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22 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., Lake County – Judicial Officers — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
Fifth Judicial Circuit (Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.circuit5.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/lake-instructions-and-petition-to-supersede-admin-child-support-06-2024.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • All users of the eFiling Portal are required to register and create an account with the eFiling Portal in order to file electronically. • With this petition, you must file the following and provide a copy to the other party: Notice of Related Case Form, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form • Entire social security number must be provided. Family Law Financial Affidavit, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form • (This must be filed within 45 days of filing the Petition, unless you and the other party have agreed not to exchange these documents.) Child Support Guidelines Worksheet, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form • (If you do not know the other party’s income, you may file this worksheet after his or her financial affidavit has been filed.) Designation of Current Mailing and Email Address • For your case to proceed, you must serve the other party with a copy of your petition by personal service. • You must also serve Florida Department of Revenue (DOR) with a copy of your petition by serving the Deputy Agency Clerk, Bldg 2, Suite 2-4220, 2450 Shumard Oak Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32399- • After Default is entered, if you have filed all of the required papers, you MUST file a Notice for Trial, Florida • MUST file a Notice for Trial, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.924, with the clerk of court. • If the respondent files an answer and counterpetition, you should answer the counterpetition within 20 days using an Answer to Counter Petition, Florida • If you choose to file your pleadings or other documents electronically, you must do so in accordance with -- 2 of 7 -- • Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.525, and you must follow the procedures of the judicial circuit in which you file. • After the initial service of process of the petition or supplemental petition by the Sheriff or certified process server, the Florida Rules of 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 • 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. • 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 • To serve and receive documents by e-mail, you must designate your e-mail addresses by using the • Law Form 12.915, and you must provide your e-mail address on each form on which your signature appears. • If a nonlawyer helps you fill out these forms, that person must give you a copy of a Disclosure from Nonlawyer, • A nonlawyer helping you fill out these forms also must put his or her name, address, and telephone number on the bottom of the last page of every form he or she helps you complete. -- 3 of 7 -- • 1. ____ Petitioner requests that the Court enter an Order to supersede and prospectively modify an administrative child support order to cease all child support retroactive to the date of the filing of this petition and close out the child support ledger for the following reasons: _____ Neither party receives public assistance benefits in their household and the parties do not want child support established through the court. _____ Neither party receives public assistance benefits in their household and the child(ren)’s needs are being provided for. _____ The parties are residing together as intact family. _____ Other ________________________________________________________ • Child Support Guidelines, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.943, must be completed and filed before the court will consider this request.
All users of the eFiling Portal are required to register and create an account with the eFiling Portal in order to file electronically.
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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.