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40 verbatim requirements from admin. order (unlisted) [unlisted] PvPOrder.
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/judge/PvPOrder.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • She also said she did not have a license because she refused to take a breathalyzer and that the “DMV” has told her she must take some sort of “alcohol course.” However, there is no record of anything in the clerk’s computer that indicates such a course is required, and the suspension of a driver’s license for a first refusal to take a breathalyzer is for only one year. • Both parents must work to solve any parenting difficulties that may arise. • Florida law also provides: “When a parent who is ordered to pay child support ... fails to pay child support ... , the parent who should have received the child support ... may not refuse to honor the time-sharing schedule presently in effect between the parents.” §61.13(4)(a) "When a parent refuses to honor the other parent’s rights under the time-sharing schedule, the parent whose time-sharing rights were violated shall continue to pay any ordered child support ...” §61.13(4)(b). • Likewise, child support must be paid regularly and on time even if the parent owing child support is not in contact with the child because the child has a right to be supported by both parents all of the time. • 2.3 All factors considered In deciding a parenting plan and time-sharing schedule, the court must consider all of the factors in §61.13(3). • Regarding the parental responsibility order, since 1982 and until the present under §61.13(2) the court can order (1) the parents must share parental responsibility; or (2) the parents must share parental responsibility and one parent may have ultimate responsibility over some or all aspects of the child’s life, see, e.g.,Watt v Watt, 966 So.2d 455 (Fla. 4 DCA 2007); • Further, a parent seeking sole parental responsibility over some aspect or all aspects of the child’s life must plead for this in a petition. • However, because neither parent pled for sole parental responsibility in a petition the court cannot order sole parental responsibility and the court must order shared parental responsibility even if the evidence demonstrates that the parents cannot confer together and share parental responsibility for their children. • So, when the parties plead for shared parental responsibility, or, at least, fail to properly plead for sole parental responsibility, the court must order the parties to share parental responsibility and as part of the shared parental responsibility order the court may grant ultimate responsibility to one parent or the other over some or all aspects of the children’s lives. • In this particular family, from the evidence presented the court finds (1) the parents do not confer and consult together about parenting decisions; • (1) The parties are ordered to share parental responsibility but the Mother shall have the ultimate responsibility for the children’s (a) education, including change of schools and school choice, (b) health care, including health insurance provider, dental, orthodontic, optical and -- 6 of 12 -- 7 mental health care, elective and emergency, and any counseling of either child for any purpose, (c) the choice of the employment day care provider and whether the children will be taken to a day care provider on any day, (d) extracurricular activities including sports, religious training, and summer camps and summer activities even though these might encroach on the children’s attached time-sharing schedule with the mother or the father, and (e) whether the children will participate in religious ceremonies, services, training and education during portions of the time- sharing schedule when the children are with him. • Father shall have the authority to consent to emergency medical care when the children are with the • (2) The Mother shall consult and confer with the Father about all important decisions pertaining to the aspects of the children’s lives specified above, so that the parties share parental responsibility, but in the event that the parties are unable to agree on an issue on these aspects of the children’s lives, the Mother is hereby granted the ultimate responsibility to make the decisions in these aspects without obtaining the Father’s consent and without court approval before making the decision. • The best interests of the children require that one parent be able to make prompt decisions for the children if the parties do not agree. • 2.6 Both parents have equal parental rights to information - Access to records and information pertaining to a minor child, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and school records, may not be denied to either parent. • The court must decide the best interest of the children over the long term. • The court orders that the parents shall follow this plan and time-sharing schedule. -- 7 of 12 -- 8 • Amendments to the pleadings may be necessary or desirable because the parties’ pleadings do not ask for all three alternatives to parental responsibility allowed by the law, that is, (1) sole parental responsibility over some or all parenting decisions to one parent or the other; • Further, if a sole parental responsibility order is requested in a pleading, the pleading must also allege ultimate facts demonstrating a detriment to the children if shared parental responsibility is ordered. • F.S. §61.13(2)(c)2. requires the court to order shared parental responsibility “unless the court finds that shared parental responsibility would be detrimental to the child”, so if a party pleads for sole parental responsibility, the party must also plead ultimate facts and then prove facts that demonstrate a detriment to the child if shared parental responsibility is ordered. • Of course, the time-sharing order is a separate question from the parental responsibility