5 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2014-012.
Third Judicial Circuit (Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor). 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 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. No OCR. Only sentences carrying mandatory language are reproduced — the full order is in custody and is the controlling text. • A social investigation and study shall be conducted by a cliild- placing agency licensed p'iirsuant to s.409.l75, Florida Statutes; a psycliologist licensed pirsuant to cl'iapter 490, Florida Statutes; or a clinical social woi'ker, marriage and faniily therapist, or mental }iealth counselor licensed pursuant to chapter 491, Florida Statutes. • To serve as a parenting coordinator, a person must be eitl'ier licensed as a mental health professional under chapter 490 or chapter 491; licensed as a physician uider chapter 458, with ceitification by the Ai'nerican Board of Psycl'iiahy and Nerirology; certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a family law mediator, witl'i at least a master's degree in a mental liealth field; or be a member in good standing of The Florida Bar. • Additionally, parenting coordinators must have completed tlu-ee years of post- licensure or post-cenification practice; a family mediation h'aining program certified by the Florida Supreme Court; and a minimum of 24 l'iorirs of parenting coordination -- 1 of 2 -- training as set forth in tlie s.61.l25(4)2.c., Florida Statutes, including a minimum of 4 hours of training in domestic violence and child abuse whicb is related to parenting coordination. • A parenting coordinator must also be in good standing, or in clear and active status, with his or her respective licensing authority, certification board, or both, as applicable. • A person appointed to serve as a guardian ad litem in a dissolution of marriage or for tbe creation, approval, or modification of a parenting plan must be cturently certified by the Guardian Ad Liten'i Program prirsuaixt to s.39.821; certified by a not-for-profit legal aid orgai'iizatioi'i as defined in s.68.096; or an attorney who is a member in good standing of The Florida Bar.
A social investigation and study shall be conducted by a cliild- placing agency licensed p'iirsuant to s.409.l75, Florida Statutes; a psycliologist licensed pirsuant to cl'iapter 490, Florida Statutes; or a clinical social woi'ker, marriage and faniily therapist, or mental }iealth counselor licensed pursuant to chapter 491, Florida Statutes.
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25 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2022-004.
10 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2014-025.
The 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.