Maria Dennis
Senior Judge · Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 2, 2026
Senior Judge · Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court
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971 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Maria Dennis across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Each of Florida's 20 judicial circuits is administered by a Chief Judge who is elected by a majority of the judges in the circuit for a term of two years. Chief Judge Ariana Fajardo Orshan was elected as the chief judicial officer of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida in 2025. She acts as liaison with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in all judicial administrative matters and is responsible for the efficient and proper administration of the circuit and county courts. As set forth in Rule 2.050, Rules of Judicial Administration, this includes developing a plan for the prompt disposition of cases; assignment of judges, other court officers and executive assistants; control of dockets; regulation and use of courtrooms; mandatory periodic review of the status of the inmates of the county jail; and, consideration of statistical data. The Chief Judge also enters administrative orders to properly direct the court's day-to-day affairs and appoints committees to serve in an advisory capacity.
Deputy Chief Judge Gina Beovides was appointed in 2025 as Administrative Judge of the Court, serving as Deputy Chief Judge to assist Chief Judge Fajardo Orshan with matters pertaining to the County and Circuit Civil Divisions, the Probate and Appellate Divisions, as well as the Problem Solving Courts and the Civil Traffic Infraction Court.
Deputy Chief Judge Ivonne Cuesta was appointed in 2025 as Administrative Judge of the Court, serving as Deputy Chief Judge to assist Chief Judge Fajardo Orshan with matters pertaining to the County and Circuit Criminal Divisions, the Family and Unified Family Court Divisions, as well as the Domestic Violence Division.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Third District Court of Appeal (Miami).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 68 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (January 24, 2007–January 31, 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. Showing the 50 most recent; all 68 are counted in the outcome census above.
ALPHA RANSOM, vs KITREANA GRANT-VAN BROCKLIN, et al.,
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Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
DARYLE CHESTNUT, VS ANGELEATHA CHESTNUT,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami- Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Daniel Ferrer v. Zeida M. Larrinaga
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
LAWRENCE SHAPIRO, vs LEYLA FARAJZADEH,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LYNN MARTINEZ-OLSON, vs THE ESTATE OF DAN OLSON,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BRANDON WILLIAMS, vs JARRIKA TAYLOR,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
ISABELLA NEWAN, vs ACF ADOPTIONS,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARCOS DANIEL SANDOVAL, VS MARIA MARGARITA SANDOVAL, et al.,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Daniela Dalmazzo v. Enzo Dalmazzo
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
ARANZAZU SANCHEZ VICARIO vs JOSE SANTACANA BLANCH
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
SABORIT SANCHEZ V. PEDRAZA MORALES
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ESCOBAR V. GENERAL ASPHALT CO.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LEGGETT V. IN RE: ADOPTION OF GVLP & SELP
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAYAN V. DAYAN
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FONTAINE V. FONTAINE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GUEVARA v. GUEVARA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
DIAZ V. DIAZ
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FLORES V. CORDOVA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Sanchez v. Suasti
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
CLARK V. ESTABROOK
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SHAH V. SHAH
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CALLI V. MOURER
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KONOSKI V. SHEKARKHAR
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
SEPICH V. PAPADOPOULOS
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SBERT V. LABRADA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
PARRA DEL REY V. REY
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
VLANDIS V. MENDOZA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ABRAMS V. ROSENBERG-ABRAMS
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MIMI BIEDA v. MURRAY BIEDA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
OTERO, ET AL.,V. OTERO
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ACOSTA V. ACOSTA RENTA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
EDGE V. EDGE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
VIGO V. VIGO
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SMITH V. SMITH
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
IN RE: NAME CHANGE OF DOUJIEJI
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
LIPWORTH V. LIPWORTH
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
AMARAN V. MARATH, M.D.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
LEYVA & LLANES V. TRUJILO & ENTERPRISE LEASING
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
LIPWORTH V. LIPWORTH
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
A.I.C. V. SUSMAN & SUSMAN
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
LEWIS V. FIFTH
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
FRIEND V. FRIEND V. I.R.R. LIMITED, ET AL.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TORRES V. MK TOURS
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
SANCHEZ, SR. & BRINK'S, ET AL.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
KLEIN V. FLORES MEZA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
KLEIN V. FLORES MEZA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
SAID V. SHAHANI
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RODRIGUEZ V. ARCHBISHOP FAVALORA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
T.J.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
COHEN V. ZIDON
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
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