Local Rule 1 — Five divisions of the Circuit Court (Broward) · BenchPath

Local Rule 1 — Five divisions of the Circuit Court (Broward)

High confidence· verified August 18, 2026Local Rules17th Jud. Cir. Local Rule 1

Summary

Creates the five Circuit Court divisions — General Civil, Criminal, Probate, Juvenile, Family — and defines the Family Division's one-family jurisdiction (dissolution, custody/support, domestic violence and related matters).

Requirement

Verbatim: "Five divisions of the Circuit Court are created for the administration and management of court proceedings. (1) General Civil Division (2) Criminal Division (3) Probate Division (4) Juvenile Division (5) Family Division. The Family Court Division hears all suits, proceedings, or matters that affect one family," including dissolution of marriage, simplified dissolution, child custody and support, URESA, and domestic violence. Source PDF sha256 4630bc8b0da6…

Source of truth

Five divisions of the Circuit Court are created for the administration and management of court proceedings.

Official source: 17th Cir. — Administrative Orders hub (hosts the Broward Local Rules)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 3, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: August 18, 2026BenchPath — 17th local-rules relocation verification 2026-08-18: republished /2026/04/ PDF fetched live, sha256-matched to 2026-07-24 custody, verbatim spans re-verified

Reviewer note: | 2026-08-18: the court retired its standalone Local Rules page and the legacy upload paths; republished under /wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ (linked from the Administrative Orders hub). Re-verified verbatim against the republished PDF (sha256 4630bc8b0da6…, byte-identical to 2026-07-24 custody).

Domestic Violence Injunction Simplified Dissolution Dissolution of Marriage

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