Florida Legal Overview: Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metropolitan area in Florida is defined by the Census Bureau as covering all of Brevard County, also known as the Space Coast. Brevard County is served by the 18th Judicial Circuit of Florida and the Fifth District Court of Appeal. The circuit court is the main trial court with general jurisdiction, while the county court has limited jurisdiction over ordinance and traffic violations and misdemeanors. Listed below are the main cities and towns in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area.
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1. The circuit and county courts of the 18th Judicial Circuit, which serves both Brevard and Seminole counties, have grown a lot due to the influence of the space program and Disney World. The 18th Judicial Circuit is located in three courthouses in Brevard County, in Titusville, Melbourne and Viera. The criminal court division is divided into the criminal circuit court which handles felonies and the criminal county court which has limited jurisdiction over misdemeanors and traffic violations. The civil court division is likewise divided into circuit and county civil courts. 2. Indian Harbour Beach resident Karen Parsonsas, who wants to register a feral cat colony on her land, is suing Brevard County officials for the current moratorium on registrations and what she says are illegal laws and regulations. The county requires the consent of adjoining land-owners before someone can register a feral cat colony. 3. Melbourne=-based AuthenTec Inc., which has been purchased by Apple Inc. for $356 million is facing a business law suit by a shareholder named Craven Lee who claims the price is too low.
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Trending Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville Legal Topics: The civil county court has jurisdiction over civil actions in between $5,000 to $15,000. Lesser amounts are handled by the small claims court. Appeals against verdicts from all these lower courts in Brevard County are filed with the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach. The Florida Supreme Court is the court of last resort. Federal cases in Brevard County have to be filed with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. All federal appeals in Florida are handled by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. |