Laura Shaffer
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
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545 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Laura Shaffer across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Unified Family — Division 3/30 (Orange)
Judicial Assignment: 2025-2026 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Unified Family Court; 2023-2024 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Juvenile Dependency; 2019-2022 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Unified Family Court — Education: Juris Doctor: Stetson University; Bachelor of Arts: University of West Florida; Certifications; Board Certified, Juvenile Law — Professional Activities: Member, Orange County Bar Association; Member, Osceola County Bar Association; Member, Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida; Member, Central Florida Family Law Inns of Court; Awards and Honors; Jurist of the Year -; Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida, 2023; Embrace Families Award "For unwavering dedication to supporting adoptions in the community." -; Embrace Families, 2023
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Orange County Courthouse
Published forms & procedures: Attorney-Represented Uncontested Dissolutions Checklist
Verified against Judge Laura Shaffer's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Profile upgraded 2026-07-24: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://ninthcircuit.org/judges/circuit/laura-shaffer), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 1 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
5 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 545 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 24 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (January 24, 2020–March 8, 2024) 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.
J.S., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
last checked September 3, 2026
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R.D., MOTHER OF D.B., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND A.B., FATHER OF D.B., A CHILD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
C.C., FATHER OF L.A., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
S.H., MOTHER OF J.M., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
J.C., FATHER OF L.C., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
L.A.T., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
C.A., MOTHER OF S.W., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J.F. MOTHER OF J.F., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J.A., MOTHER OF L.A., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
B.K., FATHER OF A.R., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
C.L., MOTHER OF S.L., S.L., S.L., AND S.L., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M.P., FATHER OF S.P., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HECTOR JAVIER QUINONES-DONES vs CAROL ANNE MASCOLA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
C.A., MOTHER OF D.W., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
L.L., FATHER OF D.J., M.J., A.J., B.J. AND E.J., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
S.L., FATHER OF S.L., S.L., S.L., AND S.L., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
C.M., FATHER OF A.M.S., E.M.S. AND D.M.S., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GUARDIAN AD LITEM STATEWIDE VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, A. A., THE MOTHER AND J. H., THE FATHER
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Authored Opinion
A.J.R.O., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
A.I., MOTHER OF M.G. AND B.G., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GUARDIAN AD LITEM vs F.R., MOTHER OF M.H., A CHILD AND T.H., FATHER OF M.H., A CHILD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M.J., MOTHER OF C.J., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
L.V., MOTHER OF E.M., E.M., AND E.M., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
K.G., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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