Florida Files

Circuit Judge, Circuit 6, Group 8

Susan Barthle

2025 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2026-04-09 · 4 pages (text)

Net worth$791,421
Income listed$190,488
Real estate$895,000
Debts listed$410,079
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 100% $190,488 · State of Florida

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 3

Context Unusual reporting

“Savings” ($35,000) doesn't name the institution

Intangible assets should name the entity they relate to.

What to check
  • Which bank, company or fund is this?

Rule: Asset without a named institution
“Do not list simply "stocks and bonds" or "bank accounts."”2025 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $791,421; listed items add up to $791,421

Reported net worth: $791,421. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $791,421. They roughly agree.

What to check
  • No action needed unless other items look off.

Rule: Net worth vs. listed items
“Simply subtracting your liabilities from your assets will not result in an accurate net worth figure in most cases.”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

100% of listed income ($190,488) comes from State of Florida

Listed income totals $190,488 from 1 source. The largest is classed as government & public payroll.

What to check
  • Who is this source, and does it have business before the office sought?
  • If the filer owns it, check the business section and secondary income.

Rule: Where the money comes from
“List the name of each source of income that provided you with more than $1,000 of income during”2025 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

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Other filings by Susan Barthle

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-23$761,000
Form — qualifying copy2026-04-13—

Qualifying copies and annual Commission filings are matched to each other by name.

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $1,061,500 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $410,079 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $190,488 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Reported as “N/A”.

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
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Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-07T19:35:42+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 0 value(s) below 80% confidence

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  • 04/13/26 — Financial Disclosure PDF (2p)
  • 04/17/26 — Candidate Oath - Judicial Office (not downloaded)
  • 04/28/26 — Term Report Notice (not downloaded)