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4 verbatim requirements extracted from 15528-01__2026-03.pdf, across 1 topic.
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie). Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
HEARING TIME & ARGUMENT LIMITS • IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR INDIAN RIVER, MARTIN, OKEECHOBEE, AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2026-03 (Superseding Administrative Order 2025-08) RE: JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2026 WHEREAS, Florida Rules of General Practice & Administration 2.215 states that the Chief Judge shall assign judges to the courts and divisions, and shall determine the length of each assignment; NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority conferred by Florida Rules of General Practice & Administration 2.215, it is ORDERED that EFFECTIVE JANUARY 12, 2026, the assignments for the judges in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit shall be as follows: INDIAN RIVER COUNTY Honorable Cynthia Cox: All Civil Cases Hon orable Victoria Griffin: All Domestic Relations Cases, including Injunctions for Protection; Assist with Mental Health Court/Veterans’ Court; Assist Juvenile Division with Detention and Shelter Hearings Hon orable Anastasia Norman: All Felony Cases Hon orable Rebecca White: All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases, including Detention and Shelter Hearings; All CINS/FINS Cases; Oversee Truancy court; All Probate and Guardianship Cases; All substance abuse and mental health court cases (i.e., Baker and Marchman Act cases); All Risk Protection Order Cases; All Jimmy Ryce Cases; Member of the Indian River County Children’s Services Council; Responsible for all post -conviction relief motions/hearings; Okeechobee County Early Childhood Court cases Hon orable Nicole Menz: One-half of Indian River County Court Cases; Mental Health Court; Veterans’ Court; County Election Canvassing Board Hon orable Robyn E. Stone: One-half of Indian River County Court Cases; Felony Drug Court cases; County Election Canvassing Board • MARTIN COUNTY H onorable Sherwood Bauer: All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases including Detention and Shelter Hearings; All CINS/FINS Cases; Oversee Truancy court; 75% of Civil Non-Jury Cases (from time of filing) excluding Residential and Commercial Mortgage Foreclosure Cases; All Jimmy Ryce Cases; All Probate and Guardianship Cases; All Risk Protection Order Cases; All substance abuse and mental health court cases (i.e., Baker and Marchman Act); Member of the Martin County Children’s Services Council H onorable Steven Levin: All Felony Drug Court cases H onorable Michael McNicholas: All Domestic Relations Cases, including Injunctions for Protection; Assist Juvenile Division with Detention and Shelter Hearings H onorable William Roby: All Civil Jury Trial Cases and Mortgage Foreclosure Cases; Assist with Civil Non-Jury Cases H onorable Elizabeth Metzger: All Felony Cases H onorable Kathleen H. Roberts: One-third of Martin County Court Cases; County Election Canvassing Board H onorable Darren Steele: One-third of Martin County Court Cases; County Election Canvassing Board H onorable Jennifer A. Alcorta Waters: One-third of Martin County Court Cases; Mental Health Court; Assist with Felony Drug Court; Supervision of Traffic Magistrates for all Civil Traffic matters; Assist Circuit Civil Non -Jury Cases - 25% (from time of filing) excluding Residential and Commercial Mortgage Foreclosure Cases; County Election Canvassing Board OKEECHOBEE COUNTY H onorable Laurie Buchanan: One-half of all Domestic Relations Cases including Injunctions for Protection (all even assigned DR case numbers); All Civil Cases; All Probate and Guardianship Cases; All Dependency Cases, including daily Shelter Hearings; All CINS/FINS Cases; Oversee Truancy Court; Assist with Mental Health Court; Assist with Juvenile Delinquency Cases; Assist with Early Childhood Court • Honorable Leatha Mullins: One-half of all Domestic Relations cases including Injunctions for Protection (all odd assigned DR case numbers); All Felony Cases; All substance abuse and mental health court cases (i.e., Baker and Marchman Act); All Risk Protection Order Cases; All Juvenile Delinquency Cases, including Detention Hearings; All Jimmy Ryce Cases H onorable William Wallace: All Okeechobee County Court Cases; Assist with Felony Drug Court cases; Mental Health Court; Veterans’ Court; Assist with Juvenile Delinquency Cases, including Detention Hearings; Assist with Truancy Court; Assist with Probate cases; Member of the Okeechobee County Children’s Services Council ST. LUCIE COUNTY H onorable Lillian Ewen: One-half of Civil Jury Trial Case (All odd number cases); One-half substance abuse and mental health court cases (i.e. Baker and Marchman Act); Risk Protection Order Cases (All odd number cases) H onorable Michael Heisey: One-third of Felony Cases; Assist Felony