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Florida Probate Court Guides by County
Court contacts and local procedures vary across Florida. These guides organize the details families often need first: where to file, who handles probate, how proposed orders are submitted, and which official sources to check.
Staff reviewEighth Judicial Circuit
Alachua County
Current Alachua County probate court contacts, filing fees, proposed-order procedures, and remote-case guidance from official Florida sources.
Staff reviewEighth Judicial Circuit
Baker County
Where to file probate in Baker County, who the assigned judge is, and how the Eighth Judicial Circuit handles proposed orders, hearings, and filing fees.
Staff reviewFourteenth Judicial Circuit
Bay County
Staff-review guide to Bay County probate: Clerk Bill Kinsaul and Judge Elijah Smiley.
Staff reviewEighth Judicial Circuit
Bradford County
Bradford County probate filing location, assigned judge, Eighth Judicial Circuit proposed-order steps, and statutory filing fees.
Staff reviewEighteenth Judicial Circuit
Brevard County
Staff-review guide to Brevard County probate: the Titusville courthouse, Clerk Rachel Miller Sadoff, and Judge Tesha Scolaro Ballou.
Staff reviewSeventeenth Judicial Circuit
Broward County
Current Broward County probate court contacts, judges, filing fees, proposed-order procedures, and remote-case guidance from official Florida sources.
Staff reviewFourteenth Judicial Circuit
Calhoun County
Staff-review guide to Calhoun County probate: Clerk Robin Barfield and the Blountstown office.
Staff reviewTwentieth Judicial Circuit
Charlotte County
Staff-review guide to Charlotte County probate: Clerk Roger D. Eaton and the Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda offices.
Staff reviewFifth Judicial Circuit
Citrus County
Citrus County probate courthouse, Clerk Traci Perry, and the 2026 assignment of probate to Judge Edward C. Spaight.
Staff reviewFourth Judicial Circuit
Clay County
Staff-review guide to Clay County probate: Clerk Tara S. Green and the Green Cove Springs courthouse.
Staff reviewTwentieth Judicial Circuit
Collier County
Staff-review guide to Collier County probate: Clerk Crystal K. Kinzel and the Naples courts department.
Staff reviewThird Judicial Circuit
Columbia County
Staff-review guide to Columbia County probate: Clerk James M. Swisher, Jr. and the Lake City office.
Staff reviewTwelfth Judicial Circuit
DeSoto County
Staff-review guide to DeSoto County probate: the Arcadia courthouse, Clerk Nadia K. Daughtrey, and Judge Don T. Hall.
Staff reviewThird Judicial Circuit
Dixie County
Staff-review guide to Dixie County probate: Clerk Barbara Higginbotham and the Cross City courthouse.
Staff reviewFourth Judicial Circuit
Duval County
Duval County probate counter, Clerk Jody Phillips, Divisions PR-A and PR-B, and the Clerk’s probate fee table.
Staff reviewFirst Judicial Circuit
Escambia County
Staff-review guide to Escambia County probate: Clerk Pam Childers and the Pensacola office, from an October 6, 2026 archive.
Staff reviewSeventh Judicial Circuit
Flagler County
Staff-review guide to Flagler County probate: the Kim C. Hammond Justice Center, Clerk Tom Bexley, Judge Christopher A. France, and the clerk fee table from the October 16, 2026 archive.
Staff reviewSecond Judicial Circuit
Franklin County
Staff-review guide to Franklin County probate and the Apalachicola courthouse.
Staff reviewSecond Judicial Circuit
Gadsden County
Staff-review guide to Gadsden County probate. The clerk website did not load, so the courthouse address comes from the circuit.
Staff reviewEighth Judicial Circuit
Gilchrist County
Gilchrist County probate court location, assigned judge, Eighth Judicial Circuit order procedures, and statutory filing fees.
Staff reviewTwentieth Judicial Circuit
Glades County
Staff-review guide to Glades County probate: Clerk Tami Pearce Simmons and the Moore Haven office.
Staff reviewFourteenth Judicial Circuit
Gulf County
Staff-review guide to Gulf County probate: Clerk Matt Terry and the Port St. Joe courthouse.
