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9 verbatim requirements from 6th Circuit Administrative Order 2006-021.
Sixth Judicial Circuit (Pinellas/Pasco). Administrative orders change without notice; the court's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order, fetched live 2026-08-03; whitespace normalised only. • 1985), a hearing to determine whether the contemnor has the present ability to comply with the purge provisions of the contempt order must be held within 48 hours of contemnor s arrest on a writ of bodily attachment for civil contempt due to failure to pay child support. • (This hearing shall hereinafter be referred to as a Bowen hearing. ) Pursuant to Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.615(f), at any time after a contemnor is incarcerated for failure to pay child support, upon the motion of the contemnor or any other party or upon the court s own motion, the court may review the contemnor s present ability to comply with the purge conditions, may review the duration of incarceration, and may modify any of its prior orders. • In order to ensure that the contemnor s due process rights are met, that the Bowen hearing is held within 48 hours as required, that any subsequent review hearings are held expeditiously, and that no hearing is delayed due to transportation of the contemnor between Pasco and Pinellas counties, the Sixth Judicial Circuit has determined that it is appropriate to establish procedures that will apply when a writ of bodily attachment for failure to pay child support was issued in one county within the Sixth Judicial Circuit, but the contemnor is arrested and incarcerated in the other county within the Sixth Judicial Circuit. • If a person is arrested due to a writ of bodily attachment for civil contempt for failure to pay child support, the Sheriff s Department of the county where the contemnor was arrested shall schedule a Bowen hearing to take place within 48 hours after arrest and shall: a. • This hearing shall be scheduled for the next available time, but not later than 48 hours after arrest, either on the regular in-custody calendar of the child support hearing officer of the county where the contemnor was arrested or on the weekend or holiday advisory judge s calendar of that county. • If, for some reason, neither a hearing officer nor a weekend or holiday advisory judge is available to handle the Bowen hearing within 48 hours of contemnor s arrest, the Sheriff shall contact the Administrative Office of the Courts in the county in which the contemnor was arrested for assistance in scheduling the hearing before a judge within 48 hours of arrest. b. • The Clerk of the Circuit Court in Pasco County and the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Pinellas County shall establish procedures by which the child support hearing officers and weekend and holiday advisory judges in each county shall have access via computer to the contemnor s child support payment history from the county where the writ of bodily attachment was issued. • If, however, the matter cannot be heard by the child support hearing officer within 48 hours after the contemnor was arrested, then the weekend or holiday advisory judge shall hold the Bowen hearing. • If, at the Bowen hearing, a finding is made that the contemnor has the present ability to comply with the purge provisions, and thus he or she is ordered to remain incarcerated, but the contemnor has not yet been transported from the county where the he or she was arrested to the county where the writ of bodily attachment was issued, and the contemnor subsequently requests another review of his or her current ability to comply with the purge provisions, as set forth in Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.615(f), then the review hearing shall be scheduled to be held via videoconference at the next available time on the in-custody calendar of a child support hearing officer in the county where the contemnor is currently incarcerated.
1985), a hearing to determine whether the contemnor has the present ability to comply with the purge provisions of the contempt order must be held within 48 hours of contemnor s arrest on a writ of bodily attachment for civil contempt due to failure to pay child support.
Reviewer note: Composed from the court's own bytes during the 6th's ledger close 2026-08-03; scope from the court's numbering convention (PI-/PA-/PA⁄PI) or an exclusive county mention.
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