Drug Court (Alphabet OS-Z) H onorable Steven Levin: All Non-Jury Civil Cases, including Residential and Commercial Mortgage Foreclosures; One - half of all Probate Cases (all even numbered cases); All Guardianship Cases (and corresponding MH cases); Weekday First Appearance Hearings (in rotation with County Court Judges); All civil forfeiture cases; All Jimmy Ryce Cases; Martin County Adult Drug Court H onorable Michael Linn: One-third of Felony Cases; Assist Felony Drug Court (Alphabet GM-OR) H onorable Robert Meadows: One-third of Felony Cases; Assist Mental Health Court (Alphabet A-GL) H onorable Katherine Mish1 : All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases, including Shelter and Detention Hearings; Oversee all CINS/FINS Cases; Oversee Truancy Court; One-half of all Probate cases (all odd number cases); Mental Health Court; Member of St. Lucie County Children’s Services Council; Member of the St. Lucie County Roundtable H onorable Michael Porter: One-half of Civil Jury Trial Cases (All even number cases); One-half substance abuse and mental health court cases (i.e. Baker and Marchman Act); Risk Protection Order Cases (All even number cases) H onorable Charles Schwab (Chief Judge): Felony Drug Court; Assist with all dockets throughout the circuit 1 Effective January 26, 2026 • Hon orable Robert Stone: One-half of Domestic Relations Cases, including Injunctions for Protection (A -K of alphabet); Assist Juvenile Division with Detention and Shelter Hearings Honorable Steven Wilson2: On e-half of Domestic Relations Cases, including Injunctions for Protection (L -Z of alphabet); Assist Juvenile Division with Detention and Shelter Hearings Hon orable Edmond W. Alonzo: All St. Lucie County Court Civil Cases and Landlord/Tenant Cases; All Traffic Infractions involving serious injury or death; All Traffic Magistrate recusals and/or disqualifications; 30% of Small Claim Cases including Replevin; County Election Canvassing Board Hon orable Jeffrey Hendriks: 40% of St. Lucie County Court Criminal Cases (D-Mo of alphabet); County Election Canvassing Board; Veteran’s Court; DVDP program Hon orable Daryl Isenhower: 20% of St. Lucie County Court Criminal Cases (A-C of alphabet); 70% of Small Claims Cases including Replevin; All Collections Court; County Election Canvassing Board Hon orable Lauren Sweet: 40% of St. Lucie County Court Criminal Cases (Mp-Z of alphabet); All County and Municipal Ordinance violations; County Election Canvassing Board WEEKEND FIRST APPEARANCE All Circuit Court Judges assigned to St. Lucie County will be responsible, with the St. Lucie County Court Judges, for Weekend First Appearances, Shelter Hearings, and Detention Hearings in St. Lucie County. All Circuit Court Judges assigned to Indian River County will be responsible, in rotation with Indian River County Judges, for Weekend First Appearances and Shelter Hearings in Indian River County. All Circuit Court Judges assigned to Martin County will be responsible, in rotation with Martin County Judges, for Weekend First Appearances and Shelter Hearings in Martin County. All Circuit Court Judges assigned to Okeechobee, Martin and Indian River Counties will be responsible, in rotation with the Okeechobee County Judge, for Weekend First Appearances and Shelter Hearings in Okeechobee County. Any County Court Judge in Martin and Indian River County may choose or be scheduled to assist with the Weekend First Appearances and Shelter Hearings in Okeechobee County. 2 Effective January 26, 2026
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR INDIAN RIVER, MARTIN, OKEECHOBEE, AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2026-03 (Superseding Administrative Order 2025-08) RE: JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2026 WHEREAS, Florida Rules of General Practice & Administration 2.215 states that the Chief Judge shall assign judges to the courts and divisions, and shall determine the length of each assignment; NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority conferred by Florida Rules of General Practice & Administration 2.215, it is ORDERED that EFFECTIVE JANUARY 12, 2026, the assignments for the judges in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit shall be as follows: INDIAN RIVER COUNTY Honorable Cynthia Cox: Al l Civil Cases Hon orable Victoria Griffin: All Domestic Relations Cases, including Injunctions for Protection; Assist with Mental Health Court/Veterans’ Court; Assist Juvenil
Reviewer note: Document sha256: b5197b311405883e927fd02073e9af69da5672674cfceb5a4ec8998198930edd. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass. Text layer cleaned 2026-09-08 (Phase 3g): 5 kerning-split words rejoined; wording untouched. Verbatim from the order, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used anywhere in this chain. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
4 verbatim requirements on hearings.
2 verbatim requirements on hearing time in LAUREN N. PEFFER's division.