Kelly J. McKibben
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Kelly J. McKibben across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Criminal — Brevard County
Education: Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, J.D. May 1994; University of Florida, B.S. in Psychology, December 1990; Professional History; Chief Legal Counsel/Deputy Chief Legal Counsel for District 7, Florida Department of Children and Families, August 2003 – December 2005; Deputy Chief Legal Counsel/Managing Attorney for District 7, July 2002 – August 2003; Managing Attorney for District 7, Child Welfare Legal Services, June 1999 – August 2003; Senior/Supervising Attorney for Child Welfare Legal Services, October 1996 – June 1999; Attorney for Child Welfare Legal Services, April 1995 – September 1996; Law Clerk, Ruth S. Capra, P.C. in Birmingham, Alabama, June 1993 – November 1993 and March 1994 – April 1994; Intern/Volunteer for Investigator, Alachua County Public Defender’s Office in Gainesville, Florida, January 1990 – December 1990; Judicial History; Circuit Judge, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, September 2013 to present (appointed by Governor Rick Scott). Served in the Family Division, Dependency Division, and Criminal Division; Currently assigned to the Criminal Division as of July 2025; Served as Administrative Juvenile Dependency Division Judge January 2021 – July 2025
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Moore Justice Center, , Viera, Brevard, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Judge McKibben's Criminal Procedures; Judge McKibben's Updated Drug Conditions Form
Verified against Judge Kelly J. McKibben's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division O — Criminal (controlling: AO 26-16-B eff. 2026-04-01)
Moore Justice Center, Viera, Fourth 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/kelly-j-mckibben-biography/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 2 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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 120 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (January 12, 2015–June 23, 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 120 are counted in the outcome census above.
JOEVONTE PETIT-HOMME vs STATE OF FLORIDA
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CLIFFORD GOODE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSEPH H. MILMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Bryan Fredrick Jennings v. State of Florida & Bryan Fredrick Jennings v. State of Florida & Bryan Fredrick Jennings v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
Supreme Court of Florida · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Gerald Andre Joe v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANDREW W. MCFARLAND vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DILAN EDWARD ARNOLD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GREGG DAVID MANN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
D.K., MOTHER OF S.W., J.K., J.K., T.R.W., J.W., AND K.W., CHILDREN VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TRENT ALAN MILLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEROME ALLEN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed as Modified
ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DARRYL GUILFORD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Ricky Adams Glasco v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Santiago Julio Abreu v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Carlos Lemont Jones, II v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
C.V., Father of A.E.N., a Child v. Joshua Jamil Normandia and Xaris Chealyne Normandia
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
B.L., MOTHER OF J.W., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J.J., FATHER OF J.O., AND J.O., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SHEILA GRAHAM-TROTT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DONTAVIS OLAJUWON GRIMES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
R.M.H., FATHER OF R.M.H., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
A.C., FATHER OF S.C., M.C., S.C., AND Z.T., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
S.J., MOTHER OF A.C., M.C., AND L.C., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BARBARA JEAN MCCREARY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CURTIS ANDREW LONG vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KEVIN LAMONT MCCULLOUGH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CODY RYAN MARSHALL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DARRIN DETROY GLOVER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GREGG DAVID MANN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEVEN NATHAN TOLAND vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J.H., FATHER OF L.S., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL GRAZIER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
THOMAS MURPHY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
B.B., FATHER OF J.B. AND B.B., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MATTHEW C. VANCISE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVID PATRICK MARTIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
L.S., MOTHER OF S.H., A CHILD VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE AND DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES VS S.O., MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER OF P.D.J., A CHILD AND S.K.S., MOTHER OF P.D.J., A CHILD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Per Curiam Opinion
S.E., FATHER OF E.E., A CHILD VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
G.T., FATHER OF E.T., A CHILD VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
G.T., FATHER OF E.T., A CHILD VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES vs S.T., PATERNAL AUNT, AND P.K., PATERNAL GRANDFATHER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Granted
D.W., Mother of M.H.W., I.M.W. and J.L.J., Minor Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
T.R., Mother of E.M.C., G.D.C., and K.J.C., Children v. Department of Children and Families,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
G.T., FATHER OF E.T., A CHILD VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
L.S., MOTHER OF J.H., A CHILD VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
R.D., Mother of R.D.-F., a Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
K.B., Mother of J.B., A.S., J.S., and R.S., Minor Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KEITH LASHEA WATERS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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