Lauren M. Alperstein
Circuit Judge · Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified September 18, 2026
Circuit Judge · Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court
What applies in this courtroom
67 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 21 published by Judge Lauren M. Alperstein · 34 county-wide · 2 circuit-wide · 10 statewide — with 6 rule deadlines across those layers. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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Unified Family — Division 35
Courtroom WW11166
Maria Torres Gutierrez
Contact details published by the court for scheduling and chambers procedure questions — always confirm preferences with the JA before a hearing.
Circuit Court Judge
Division(s) 35 (controlling: AO 2026-21-GEN eff. 2026-07-01)
Zoom ID 605-014-865
Chambers WW11125, Courtroom WW11166
Central Judicial Complex, 201 SE 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Verified 2026-08-03: the 17th's own division pages publish rosters and portraits but no biography prose. A court fact, not a harvest gap.
Verified 2026-08-03: the 17th's own division pages publish portraits only for judges shown on a division page; this officer is not pictured on any of them. 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).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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21 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 67 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.
6 verbatim requirements on divisional requirements in LAUREN M. ALPERSTEIN's division.
4 verbatim requirements on divisional requirements in LAUREN M. ALPERSTEIN's division.
2 verbatim requirements on divisional requirements in LAUREN M. ALPERSTEIN's division.
Division 35 (Judge Lauren M. Alperstein) published an AI-use disclosure/certification requirement. Preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12; still posted as of 7/5/2026.
Division 35 procedures before Judge Lauren M. Alperstein (Unified Family (Family Chairperson), Broward). Verbatim requirements: scheduling, conferral, orders, appearance format.
4 verbatim requirements on continuances in LAUREN M. ALPERSTEIN's division.
4 verbatim requirements on continuances.
6 verbatim requirements on discovery in LAUREN M. ALPERSTEIN's division.
6 verbatim requirements on discovery.
3 verbatim requirements on exhibits in LAUREN M. ALPERSTEIN's division.
3 verbatim requirements on exhibits & evidence.
5 verbatim requirements on hearing time in LAUREN M. ALPERSTEIN's division.
5 verbatim requirements on hearings.
12 verbatim requirements on motion calendar in LAUREN M. ALPERSTEIN's division.
12 verbatim requirements on motion calendar.
14 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in LAUREN M. ALPERSTEIN's division.
15 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
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 24 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (November 1, 2023–September 30, 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.
Ayesha Hassan v. Afraz Ul Hassan
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jayne Loconto v. Richard J. Loconto
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Emily Taylor v. Kyle Casey
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Garrett Ross Weinstein v. Monica Maria Moreno
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Juan Pelaez v. Jenifer Ruiz-Diaz
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Matthew Milton Beyers v. Beverly Poole
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
In Re: The Name Change of Steven Benton Aubrey
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Eric Steven Sonnabend v. Dayna Ann Sonnabend
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Justin Sean Snoddy v. Malinda Faye Mayer-Snoddy
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Mario Ruiz v. Nancy Ruiz
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Christopher Keith Dam v. Nicolas John Macharulo and Jessica Berge
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gary R. Riess *W* v. Aimee Riess
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Mark David Kaufman v. Franserly Coromoto Garcia
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Patrick Dunac v. Guylaine Dunac
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Christopher Keith Dam v. Nicolas John Macharulo and Jessica Berge
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Noreen Singer v. Jay Russell Singer
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Miniar Hafsi v. Badreddine Kerkeni
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Judith Crawford Williams v. Thomas Williams
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Judith Crawford Williams v. Thomas Williams
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Dustin Hite v. Athena Antonos
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kathleen Pierre Bryan v. Ricardo Bryan
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Patience Silas v. Antonio Palmer
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Arkaday Vaknansky v. Karolina Vaknansky
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Anthony Shiraz Mohammed v. Sharan Ali n/k/a Sharan Bradford
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
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last checked October 24, 2026
last checked October 24, 2026
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