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5th Cir. — Sumter County – Self-Help Center

High confidence· verified July 25, 2026Administrative Orders5th Jud. Cir., Sumter County – Self-Help Center — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25

Summary

6 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., Lake County – Self-Help Center — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.

Applies to

Fifth Judicial Circuit (Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter). Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

Verbatim from https://www.circuit5.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/stepparent-adoption-minor-children.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Consent of Adoptee - Form 12.981(a)(2) – Must be completed if the adoptee is over 12 years old. • Stepparent Adoption: • 63.054(7)(a) a search of the Putative Father Registry shall be done in ALL adoption cases, regardless of joint petitioner being the natural father. • After the Court has signed the order granting the motion, a certified copy from the Clerk’s Office must be obtained and mailed to Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics along with the application and fee to perform the search. • Affidavit of Nonpaternity Form 12.981(a)(3) – Use of this form is required only when a stepfather is adopting his wife’s minor child, and the mother and natural father were never married and paternity has not been established by a valid acknowledgement or court proceeding. • Certified Copy of Adoptee(s) Birth Certificate(s) • Constructive Service **MUST attempt Personal Service at respondent’s last known address BEFORE proceeding with this type of service** • Publication is required. • Additional Forms: • Motion for Default and Default - Forms 12.922 (a and b) Filed when more than twenty (20) days from service has passed and Responding party has NOT filed an Answer. • Notice for Trial - Form 12.924

Source of truth

Consent of Adoptee - Form 12.981(a)(2) – Must be completed if the adoptee is over 12 years old. • Stepparent Adoption:

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Paternity Adoption

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4th Cir. Admin. Order 1985-48 — Final Order Withholding Adjudication of Contempt Donna Price, Juror and Anne Barnhart, Employer

3 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1985-48.

High confidence· verified July 25, 20264th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order 1985-48 (Duval Clerk repository)

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4th Cir. — AO 1986-33A Amended Administrative Order No. 86-33 Compensation for Court Appointed Attorneys in Crimi

2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.

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