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15 verbatim requirements from administrative order 07-95-44-07 - Amended Administrative Order Governing the Child Support Hearing Officers' General Powers and Duties Pursuant to Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.491.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/AO07-95-44-07%20ADAC.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Rule 12.491(e) addresses the general powers and duties of child support enforcement hearing officers and empowers the hearing officers to issue process, administer oaths, require the production of documents, and conduct hearings for the purpose of taking evidence and states that the hearing officers do not have the authority to hear contested paternity cases. • Upon the receipt of a child support proceeding, the child support enforcement hearing officer shall: • Rule 12.491(a) states that rule 12.491 shall become effective only when specifically invoked by administrative order of the chief justice for use in a particular county or circuit. • The provisions of Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.491 governing child support enforcement hearing officers shall be followed and enforced in both Orange and Osceola • Support Services, the case is no longer considered a Title IV-D case and shall not be heard before the support hearing officers. • A party shall provide timely notice to a child support hearing officer that a support proceeding requiring a hearing has been filed with the Clerk of Court. • The original notice shall be delivered to the hearing officer, together with sufficient copies of the notice for service to all parties and with stamped, addressed envelopes bearing the party’s return address. • The notice shall indicate the party’s estimate of the length of time required for the hearing and shall not be set for less than the minimum time listed on the schedule of times. • The notice shall also contain a requested date and time for the hearing as appears to be available in the hearing officer’s online calendaring program. • The party providing the notice must coordinate the requested hearing time with any other counsel of record in the case. • For motions requiring an expedited hearing by law, the required notices must be provided no less than 10 days before the requested hearing date. -- 2 of 4 -- • Upon receipt of the notice detailed above, the hearing officer shall assign a time and place for the hearing and give notice to each of the parties as may be required by law. • Non-jury trials on Petitions for Enforcement of Administrative Support Order and Petitions for Modification (to extend child support only) shall be set for minimum 15 minutes. • Non-jury trials for any other petition shall be set for minimum of one-half hour. • Persons arrested on warrants for failure to pay child support shall be brought before the
Rule 12.491(e) addresses the general powers and duties of child support enforcement hearing officers and empowers the hearing officers to issue process, administer oaths, require the production of documents, and conduct hearings for the purpose of taking evidence and states that the hearing officers do not have the authority to hear contested paternity cases.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 9507344485ec1016dab2697ba485bc52413e22d5a6250abe79e9200b4d392e19. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
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.