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2 verbatim mandatory provisions from Representing Yourself in Family Cases in Seminole County.
Eighteenth 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. • Some forms can be found online at: https://www.flcourts.gov/ All completed forms must be returned to the Seminole Clerk of the Court located at 101 Eslinger Way Sanford, FL 32771 or electronically filed through the Florida State e-Filing Portal (www.myflcourtaccess.com). • Pleadings/Documents/Forms Required Date of Filing Cover Sheet for Family Court Cases 12.928 Petition for Adoption of Adult Petition for Adoption of Adult by Stepparent 12.981(c)(1) Consent of Petitioner’s Spouse (if Petitioner is married and his/her spouse did not join in filing a Joint Petition) -- 1 of 2 -- Page 2 of 2 Notice of Related Cases 12.900(h) Certified Copy of Birth Certificate of Adult Adoptee Consent of Adult Adoptee 12.981(a)(2) Consent of Adult Adoptee’s Spouse (if Adult Adoptee is married) 12.981(c)(2) State and National Criminal History Records Check of Adult Adoptee (if Adult Adoptee is changing his/her name) Proposed Final Judgment Notice of Hearing 12.923 (written notice to Adult Adoptee’s birth parents, or proof of service of process on Adult Adoptee’s birth parents, is required) (if birth parent(s) is deceased, a certified copy of the death certificate must be filed) -- 2 of 2 --
Some forms can be found online at: https://www.flcourts.gov/ All completed forms must be returned to the Seminole Clerk of the Court located at 101 Eslinger Way Sanford, FL 32771 or electronically filed through the Florida State e-Filing Portal (www.myflcourtaccess.com).
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 519fe49c48fc4ff65d6a488b8bd4eec33803b617f6a8574f8608d1b98399641d (30704 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.
The Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (Seminole and Brevard) requires cover letters in PDF format and proposed orders in .docx format using DJMCA formatting codes, submitted through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.
Florida attorneys must file court documents electronically through the statewide Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (myflcourtaccess.com). Self-represented litigants may e-file through the same portal. Local circuits layer their own formatting and routing quirks on top.
Effective June 15, 2026, every signer of a Florida court filing — attorney or self-represented — represents that "the legal authorities identified exist and are accurately cited," with express sanctions (reprimand, contempt, striking, dismissal, costs, fees) for violations. Companion order AOSC26-12 preempts ALL circuit- and judge-level AI disclosure/certification requirements.