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10th Circuit: five magistrates hear family and juvenile dependency matters

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Divisional InstructionsFla. 10th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order Nos. 5-44.5 (family magistrates) and 6-10.6 (juvenile magistrates)

Summary

The same five people serve as magistrates in both the family division (AO 5-44.5) and juvenile dependency (AO 6-10.6) across all three counties.

Applies to

Family division and juvenile dependency matters in Hardee, Highlands and Polk Counties. All five also hold appointments as child support enforcement hearing officers under AO 5-31.12.

Requirement

Robin Matis-Jackson, Philip Vandenbosch, Jennifer Steimle, Jeffrey Sirmons and Maria Zucker are appointed as magistrates to preside over family division cases as assigned by any circuit judge (AO 5-44.5), and as magistrates in Hardee, Highlands and Polk Counties for the purpose of hearing juvenile dependency cases and any other matters related thereto or as otherwise referred (AO 6-10.6).

Source of truth

Robin Matis-Jackson, Jennifer Steimle, Philip Vandenbosch, Jeffrey Sirmons (effective as of October 1, 2025), and Maria Zucker are hereby appointed to serve as magistrates in Hardee, Highlands and Polk Counties for the purpose of hearing Juvenile Dependency cases and any other matters related thereto or as otherwise referred.

Official source: 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 6 (Juvenile)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (custody hash match) | prior: BenchPath arbitration 2026-07-22 — live fetch + sha256 custody of the order PDF; operative text read verbatim

Reviewer note: Applicability 2026-09-09 (fix program 2026-09-09, Phase 5, audit M7): specific -> universal — the row binds every court in its state/circuit/county scope and names no court, judge or division.

Child Support Juvenile Dependency

Change history

August 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 6 (Juvenile). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 6 (Juvenile). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 4, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 6 (Juvenile). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 2, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 6 (Juvenile). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 1, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 6 (Juvenile). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 31, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 6 (Juvenile). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 30, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 6 (Juvenile). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 29, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 6 (Juvenile). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 28, 2026