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32 verbatim mandatory provisions from ECFLAD 2007-01 Policies and Procedures of the Family Law Division of the Circuit Court.
First Judicial Circuit. Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order's own text layer, harvested 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. Only sentences containing mandatory language (shall, must, may not, no later than, within N) are reproduced — the full document is in custody and is the controlling text. • POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE FAMILY LAW DIVISION OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA WHEREAS, the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, has established a Family Law Division effective April 1, 1992; and WHEREAS, a primary purpose of the Family Law Division is to coordinate services to one family so that multiple cases involving one child will be consolidated and heard by one judge except with respect to delinquency cases; and WHEREAS, a proposed local rule has been submitted to the Florida Supreme Court for approval; and WHEREAS, that local rule specifies the Family Law Division shall have jurisdiction over the following matters: dissolution of marriage, simplified dissolution of marriage, paternity, support with dissolution, any matter related to child support, custody and visitation, UIFSA, adoptions, repeat violence, domestic violence, name changes, modification of family judgments, juvenile dependency, and juvenile delinquency; and WHEREAS, the judges assigned to the Family Law Division agree to establish these uniform procedures and policies relative to family law cases, it is, therefore, ORDERED AND ADJUDGED: 1. • These administrative policies and procedures shall be effective May 1, 2007. 2. • The administrative directive shall apply to all proceedings filed in the Family Law Division of the Circuit Court, First Judicial Circuit, Escambia County, Florida. • Parties representing themselves and counsel of record for parties shall abide by these policies and procedures. • Whenever the term “counsel” appears in this directive, it shall be defined to include parties representing themselves. 3. • Applications for temporary injunctions without notice shall be in compliance with Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Rule 12.610 and may follow substantially the form provided in that rule. • Proceedings requesting an injunction against domestic violence shall be in a separately filed action under Chapter 741. 6. • When required by Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Rule 12.285, financial affidavits must be timely filed by the parties. • Financial affidavits shall be filed in uncontested dissolutions whether represented by counsel or appearing pro se, even though child support or alimony has been agreed upon in a Marital Settlement Agreement. • If there is a material change in the parties’ financial circumstances during the pendency of the proceedings, amended updated financial affidavits shall be filed no later than 5:00 p.m. three business days prior to the hearing or trial. • The financial affidavit must be consistent with Form 12.902(b) or 12.902(c) of the Family Law Forms. • Unless it is waived by the parties, each party shall file a verified Certificate of Compliance with the Court pursuant to Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.295 indicating that the party has exchanged certain financial information with the other party. • All parties involved in family law cases involving minor children will be required to attend an approved parenting course prior to the final judgment being issued in the case. • A child support guidelines worksheet must be prepared and presented to the Court by counsel for the party requesting an award of child support whether at a temporary hearing, contested trial, modification of child support hearing or uncontested final hearing where a Marital Settlement Agreement has been reached. • If opposing counsel does not stipulate to the correctness of the worksheet submitted, he or she must present a separate worksheet on behalf of the client. 11. • Motions to compel discovery and motions to compel another party to comply with certain requirements under the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure (i.e., filing a financial affidavit, Mandatory Disclosure) or an order of the court (i.e., for completion of an approved parenting course) will not be set for a hearing or addressed without a hearing unless the motion states that the moving party or attorney has contacted opposing counsel in writing and attempted to resolve the matter without a hearing, but that the matter could not be resolved informally. • The letter to the opposing party shall give him or her ten (10) days to respond to the discovery request or to comply with certain requirements under the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure or an order of the court, or to request an extension of time within which to comply. • The ten day letter shall refer to the rule or order in which the opposing party is non-compliant. • The moving counsel shall submit the proposed order to the court with a copy to the opposing party, and the order shall state that the court will reserve jurisdiction to assess attorney’s fees and costs to the non-complying party. 12. • Continuances will not be granted without a hearing if the opposing party or attorney objects. 13. • The original Consent to Withdrawal must be attached to the Motion to Withdraw and a proposed order shall be submitted to the Court for signature. • The proposed order shall include the client’s current or last known mailing address for service of future pleadings, notices or court orders. • If the client does not sign a Consent to Withdrawal, a hearing is necessary and notice shall be given to the client of the hearing. • The time listed on each notice shall be the time set for the entire hearing. 15. • Whenever enforcement of delinquent child support, alimony or other monetary payment arrearage is sought, moving counsel must present to the Court, with a copy provided to opposing counsel or party, a written calculation sheet showing how the arrearage was calculated. • If payments were required to be made through the Clerk of the Court or the State of Florida Disbursement Unit, a clerk’s certificate current as of the date of the last payment due prior to the hearing shall be obtained and presented to the Court, with a copy provided to opposing counsel or party. • If interest on the arrearage is requested, its amount and method of computation must likewise be shown on the written calculation sheet. 16. • Copies of all proposed orders which are being sent to the Court for signature must first be mailed or faxed to the opposing counsel and opposing counsel shall attempt to agree upon the form and content of the proposed order within five days of receipt, unless an extension is requested. • If opposing counsel consents to the form and content of the proposed order, the attorney who prepared the proposed order shall submit same to the Court with a transmittal letter indicating that opposing counsel consents to the entry of the order. • If opposing counsel objects to the proposed order and counsel cannot work out the discrepancies, then each attorney shall submit his/her own proposed order to the Court for resolution. • If the opposing party is pro se, counsel shall submit the proposed order to the Court, with a copy being provided to the pro se party and requesting that the opposing party notify counsel and the Court immediately if he or she has any objections to the form or content of the order. • The attorney preparing the proposed order or judgment shall furnish the Court with a sufficient number of copies for distribution along with stamped envelopes.
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE FAMILY LAW DIVISION OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA WHEREAS, the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, has established a Family Law Division effective April 1, 1992; and WHEREAS, a primary purpose of the Family Law Division is to coordinate services to one family so that multiple cases involving one child will be consolidated and heard by one judge except with respect to delinquency cases; and WHEREAS, a proposed local rule has been submitted to the Florida Supreme Court for approval; and WHEREAS, that local rule specifies the Family Law Division shall have jurisdiction over the following matters: dissolution of marriage, simplified dissolution of marriage, paternity, support with dissolution, any matter related to child support, custody and visitation, UIFSA, adoptions, repeat violence, domestic violence, name changes, modification of
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 81eccda212106ad551e79fd49fb0dd03b68a955a9fe9b35e65b7081966b7b669 (75323 bytes). BenchPath harvested this circuit itself because no research corpus existed for it. Extraction is conservative: mandatory-language sentences only, so this rule is a faithful subset of the order, never a summary of it.
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