County & Court GPS
Lee County family court
Twentieth Judicial Circuit. Procedure notes below come from BenchPath verified sources — every card carries its citation, confidence level, and last-verified date.
Before you file here
- Confirm venue — this county is the right place for the case
- Confirm the current official forms at flcourts.gov
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- Handle confidential information (SSNs, minors) per rule
- Note the filing fee — or the fee-waiver application
Before you appear here
- Confirm date, time, location — and Zoom vs. in person
- Check the assigned judge/division instructions below
- Confirm how evidence must be submitted for hearings
- Ask whether a proposed order is expected, and in what format
- Confirm courtesy-copy requirements
- Build the exhibit and witness lists in Hearing Prep
Uncontested in Lee
Agreed on the terms? The path runs through this courthouse.
The qualifier reads your answers, the Assembly Line organizes the agreement, the Packet Composer names the official forms, and the tracker follows the clerk's acceptance loop — all county-aware. Filing fees are verified with the Leeclerk (this platform never types a fee it can't source), and the division's published practice above controls hearing logistics.
Florida law generally bars entry of a final judgment of dissolution until at least 20 days after the petition is filed (§ 61.19, Fla. Stat.); a court may act sooner only on the statute's required showing. Clerk and court processing add county-varying time on top.
Judge & Division Playbook
Who hears family cases here — and their published practice
A playbook is published practice — calendars, conferral, order formats — with its citation and verification date. FamilyLawGPS does not and will not predict judicial outcomes.
Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Alane Laboda
circuit_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Amy Hawthorne
circuit_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Andrew Marcus
circuit_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Bernard T. King
general_magistrate
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Bruce Kyle
circuit_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Carolyn Swift
circuit_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Christopher Whitney
general_magistrate
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Cynthia Pivacek
senior_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Lee County Court
Devin S. George
county_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Elisabeth Adams
circuit_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
G. Keith Cary
senior_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Gaston J. Fernandez
senior_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Gilberto Perez
circuit_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Howard Atkin
child_support_hearing_officer
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
J. Frank Porter
chief_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
James D. Sloan
senior_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
James R. Adams
senior_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
James Shenko
circuit_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Lee County Court
Javier Pacheco
county_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Joseph Bernardo
general_magistrate
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Joseph C. Fuller
senior_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Lee County Court
Josephine Gagliardi
county_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Judith K. Rubenstein
senior_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Keith R. Kyle
circuit_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Kyle Cohen
circuit_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Leigh F. Hayes
senior_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Lee County Court
Lindsay S. Garza
county_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Margaret O. Steinbeck
senior_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Lee County Court
Maria Gonzalez
county_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Matthew M. Henry
child_support_hearing_officer
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Michael T. McHugh
circuit_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Nicholas Thompson
circuit_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Lee County Court
Nicole Lynn Mirra
county_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Nicole M. Cameron
general_magistrate
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
Rachael Loukonen
circuit_judge
No judge-specific procedural notes verified yet — the division instructions on the official circuit site control.
Official roster source ↗Court procedure notes
Verified local intelligence
Court procedure data from BenchPath, compiled from official public court sources.
No verified family-specific notes for Lee yet
Coverage expands county by county with human review — unverified material is never shown as fact. The statewide workflow, official links above, and hearing prep still apply here.