Staff reviewThird Judicial Circuit
Hamilton County
Staff-review guide to Hamilton County probate and the Jasper clerk’s office.
Staff reviewTenth Judicial Circuit
Hardee County
Staff-review guide to Hardee County probate: the Wauchula courthouse, Judge Susan L. Barber, and the clerk’s probate fee table.
Staff reviewTwentieth Judicial Circuit
Hendry County
Staff-review guide to Hendry County probate: the LaBelle courthouse and the Clewiston office.
Staff reviewFifth Judicial Circuit
Hernando County
Hernando County probate counter in Brooksville, Clerk Doug Chorvat, Jr., and Judge Don Barbee Jr.’s 2026 probate assignment.
Staff reviewTenth Judicial Circuit
Highlands County
Staff-review guide to Highlands County probate: the Sebring courthouse, Clerk Jerome N. Kaszubowski, and Judge Peter F. Estrada.
Staff reviewThirteenth Judicial Circuit
Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County probate filing locations, the judges linked for probate document preferences, and the Clerk’s fee table.
Staff reviewFourteenth Judicial Circuit
Holmes County
Staff-review guide to Holmes County probate: Clerk Sam Bailey and the Bonifay office.
Staff reviewNineteenth Judicial Circuit
Indian River County
Staff-review guide to Indian River County probate: the Vero Beach probate counter, Clerk Ryan L. Butler, and Judge Rebecca I. White.
Staff reviewFourteenth Judicial Circuit
Jackson County
Staff-review guide to Jackson County probate: Clerk Clayton Rooks and Judge Brandon J. Young.
Staff reviewSecond Judicial Circuit
Jefferson County
Staff-review guide to Jefferson County probate and the Monticello courthouse.
Staff reviewThird Judicial Circuit
Lafayette County
Staff-review guide to Lafayette County probate: Clerk Steve Land and the Mayo courthouse.
Staff reviewFifth Judicial Circuit
Lake County
Lake County probate counter in Tavares, the four judges who share the probate docket, and the Clerk’s fee table.
Staff reviewTwentieth Judicial Circuit
Lee County
Lee County Justice Center clerk counter, Clerk Kevin C. Karnes, and statutory probate filing fees.
Staff reviewSecond Judicial Circuit
Leon County
Staff-review guide to Leon County probate and the Tallahassee courthouse.
Staff reviewEighth Judicial Circuit
Levy County
Levy County probate courthouse, assigned judge, Eighth Judicial Circuit proposed-order steps, and statutory filing fees.
Staff reviewSecond Judicial Circuit
Liberty County
Staff-review guide to Liberty County probate and the Bristol clerk’s office.
Staff reviewThird Judicial Circuit
Madison County
Staff-review guide to Madison County probate and the Madison courthouse.
Staff reviewTwelfth Judicial Circuit
Manatee County
Staff-review guide to Manatee County probate: the Bradenton clerk’s office, Clerk Angelina M. Colonneso, and Judge Charles E. Williams.
Staff reviewFifth Judicial Circuit
Marion County
Marion County probate counter in Ocala, Clerk Gregory C. Harrell, and Judge Brad King’s 2026 probate assignment.
Staff reviewNineteenth Judicial Circuit
Martin County
Staff-review guide to Martin County probate: the Stuart courthouse, Clerk Carolyn Timmann, and Judge Sherwood Bauer Jr.
Staff reviewEleventh Judicial Circuit
Miami-Dade County
Where Miami-Dade probate is filed, which judges sit in the Probate Division, and the clerk filing fees posted for estates.
Staff reviewSixteenth Judicial Circuit
Monroe County
Staff-review guide to Monroe County probate: the Key West clerk’s office and the Marathon and Tavernier branches.
Staff reviewFourth Judicial Circuit
Nassau County
Staff-review guide to Nassau County probate: the Yulee clerk’s office and the posted probate fee table.
Staff reviewFirst Judicial Circuit
Okaloosa County
Staff-review guide to Okaloosa County probate and the Crestview and Fort Walton Beach offices.
