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17 verbatim requirements from 6th Circuit Administrative Order 2024-025.
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. • Professional and nonprofessional guardians must keep a current telephone number and email address on file with the Clerk of the Court. • All professional guardians must comply with the background check requirements of chapter 744, Florida Statutes, and must submit proof of registration with the Office of Public and Professional Guardians upon filing a Petition for Appointment of Guardian. • Along with their Petition for Appointment of Guardian, each proposed guardian must submit for filing an Application for Appointment of Guardian and an Oath of Guardian. • When requested, non-professional guardians must also submit a completed Department of Children and Families Release form. • Professional and non-professional guardians must pay all fees associated with the application as required by the Florida Statutes. • If the Public Guardian is appointed, all costs of administration, including filing fees, must be paid from the budget of the Office of the Public Guardian and pursuant to section 744.2008(2), Florida Statutes, any court costs or filing fees are hereby waived if the ward’s assets are $30,000.00 or less. • Any petitioner seeking the appointment of a Guardian Advocate for a developmentally disabled person within Pasco or Pinellas County must utilize the court-approved form Application for Appointment of Guardian. • The court-approved form Application for Appointment of Guardian must be utilized by any petitioner seeking the determination of incapacity of an individual • The members of the examining committee and the court-appointed counsel for the alleged incapacitated person must be chosen on a rotational basis from the Court approved lists. iii. • Indigent Status The Clerk must inform any petitioner filing for indigent status on behalf of an alleged indigent incapacitated person that they are required to complete an Application for Determination of Civil Indigent Status in accordance with section 57.082, Florida Statutes. • Trust accountings may be filed in other formats but must include the information on the calculation of yearly fees and conform to the annual report filing schedule. • Motions for extensions of time for filing any required document must be made in writing prior to the time the document is due. • The motion must disclose whether or not an extension of time has previously been granted for the same or similar filing. • The parties must allege good cause on which the extension is sought and that the time requested is sufficient. • Counsel must ensure that all interested parties receive adequate notice of all such motions. • Upon completion of a non-professional guardian education course, the guardian must file a certificate of completion from the course instructor in the guardianship court file. • Upon completion of a guardian of minor child education course, the guardian must file a certificate of completion from the course instructor in the guardianship court file.
Professional and nonprofessional guardians must keep a current telephone number and email address on file with the Clerk of the Court.
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.
18 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., M-2018-65 — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
13 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., Interpreter Services – English — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
25 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2022-004.