. LAUX
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
HAROLD GUNNAR JOHANSSON vs JACQUELYN JOHANSSON n/k/a JACQUELYN PUTT
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CHARLES ADAMS vs CLAUDINE ADAMS
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
L.H., THE FATHER vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JASON NUTTLE vs CHRISTINE NUTTLE
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
DAYNA BLYTHE ANDERSSON vs ULF PATRICK ANDERSSON
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STACY DAWN JAEGER vs ROBERT M. JAEGER, D.O.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JURRIELL WASHINGTON vs MISAEL RODRIGUEZ
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LINDA MAHER vs WILLIAM D. MAHER
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
D.M., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
D.M., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DON J. BRADY vs BEVERLY ANN BARTA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
OLIVER JOHN JAUBERT a/k/a HERVE JEAN PIERRE JAUBERT vs HELENE JAUBERT
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
B.A., THE MOTHER vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES , ET AL.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
T.E., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs M.M.B., A CHILD
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M.D.F., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
W.J.B., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M.D.F., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M.W., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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Monitor: content changed at 15th Circuit — Administrative Orders (faceted ledger). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division JO Instructions (Judge Kroll). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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Monitor: content changed at 15th Circuit — Administrative Orders (faceted ledger). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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