Florida Legal Overview: Port St. Lucie The Port St. Lucie metropolitan area in Florida is defined by the Census Bureau as covering St. Lucie and Martin counties. It combines with the Sebastian -Vero Beach metro area covering Indian River County to make up the Port St. Lucie- Sebastian -Vero Beach CSA, better known as the Treasure Coast. Port St. Lucie MSA and the Treasure Coast are served by the 19th Judicial Circuit of Florida. Listed below are the main cities and towns in the Port St. Lucie metro area and the Treasure Coast.
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1. The 19th Judicial Circuit has circuit courts as the main trial courts with general jurisdiction and county courts with limited jurisdiction. Each courthouse has divisions, including criminal, civil, family law, juvenile and drug courts. The St. Lucie County Courthouse in Fort Pierce has a criminal division with a criminal circuit court for felony prosecutions and a criminal county court for traffic violations and misdemeanors. The civil division has a civil circuit court for matters involving more than $15,000 and a civil county court for matters in-between $5,000 and $15,000. 2. Four St. Lucie police officers who have filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in the circuit court in Fort Pierce against the city added another complaint that they are being denied access to public records. 3. The parents of Aaron Beauchamp, a 9-year-old who was killed in a school bus accident with a truck, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the trucking company and the driver involved in the accident. The St. Lucie County School District is listed as one of the defendants.
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida
Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal Small Claims Dept., St. Lucie County, FL U.S. District Court - Southern District of Florida – Fort Pierce Division U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Trending Port St. Lucie Legal Topics: The small claims court hears cases involving less than $5,000. Appeals against all these lower court decisions in Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties are heard by the Fourth District Court of Appeal. The Florida Supreme Court is the court of last resort. Federal cases are to be filed with the Fort Pierce Division of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Federal appeals against this court are filed with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. |