Brevard & Seminole Counties

FAMILY COURT INFORMATION

DOWNLOAD FLORIDA FAMILY LAW RULES OF PROCEDURE
FAMILY LAW FORMS AND INFORMATION
PARENTING COORDINATOR ALMANAC

• Brevard Family Division
• Brevard Parenting Coordinator Roster
• Parenting Coordinator Policies, Procedures and Applications

• Seminole Family Division
• Seminole Parenting Coordinator Roster
• Parenting Coordinator Policies, Procedures and Applications

Florida Courts Help App now available:

For constituents, customers, or callers seeking help with family law cases – divorce, adoption, name change, custody, order of protection, and much more – there is now a one-stop source for lots of information aimed at self-represented people. Florida Courts Help is available at app stores as well as online at help.flcourts.org.

Florida Courts Help makes available at the touch of a screen:

• 186 Supreme Court-approved family law forms that can be filled out on the device
• Links and contact information for help centers all around the state
• Plain-language instructions and descriptions of first steps and next actions
• Pointers and contact for a full range of legal help from multiple online resources, free and low- cost legal services, lawyer referrals and other information, including eligibility criteria.
• User-friendly instructions for initial steps and pointers about what happens next.

What is Family Court?

Family Court is a fully integrated, comprehensive approach to handling all cases involving children and families, while at the same time resolving family disputes in a fair, timely, efficient, and cost effective manner. In Florida, the Supreme Court has recognized Unified Family Court as the best way to handle cases that involve children and families. The idea behind Unified Family Court (or UFC for short) is that a family should be able to have all of their disputes resolved in the most effective and efficient way possible. Since 1991, a series of Florida Supreme Court opinions have been instrumental in establishing UFC throughout the state. For more information click here.

What does Family Court have jurisdiction over?

1. dissolution of marriage
2. division & distribution of property arising out of dissolution of marriage
3. annulment
4. custodial care / access to children
5. adoption
6. support unconnected with dissolution of marriage
7. child support
8. paternity
9. URESA / UIFSA
10. declaratory judgment actions related to premarital, marital, or post marital agreements
11. name change
12. juvenile delinquency
13. emancipation of a minor
14. CINS / FINS
15. truancy
16. juvenile dependency
17. termination of parental rights
18. civil domestic & repeat violence
19. modifications and enforcement of orders