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4 verbatim requirements extracted from magistrate-kathryn-hill__IDO-and-Instructions-Fillable-Form-12.996a-10.21.pdf, across 1 topic.
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie). Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used anywhere in this chain. PROPOSED ORDERS • ink. After completing this form, you must first send a copy to the other party or his or her attorney, if he or she is represented by an attorney, for approval or objection to the form before you send it to the judge assigned to your case. If the opposing party or his or her attorney, if represented, approves the form order, you may send the original proposed order and two copies to the judge assigned to your case with a letter telling the judge that you have first sent a copy of this proposed order to the opposing counsel or party, if unrepresented, and that they have no objection to the judge signing this order. If the other party or his or her attorney, if represented, has an objection to the proposed order as completed by you, you must tell the judge that you have sent a copy of this proposed order to the opposing party or his or her counsel, if represented, and that they specifically object to the entry of the proposed form Income Deduction Order. You must also send stamped self-addressed envelopes to the judge addressed to you and the opposing party or his or her attorney, if represented. You should keep a copy for your own records. If the judge signs the Income Deduction Order, the judge will mail you and the opposing party (or their attorney) copies of the signed order in the envelopes you provide to the court. Where can I look for more information? Before proceeding, you should read “General Information for Self-Represented Litigants” found at the beginning of these forms. The words that are in “bold underline” in these instructions are defined there. For further information see section 61.1301, Florida Statutes. IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING E-FILING The Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration now require that all petitions, pleadings, and documents be filed electronically except in certain circumstances. Self-represented litigants may file petitions or other pleadings or documents electronically; however, they are not required to do so. If you choose to file your pleadings or other documents electronically, you must do so in accordance with Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.525, and you must follow the procedures of the judicial circuit in which you file. The rules and procedures should be carefully read and followed. IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING E-SERVICE ELECTION The Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration now require that all documents required or permitted to be served on the other party must be served by electronic mail (e-mail) except in certain circumstances. You must strictly comply with the format requirements set forth in the Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration. If you elect to participate in electronic service, which means serving or receiving pleadings by electronic mail (e-mail), or through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal, you must review Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516. You may find this rule at www.flcourts.org through the link to the Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration provided under either Family Law Forms: Getting Started, or Rules of Court in the A-Z Topical Index. SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS MAY SERVE DOCUMENTS BY E-MAIL; HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO. If a self-represented litigant elects to serve and receive documents by e-mail, the procedures must always be followed once the initial election is made. Instructions for Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.996(a), Income Deduction Order (10/21) • IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE __________________ JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ______________________________ COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No: ________________________ Division: ________________________ _________________________________, Petitioner, and _________________________________, Respondent. INCOME DEDUCTION ORDER TO: ANY PRESENT OR SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYERS/PAYORS OF OBLIGOR {name} ________________________________________________________ YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED to make regular deductions from all income due and payable to the above-named obligor in accordance with the terms of this order as follows: 1. This Income Deduction Order shall be effective {Choose only one} _____ immediately. _____ upon a delinquency in the amount of $___________ but not to exceed one month’s payment, pursuant to the order establishing, enforcing, or modifying the obligation. _____ beginning {date} __________________. 2. You shall deduct: $____________ per __________ for ongoing child support. Child support shall be automatically reduced or terminated consistent with the schedule in paragraph 7; and $____________ per ____________ for retroactive child support; and $____________ per ____________ for child support arrears totaling $__________ as of __________; and $____________ per ____________ for bridge-the-gap alimony; and $ ___________ per ____________ for permanent alimony; and $____________ per ___________ for rehabilitative alimony; and $____________ per ____________ for durational alimony; and $____________ per ____________ for permanent alimony; and $____________ per ____________ for retroactive alimony; and $____________ per ____________ for alimony arrears totaling $________ as of________; and $____________ per____________ for _____________________; and $____________ per____________ for Clerk’s Fee (4% of each payment not to exceed $5.25 per payment); $____________Total amount of income to be deducted each ________________. Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.996(a), Income Deduction Order (10/21) • 3. You shall pay the deducted amount to the “State of Florida Disbursement Unit,” and mail it to the State of Florida Disbursement Unit P.O. Box 8500, Tallahassee, FL 32314-8500, (tel.) (877) 769-0251. All payments must include the obligor’s name (last, middle, first), obligor’s social security number, obligee’s name (last, middle, first), name of county where court order originated, and case number/depository number. All payments must be made by check, money order, cashier’s check, certified check, or through the Internet with access provided by the State of Florida https://fl.smartchildsupport.com/. No credit will be given for any payments made directly to the obligee without a court order permitting direct payments. 4. If a delinquency accrues after the order establishing, modifying, or enforcing the obligation has been entered and there is no order for repayment of the delinquency or a preexisting arrearage, a payor shall deduct an additional 20 percent of the current support obligation or other amount agreed to by the parties until the delinquency and any attorneys’ fees and costs are paid in full. No deduction may be applied to attorneys’ fees and costs until the delinquency is paid in full. 5. You shall not deduct in excess of the amounts allowed under the Consumer Credit Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. §673(b), as amended. 6. You shall deduct {Choose only one} ( ) the full amount, ( ) _____%, or ( ) none of the income which is payable to the obligor in the form of a bonus or other similar one-time payment, up to the amount of arrearage reported in the Income Deduction Order or the remaining balance thereof, and forward the payment to the State of Florida Disbursement Unit. For purposes of this subparagraph, “bonus” means a payment in addition to an obligor's usual compensation and which is in addition to any amounts contracted for or otherwise legally due and shall not include any commission payments due an obligor. 7. Child Support Reduction/Termination Schedule. Child support shall be automatically reduced or terminated as set forth in the following schedule: Please list children by initials from eldest to youngest Insert in this column the day, month, and year the child support obligation terminates for each designated child (see instructions) Insert in this column the amount of child support for all minor children remaining (including designated child). Child 1 From the effective child support for Child 1 and (Eldest) date of this Income all other younger child(ren) Initials & year Deduction Order should be paid in the of birth: until the following date: following monthly amount: Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.996(a), Income Deduction Order (10/21) • Child 2 After the date set child support for Child 2 and Initials & year forth in the row all other younger child(ren) of birth: above until the following date: should be paid in the following monthly amount: Child 3 Initials & year of birth: Child 4 Initials & year of birth: After the date set forth in the row above until the following date: After the date set forth in the row above until the following date: child support for Child 3 and all other younger child(ren) should be paid in the following monthly amount: child support for Child 4 and all other younger child(ren) should be paid in the following monthly amount: Child 5 After the date set child support for Child 5 and Initials & year forth in the row all other younger child(ren) of birth: above until the following date: should be paid in the following monthly amount: (Continue on additional pages for additional children) 8. This Income Deduction Order shall remain in effect so long as the underlying order of support is effective or until further order of the court. STATEMENT OF OBLIGOR’S RIGHTS, REMEDIES, AND DUTIES 9. The obligor is required to pay all amounts and fees specified within this Income Deduction Order. 10. The amounts deducted may not be in excess of that allowed under the Consumer Credit Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. §1673(b) as amended. 11. This income deduction order applies to all of the obligor’s current and subsequent payors and periods of employment. 12. A copy of the Income Deduction Order will be served upon the obligor’s payor or payors. 13. Enforcement of the Income Deduction Order may only be contested on the ground of mistake of fact regarding the amount owed pursuant to the order establishing, enforcing, or modifying the obligation, the arrearages, or the identity of the obligor, the payor, or the obligee. 14. The obligor is required to notify the obligee and, when the obligee is receiving IV-D services, the IV-D agency, within 7 days of any changes in the obligor’s address, payors, and the addresses of the obligor’s payors. Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.996(a), Income Deduction Order (10/21)
ink. After completing this form, you must first send a copy to the other party or his or her attorney, if he or she is represented by an attorney, for approval or objection to the form before you send it to the judge assigned to your case. If the opposing party or his or her attorney, if represented, approves the form order, you may send the original proposed order and two copies to the judge assigned to your case with a letter telling the judge that you have first sent a copy of this proposed order to the opposing counsel or party, if unrepresented, and that they have no objection to the judge signing this order. If the other party or his or her attorney, if represented, has an objection to the proposed order as completed by you, you must tell the judge that you have sent a copy of this proposed order to the opposing party or his or her counsel, if represented, and that they specificall
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 229ef33baf03fd35438c5d56cc02cd8587634467b61f79ac6307dd0cd865d9d3. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass.
Division AO requires proposed orders to be submitted in Word format through the 15th Circuit Online Services System. Orders submitted online do not need a date or signature line.
3 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division M on proposed orders & online scheduling.
When counsel is asked to prepare an order after a hearing, it must be drafted and circulated to opposing counsel within three working days and submitted to the Court within seven days of the hearing.