As of Jan. 1, Florida has a new district court of appeal. In June 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law HB 7027 that created the new Sixth District Court of Appeal. The Florida Supreme Court, in November 2021, had recommended the creation of a new district court of appeal. Prior to that, the most recent district court of appeal to be created was the Fifth District Court of Appeal in 1979. 

For over 40 years, Florida has had five intermediate state courts of appeal. These district courts of appeal, commonly known as “DCAs,” handle almost all of the appeals and original writ proceedings originating from circuit courts in Florida’s 20 judicial circuits. A recent legislative amendment resulted in most appeals from Florida’s 67 county courts also going to the DCAs rather than to the circuit courts sitting in their appellate capacity as they previously had. 

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