Katie Jacobus
County Judge · Brevard County Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
County Judge · Brevard County Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Katie Jacobus across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Juvenile Delinquency — Brevard County
Education: University of South Florida; Florida Coastal School of Law; Judicial History; More to come; Organizations, Committees, and Commissions; More to come; Awards & Recognitions; More to come; Moore Justice Center; Judge Jacobus Holds Court at the Melbourne Courthouse in; Brevard County; 51 Nieman Ave; Melbourne, FL 32901; (321) 952-4703
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Melbourne Courthouse, in Melbourne, Brevard, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Attorney Scheduling Instructions; Judge Katie Jacobus – Division 11 – Policies and Procedures; Judge Katie Jacobus Consent Scheduling Form
Verified against Judge Katie Jacobus's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division 11 — Juvenile Delinquency (controlling: AO 26-16-B + AO 26-17-B/26-20-B eff. 2026-04-01; moved from county criminal Div 4)
Melbourne Courthouse, First floor
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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).
Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://flcourts18.org/katie-jacobus-biography/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 3 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 10 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (June 29, 2021–February 6, 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.
MATTHEW DAVID MCGEE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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Celia Mansano v. Shantal Rosales, Efrain Rosales and Kekorganic, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA VS ASHLY DANIEL JOHNSON
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
MATTHEW DAVID MCGEE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL DAVID BARTER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RONALD E KIBBEY VS BRANO'S ITALIAN GRILL, ROBERT HILL AND JUNE FERREIRA A/K/A JUNE EDWARDS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Renewpro Inc. v. Analia M Carbo
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Jennifer Laird and Fernando Lopez v. Yun Miao
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Juana Rodriguez v. Longwood Auto Acquisitions I, Inc.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RONALD E KIBBEY VS BRANO'S ITALIAN GRILL, ROBERT HILL AND JUNE FERREIRA A/K/A JUNE EDWARDS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
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