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Stacy M. Youmans
Circuit Judge · Fifth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Fifth Judicial Circuit Court
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873 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Stacy M. Youmans across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Marion County
From Judge Stacy M. Youmans's own profile page on the circuit's county judiciary index, verified 2026-07-25.
Verified 2026-08-03: the 5th's own county judiciary pages render name-only rosters with no biography prose. 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 Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Enriched from live circuit5.org profile + controlling assignment order (independently fetched and sha256-hashed 2026-07-20; 5th Circuit arbitrated upgrade).
10 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 873 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 47 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 23, 2021–July 31, 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.
J.Z., Mother of M.L.H., Minor Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
last checked September 4, 2026
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1 verbatim requirement on continuances.
3 verbatim requirements on deadlines.
L.R.L., A CHILD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
L.M.W., Father of J.L.W., a Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
T.H., FATHER OF N.L.H., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
R.A.B., Father of R.M.B. and J.L.B., Minor Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
A.W., FATHER OF S.F., AND G.W., CHILDREN VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
S.E., Mother of G.C.E., and R.R.E., Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
J.K., Father of E.J.K., and L.V.K., Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
D.L., Father of K.A.L., A Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
K.A., MOTHER OF E.A., A CHILD VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
E.R., FATHER OF N.R. AND G.R., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
B.V., MOTHER OF L.F., A CHILD VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
D.T.G., Father of D.T.G., Jr., S.D.G., and E.L.-R.L.G., Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
R.A.B., Father of M.N.B., A Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
O.M.P.-N., Mother of K.M.L.S., T.L.M.P.-N., A.M.F., J.R.W.F. and J.R.F., Minor Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
M.Y., Father of M.S.Y., a Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
C.W., Father of D.L.-M.W. and I.S.W., Minor Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MICHELLE BLACKFORD VS MELISSA C. POWELL, AS GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON AND PROPERTY OF N.R.W., A CHILD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Citrus County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
E.S.A., MOTHER OF E.S.C. AND I.S.C., CHILDREN VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
T.F., Father of T.V., a Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
P.K., FATHER OF L.K, A CHILD VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
A.M., Father of J.E.M., A Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
N.B., A CHILD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
E.G., Mother of J.H., a Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
J.S., Father of J.R.S., J.E.S., and L.S.S., Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
I.S.A., FATHER OF I.S.C., AND E.S.C., CHILDREN VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM vs T.M.V. AND T.J.M., PARENTS OF T.A.M., A CHILD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M.H., FATHER OF M.T.H., K.L.N., P.M.N., K.L.N., K.K.N., AND N.P.N., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
C.W., FATHER OF K.W., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M.H. and H.H. v. Department of Children and Families and K.D.G, Father of E.A.G., a Child
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
G.J., Father of J.J.J., and L.E.W., Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
R.L.R., Mother of L.N.E., a Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
D.W., Mother of C.W., B.W., and A.W., Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
S.V., Mother of E.V., J.V., R.V., T.V., and C.V., Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
C.F., FATHER OF B.A.F. AND C.B.F., CHILDREN VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
L.M.W., Father of J.L.W., A Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
M.V., Father of C.B.G.V., Minor Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
D.H., Father of J.H., and S.H., Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
P.G., FATHER OF J.T. AND M.T., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JASON C. TUREM vs MARK J. HASELKAMP
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Citrus County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
C.T., Mother of C.A.R.T., a Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILLIAM HOOK vs AMY LYNN HOOK
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Citrus County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J. E. T., Father of J.L.T., a Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
C.T., Mother v. DCF
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Guardian ad Litem and Department of Children and Families v. J.G. and L.L., Parents of O.S.L. and L.E.L., Minor Children
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
S.V., Mother of W.A.V., a Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
K.T., Mother of E.T. and C.T., Minor Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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