CHILD SUPPORT – Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts

1997 Admin Order 97-19-b

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EXCERPT: “WHEREAS there are instances in a dissolution of marriage action where prior to the conclusion of the action an order for temporary child support has been entered and an arrearage has accrued but the final judgment does not address this arrearage. WHEREAS the law is clear that when there is an arrearage from a temporary child support order and the arrearage is not addressed in the final judgment the arrearage is voided and no longer collectible. It is thereupon, ORDERED: That the Clerk of the Court for Brevard County shall be authorized to zero out the arrearage that exists in their records as a result of a temporary child support order when a final judgment of dissolution of marriage is entered which does not address or include any provisions regarding the temporary support arrearage.
This order will take effect immediately. DONE AND ORDERED this 14TH day of MAY 1997.”

1997 Admin Order 97-18-b

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EXCERPT: “WHEREAS there are instances where the final judgment in a dissolution of marriage action is silent as to the date child support payments are to commence.
WHEREAS, when the final judgment is silent as to the commencement of child support payments, there must be a default schedule to determine deadlines for payment of child support. It is thereupon, ORDERED: (Open AO for more information.)”

2017 Admin Order 17-17-s

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EXCERPT: “Whereas certain issues recur in family court actions including but not limited to Paternity and Dissolution of Marriage actions involving minor children and it is in the best interest of the parties and the children of the action to order certain temporary relief, it is hereby Ordered and Adjudged as follows: (Open AO for more information.)”

Additional Information:

Florida Statutes Section 61.21 and 61.30

2014 Admin Order 14-39-b

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The judges of Brevard County have decided that it is in the best interest of the litigants and constituents of the Family/Domestic Relations Division that the court implements a uniform method for applying payments and requiring their orderly processing by the Clerk and uniform accounting of the same.

NOW THEREFORE I, John M. Harris, pursuant to the authority vested in me as Chief Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit under Rule 2.050, Fla.R.Jud.Admin, cause the same to take effect and IT IS ORDERED:

For the purpose of ensuring that the Clerk’s administrative fees under Section 61.181, Florida Statutes are correctly deducted from the child support payments made directly to the Clerk, the Clerk shall determine the weekly rate of child support and/or arrearage amounts and shall implement this rate on a weekly basis, regardless support was calculated by the court on a bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly or other term in the support order.
The system shall not affect how the employer/respondent pays child support under the terms of the support order.
The Clerk shall be responsible for accounting for a 53-week year, when necessary.
This Administrative Order shall not alter or otherwise amend any portion of an order for support except otherwise provided herein.

DONE AND ORDERED this 19th day of November 2014.

2013 Admin Order 13-38-b

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EXCERPT: “Whereas certain issues recur in actions for dissolution of marriage and other actions in which child custody is an issue raised in the pleadings of either party, and it is in the best interest of the parties and the children to order certain temporary relief, it is hereby Ordered and Adjudged as follows in all such cases: (Open AO for more information.)”

Additional Information:

Supersedes AO 08-33-B

2010 Admin Order 10-10-b

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Whereas, pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.§651, et seq., and Florida Statute §409.2567 and the Department of Revenue is designated as the State Agency responsible for the administration of the Child Support Enforcement Program in the State of Florida, Whereas, when the following case types ceases to be a Title IV-D case;

Request to Establish an Account (Interstate case)
Request to Establish a Registration Account (Interstate case)
CSE Transmittal (case involving two states)

The Department of Revenue as part of its duties as the State’s Title IV-D Agency notifies the Clerk of the Court of Brevard County of that fact and requests the Clerk to redirect payments to the proper person. Now Therefore, It is Ordered;

1. That upon notification by the Department to the Clerk of the Court of Brevard County, that the following case types have ceased to be a Title IV-D case;

Request to Establish an Account
Request to Establish a Registration Account
CSE Transmittal

and that payments should be redirected; the Clerk of the Court is hereby authorized to proceed as requested by the Department.

2. That the Department’s notice to the Clerk shall further state whether the accounts kept by the Clerk relative to the case should be closed and/or zeroed out. The Department’s notice shall state the reason for the action requested. This order will take effect immediately and will be applicable to cases filed on or after February 28, 2001.

DONE and ORDERED the 21st day of April 2010.

SUPERSEDES 06-16-B

2003 Admin Order 03-04

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WHEREAS administrative orders from time to time become obsolete; IT IS ORDERED that the following administrative orders are hereby rescinded:

84-9-Ci-(F) S: In Re: Credit Towards Child Support Arrearage/IRS Seizure
01-10-B Amended: In Re: Judges Caseload Assignment – Reassignment of Cases Assigned to Judge Vincent G. Torpy, Jr.

Done and Ordered this 7th day of February 2003