order, and both of these, the time-sharing order and the parental responsibility order, are part of the parenting plan that the court must establish under §61.13(2). • If either party wants a final time sharing schedule in which the children reside -- 8 of 12 -- 9 most of the days of the year with that party then they must plead for that relief and then at trial must prove a parenting plan and time-sharing schedule that are in the children’s best interest, taking into consideration all of the factors in §61.13(3). • Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.110(b): “A pleading which sets forth a claim for relief ... must state a cause of action and shall contain (1) a short and plain statement of the grounds upon which the court’s jurisdiction depends ..., (2) a short and plain statement of the ultimate facts showing that the pleader is entitled to relief, and (3) a demand for judgment for the relief to which the pleader deems himself or herself entitled. • So, a pleading is the document in which a party asks for the relief in the case that the party believes it is entitled to and the request for judgment in the pleading must be supported by allegations of ultimate facts that demonstrate a right to the relief. • Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.440(c): “If the court finds the action ready to be set for trial, it shall enter an order fixing a date for trial.” • Originals or copies of documents that a party believes amount to evidence or documents produced in discovery or pursuant to mandatory disclosure under Rule 12.285 must never be filed in the court file. • These must be brought to a hearing or trial if they are relevant to a parties’ evidence at the hearing or trial, and any document can be seen and considered by the judge only if it is admitted into evidence at the hearing or the trial pursuant to rules of procedure and the rules of evidence. • The court orders that for any calendar year after this date, the parent or other person with whom the children stayed at least 183 days out of the calendar year is the parent or person who is entitled to the dependent’s exemption for the children on the federal income tax return for that year, regardless of what any time-sharing order in this case may say about where the children are ordered to live. • However, if there is no such I.R.S. form signed and delivered by the parent or person entitled to the exemption under this order for any calendar year then the parent or other person with whom the children stayed at least 183 days out of the calendar year is the parent or person who is entitled to the dependent’s exemption for the children on the federal income tax return for that year, as ordered above. • 3.4 F.S. §61.13(4)(b) provides: “When [the parent with whom the child lives most of the time] refuses to honor [the children’s right of contact with the other parent] the [parent owing child support] shall not fail to pay any ordered child support...” This is the law because the children have a right to be supported by both parents all of the time. • 3.5 It is now ordered that child support shall not be modified during any period of contact with the parent with whom the children reside the least amount of time during the year. • Deduction Order shall issue directing the payor's current employer and any future employer of the payor to deduct the child support due under this order from any income due to the payor and forward it the depository, the “Florida Support Disbursement Unit”, as required by said statute, as amended from time to time hereafter. • The form of the income deduction order shall be prepared by the payee or the payee's counsel and sent to the undersigned judge for signing and filing. • 3.11 Place of Payment Child support shall be paid by check or money order payable to and sent to the “Florida Support Disbursement Unit”, P.O. • The payor must write on each check (1) this case number and also the words (2) "Lee • 3.12 Addresses and Social Security numbers As required by §61.13(8)(a), F.S., within 30 days of this order both parties are ordered to write to the “State Case Registry”, P.O. • A copy of any letter with that information sent to the “State Case Registry” must also be delivered or mailed to the Clerk of the Court, Lee County, Florida, 1700 Monroe Street, Fort • 3.13 Temporary Order on health insurance and uncovered medical bills (A) Health Insurance The court finds there is no health insurance on the children. -- 10 of 12 -- 11 (B) Uncovered Medical Bills The parties shall be responsible for any uncovered reasonable and necessary medical bills of the child incurred since the trial date in an amount equal to the ratio of their available incomes. • If either parent pays for any such treatment or bill, they shall be reimbursed for any amount paid beyond their share of it by the other parent. • They shall be reimbursed only for treatments that are reasonable and necessary.
She also said she did not have a license because she refused to take a breathalyzer and that the “DMV” has told her she must take some sort of “alcohol course.” However, there is no record of anything in the clerk’s computer that indicates such a course is required, and the suspension of a driver’s license for a first refusal to take a breathalyzer is for only one year.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: e6b31d3198a0dbc3640617b52d655f212e6eba8caf9efcb503dfba36689ef79f. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
Judge Bell caps motions and responses at 5 pages for UMC hearings and 12 pages for special-set hearings.
Judge Alijewicz requires every motion for attorney's fees and/or costs to attach a document detailing time records — no records, no fee award.
Judge Corlew bars informal contact: every communication with the Court must be in writing, filed with the Clerk, with copies furnished to all parties — and no calls to the JA to schedule or cancel UMC.