Staff reviewNineteenth Judicial Circuit
Okeechobee County
Staff-review guide to Okeechobee County probate: the Okeechobee courthouse, Clerk Jerald D. Bryant, and Judge Laurie E. Buchanan.
Staff reviewNinth Judicial Circuit
Orange County
Orange County probate counter, Clerk Ad Interim Joyce Boudoin, Judge Mark S. Blechman’s division procedures, and the Clerk’s fee table.
Staff reviewNinth Judicial Circuit
Osceola County
Staff-review guide to Osceola County probate: the Judge Jon B. Morgan Courthouse in Kissimmee, Clerk Kelvin Soto, and the two probate judges the Ninth Circuit directory places at the Thomas S. Kirk Justice Center.
Staff reviewFifteenth Judicial Circuit
Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County probate courthouse, the two probate divisions listed by the Fifteenth Circuit, and statutory filing fees.
Staff reviewSixth Judicial Circuit
Pasco County
Staff-review guide to Pasco County probate: Clerk Nikki Alvarez-Sowles and the Dade City and New Port Richey counters.
Staff reviewSixth Judicial Circuit
Pinellas County
Pinellas probate counters, Judges Pamela A.M. Campbell and Cynthia J. Newton, and statutory filing fees.
Staff reviewTenth Judicial Circuit
Polk County
Staff-review guide to Polk County probate: the Bartow courthouse, Clerk Stacy M. Butterfield, and Judge Dana Y. Moore.
Staff reviewSeventh Judicial Circuit
Putnam County
Staff-review guide to Putnam County probate: the Palatka courthouse, Clerk Matt Reynolds, and the gap in the published probate-judge directory.
Staff reviewFirst Judicial Circuit
Santa Rosa County
Staff-review guide to Santa Rosa County probate: Clerk Jason D. English and the Milton filing office.
Staff reviewTwelfth Judicial Circuit
Sarasota County
Staff-review guide to Sarasota County probate: the historic courthouse and the Venice branch, Clerk Karen E. Rushing, and Judge Charles E. Williams.
Staff reviewEighteenth Judicial Circuit
Seminole County
Staff-review guide to Seminole County probate: the Sanford probate counter, Clerk Grant Maloy, and Judges William Orth and John Galluzzo.
Staff reviewSeventh Judicial Circuit
St. Johns County
Staff-review guide to St. Johns County probate: the Richard O. Watson Judicial Center, Clerk Brandon J. Patty, Judge Howard O. McGillin, Jr., and the clerk fee table.
Staff reviewNineteenth Judicial Circuit
St. Lucie County
Staff-review guide to St. Lucie County probate: the Fort Pierce clerk’s office, Clerk Michelle R. Miller, and Judges Steven Levin and Katherine Mish.
Staff reviewFifth Judicial Circuit
Sumter County
Sumter County probate counter in Bushnell, Clerk Erin C. Munz, and Judge Mary P. Hatcher’s mailed-order procedure.
Staff reviewThird Judicial Circuit
Suwannee County
Staff-review guide to Suwannee County probate: Clerk Barry Baker and the Live Oak office.
Staff reviewThird Judicial Circuit
Taylor County
Staff-review guide to Taylor County probate and the Perry clerk’s office.
Staff reviewEighth Judicial Circuit
Union County
Union County probate filing location, assigned judge, Eighth Judicial Circuit hearing rules, and statutory filing fees.
Staff reviewSeventh Judicial Circuit
Volusia County
Staff-review guide to Volusia County probate: the DeLand courthouse probate counter, the Daytona counter, Clerk Laura E. Roth, and Judge Linda L. Gaustad.
Staff reviewSecond Judicial Circuit
Wakulla County
Staff-review guide to Wakulla County probate and the Crawfordville clerk’s office.
Staff reviewFirst Judicial Circuit
Walton County
Staff-review guide to Walton County probate: Clerk Crystal Sconiers and the DeFuniak Springs office.
Staff reviewFourteenth Judicial Circuit
Washington County
Staff-review guide to Washington County probate: Clerk Lora C. Bell and the Chipley courthouse.
Each guide links to the court or clerk source used for time-sensitive facts. Procedures, fees, and assignments can change, so verify the latest instructions before filing.