General Magistrates and Hearing Officers

General Magistrates


Magistrate Mikel Bradley smiling

Mikel Bradley

Current Assignments:

Alachua Division Q (Cases pursuant to 916.107, 393.11, and Chapter 415, Florida Statutes)
Alachua Mental Health Division S (Baker Acts and Marchman Acts)
State Hospital Cases Pursuant to 916.107, Florida Statutes
Alachua County Pro Se Cases Assigned to All DR Divisions
Alachua Simplified Dissolutions
Alachua County Pro Se Probate Cases

Assistants:
Juvenile Dependency – Katurah Reed reedk@circuit8.org
Mental Health  – Carla Unnerstall mentalhealth@circuit8.org

Division Procedures:
General Magistrate Mikel Bradley’s Division Procedures
Zoom Guidelines
Alachua Mental Health Division “S” (Baker Acts and Marchman Acts)
Alachua Pro Se Family and Simplified Dissolutions

Magistrate Katie Floyd smiling

Katherine L. Floyd

Current Assignments:
Circuit-Wide Circuit Civil Mortgage Foreclosures
Circuit-Wide Guardianship
Circuit-Wide Probate (Excluding Alachua County Pro Se Cases)
Baker, Gilchrist, and Levy Juvenile Dependency

Assistants:
Foreclosures – foreclosures@circuit8.org
Guardianship – guardianship@circuit8.org
Probate – probate@circuit8.org
Juvenile Dependency – Katurah Reed reedk@circuit8.org

Division Procedures:
Zoom Guidelines
Circuit Wide – Foreclosures
Circuit Wide – Foreclosure Sales
Circuit Wide – Probate
Circuit Wide – Probate Forms & Checklists
Pro Se

General Magistrate Baker in a black top and black-framed glasses smiling in front of a grey background

Bridget Baker

Current Assignments:
Alachua, Bradford, and Union Juvenile Dependency

Assistants:
Katurah Reed reedk@circuit8.org

Division Procedures:
General Magistrate Bridget Baker’s Division Procedures

Judicial Hearing Officers


Judicial Hearing Officer Stafford in a grey suit with a dark blue tie with polka dots and black-framed glasses smiling in front of a grey background

Samuel Stafford
CSE Director & Hearing Officer

Current Assignments:
Alachua Division “N” (DOR Child Support Cases)
Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy, and Union – DOR Child Support Cases

Assistant:
Nancy Brown-Williford brownn@circuit8.org

Pages:
Child Support FAQs and Resources