Our Florida Community

Poinciana, Florida, a master-planned community, is a mere twenty miles from Walt Disney World, where fantasies and dreams come to life.  Poinciana itself is a dream come true for the many who live here.

Poinciana's 35 square miles of land are located in northern Osceola and eastern Polk counties. The 2000 Census placed the population at 13,647. Shimmering lakes and wooded conservation areas make up over forty percent of the town's 47,000 acres. The Reedy Creek Nature Preserve offers horseback riding trails. Snell Creek and Huckleberry Island conservation areas each have new nature trails. The Walt Disney Wilderness Preserve neighbors Poinciana, and contains over 10,000 more acres of pristine natural beauty.

Bustling Orlando, with all its theme parks and attractions, lies only 27 miles away.  The Orlando International Airport provides access to the world, while Poinciana residents can easily dwell in their own private corner of natural beauty, only emerging when they choose to.

Osceola County was originally cowboy country.  Forever Florida is a working cattle ranch just east of St. Cloud, where visitors can both observe and try their hand at cowboy life.  Poinciana's neighboring towns include some with such colorful names as Yeehaw Junction, Intercession City, and Celebration.  Other county town names reflect the area's Seminole heritage: Kissimmee, Holopaw, Lokosee and Narcoossee.  Central Florida is quite a diverse area, and the area surrounding Orlando in particular boasts a huge range of choices in real estate and community 'flavor'.

Poinciana offers several neighborhood schools. The largest park, Vance Harmon Park, features soccer, football fields, a baseball diamond, tennis, basketball and racquetball courts, along with a fitness trail and an all-weather pavilion with barbecue grills for picnics.  The Stonegate Golf course is a semi-private club, designed by Ron Garl the premier golf course architect.  Water sports abound in Poinciana, with canoeing and kayaking, fishing and boating.

Poinciana, Florida is a quiet haven of natural beauty, with the bright lights of the big city still visible in the nighttime sky.

If you're heading to court in Poinciana, the Florida State Court system includes a two-tiered trial court system. Most jury trials in Florida involve one judge sitting as judge of the circuit court. Circuit Courts are courts of general jurisdiction. Almost all criminal and civil cases, including personal injury, originate at this level. There are 20 circuits. Poinciana is in the 9th Judicial Circuit.

The Constitution also establishes a county court in each of Florida's 67 counties. The jurisdiction of county courts extends to civil disputes involving $15,000 or less. Most non-jury trials in Florida take place before one judge sitting as a judge of the county court.

The state's highest appellate court is the Supreme Court, but there are also five district courts of appeal, headquartered in Tallahassee, Lakeland, Miami, West Palm Beach and Daytona Beach. These courts, using three-judge panels, hear most cases appealed from the trial courts.

Florida offers Self-Help Centers and Family Law Forms as well as interpretive services to those with legal problems. A dictionary of common legal terms may also prove helpful.