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Michael G. Kaplan
Circuit Judge · Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court
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1,701 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Michael G. Kaplan across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Unified Family — Divisions 59/57 (Domestic Violence Chairperson)
Courtroom WW10150
Hope Allan
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Circuit Court Judge
Division(s) 59/57 (controlling: AO 2026-21-GEN eff. 2026-07-01)
Zoom ID 623-686-621
Chambers WW10138, Courtroom WW10150
Central Judicial Complex
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.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fourth District Court of Appeal (West Palm Beach).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Alan O. Forst, Burton C. Conner, Caroline Shepherd, Cory J. Ciklin, Johnathan D. Lott, Jonathan D. Gerber, Mark W. Klingensmith, Melanie G. May, Robert M. Gross, Shannon K. Shaw, Spencer D. Levine
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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9 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 1,701 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 153 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (January 19, 2005–July 16, 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 153 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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Unified Family — Divisions 59/57 (Domestic Violence Chairperson)current
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1 verbatim requirement on divisional requirements in MICHAEL G. KAPLAN's division.
Division 59 procedures before Judge Michael G. Kaplan (Domestic Violence (Chairperson), Broward). Verbatim requirements: scheduling, conferral, orders, appearance format.
3 verbatim requirements on exhibits in MICHAEL G. KAPLAN's division.
3 verbatim requirements on exhibits & evidence.
6 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in MICHAEL G. KAPLAN's division.
7 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
STEPHEN CHAMBLEE vs MICHAEL FIGUROA o/b/o A.A.F.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
KAREN SINCLAIR vs GEORGETTE STEELE
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBYN RILEY vs JOSE R. SOLANO, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Steven Kennedy v. Joseph Leija
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kelly A. Legg v. Juan Villegas
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BRANDON ALEXANDER MOLINET vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TAMMY DESNOYERS vs KAYLA HOINVILLE
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALICIA MARIE MCABEE vs HOMER MCABEE, III
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARVIN CRAIG vs DOROTHY SMITH
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Zoran Spasic v. Jonathan Pirie
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAURIANNE GORDON-BROWN vs DEONNA SUTHERLAND
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Kandyce McPherson v. Killyah Samuel
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Yende Francis v. Ian Zeek Parets
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Glen-Derrick Johnson v. Ronald Silis
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Darrell Richardson v. Lamia Harris
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
KENDRIA WALKER vs TORRANCE DANIEL LA ANTHONY DAVIS
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Tammy Measel a/k/a Tammy De Rose v. Erika M.Reagan
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAURIANNE GORDON-BROWN o/b/o B.B, a Child vs EVA N. ARMSTRONG
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KENDRIA WALKER vs TAYLA HARLEY-ANDERSON
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Maggy Gauthier v. Fabienne Souffrant, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DEREK WARREN LOGUE vs LAUREN FRANCES BOOK
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
ADEM ALBRA vs LESLIE SZENDY
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANDREA RIGGIN a/k/a ANDREA WILDMAN vs MICHAEL MORRISON
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DON KOZICH vs VICTORIA LAZARUS
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOACHIM D. EMILE vs DANIA EXCELLENT
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DEREK WARREN LOGUE vs LAUREN FRANCES BOOK
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
KENNETH SICILIANO vs CHRISTINA SICILIANO
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HOMER MCABEE, III vs ALICIA MARIE MCABEE
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MAEGUERITA QUIRE vs MESSALINA PARKS
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CLIFFORD FLETCHER vs RICKY KIMBLE
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MATTHEW PAGAN vs JEMMA RODRIGUEZ
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KEVIN FITSER vs MARLENE MENELLY
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MAEGUERITA QUIRE vs MESSALINA PARKS
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JONATHAN K. LEWIS *W* vs PAUL LEWIS
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FRANK TORRES vs RICHARD TORRES
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER CERDA vs NATALIA LINARES LOPEZ
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jennifer Putzig v. Kenneth Bresk
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Teresa Taylor a/k/a Trinity Shepherd v. Timothy Shepherd
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Nasra M. Arafat v. Mohamed Jhalil
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Lotridge v. Lobasso
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Melissa Harry v. Lisa Smith
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Patricia Louise Abram-Adams v. Corley John Adams
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Elghomari v. State
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Riedy v. State
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
William J. Hasey, Jr. v. Mary Jo Metzger
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Sandy Levy v. Daniel Jacobs
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Elghomari v. State
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Hess v. State
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Grant v. State
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Ginnell v. Pacetti
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
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