Senior Judge · Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court
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971 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Sandy Karlan across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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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).
This tab lists judge-and-division rules only, and this judge's division publishes its practice at the county, circuit, and statewide layers instead — 971 verified requirements still govern this courtroom. The Full Premium Report assembles every one of them, cited.
See all 971 in the Full Premium Report →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.
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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 39 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 28, 2007–March 12, 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.
Christopher Merril Liva v. Jamie Lynn Willard
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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GETTINGER V. NINO
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WATERMAN V. DAWSON
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RUIZ V. HAN, F/K/A VILLAR
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GENTRY V. MORGAN
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
BUBROSKY v. BUBROSKY
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DOLAN V. DOLAN
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
YESIL V. CHRISTIE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BRODOWICZ V. BARBER
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
TCHABAN V. HELLER & CHAMES, P.A., ET AL.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NORRIS V. NORRIS
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KENDALL V. KENDALL
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LINARES V. RANDAZZO
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M.S. V. DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SVCES.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
F.Z. V. FL. DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
E.M. V. DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
ABDO V. ABDO
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GAGLIARDO V. BRANAM CHILDREN
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
LAKEHAL V. LAKEHAL
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
QUINTERO V. QUINTERO
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
CORDELL V. CORDELL
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
MOAK V. MOAK
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANCIKOVSKY V. ANCIKOVSKY
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
AGUILAR V. MONTERO
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
KATZ V. ANCIKOVSKY
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
R.W.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SIEGEL V. SIEGEL
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RANDAZZO V. RANDAZZO
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
GROTENDORST V. GROTENDORST
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANCIKOVSKY V. ANCIKOVSKY
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DOLAN V. DOLAN
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RUIZ V. HAN
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
GROTENDORST V. GROTENDORST
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
SIEGEL V. SIEGEL
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
L.M.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
MILLER V. MILLER
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
R.W.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami Dade County
MANYARI V. MANYARI
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
LOPEZ V. LOPEZ
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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