Family Court
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Family Court handles three broad categories of cases: domestic relations, probate, and domestic violence.
The court can assist you with:
The court can assist you with:
Non-Criminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights
Pursuant to the FBI Compact Council Agency Privacy Requirements for Non-Criminal Justice Applicants, the Clerk of the Court and Comptroller as an "Official" must provide the applicant of a Name Change Petition with written Notice of the usage of his/her fingerprints. As such, this Notice serves to inform all applicants pursuing a Name Change that your fingerprints will be used to check the criminal history records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
NOTICE OF ORDER TO SEAL
Order(s) granting motion to seal pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420.Certified Copies for Family Cases
Request certified copies for family cases online, by mail or in person.
- Adoptions, including sealing the file - $443
- Dissolution of marriage - $409
- All other actions(except non-domestic petitions) - $301
- Non-domestic-related petitions - $401
- Each defendant in excess of 5 - $2.50
- Appeal to District Court of Appeals (Check written to District Court) - $300
- Appeal to District Court of Appeals (Collected by Clerk) - $100
- Proceedings of garnishment, attachment, replevins and distress - $85
- Filing fee for reopening a case - $50
- Attorney appearing pro hac vice - $100
- Notice of recording foreign judgments - new suits - $42
- Cross claim, counterclaim 3rd party complaint filing fee - $295
- Maintain professional guardian files - $7.50
Other Fees:
- Examining, comparing, correcting, verifying & certifying transcripts - $5
- In appellate proceedings, per page, Preparing, numbering & indexing original record of appellate proceedings, per instrument - $3.50
- Verifying an instrument prepared by someone other than clerk - $3.50
- Writing paper other than specifically mentioned, same as for copying, including signing and sealing - $7
- Oath, administering, attesting and sealing - $3.50
- Validating certificates - $3.50
- Preparing affidavit of domicile - $5
- Exemplified clerk certificates, including signing and sealing - $7
- Authenticated clerk certificates, including signing and sealing - $7
- Issuing and filing subpoena for a witness, including signing & sealing - $7
- Signing and sealing subpoena - $2
- Searching records, each year - $2
- Payment plan fee - $25
- Certified or registered mail postal charges - Cost
- Non-sufficient funds: <= $50 - $25
- Non-sufficient funds: $50.01 to $300 - $30
- Non-sufficient funds: > $300 - >of $40 or 5% of check
- Interest Rates on Final Judgments - January 1, 2025 - March 31, 2025 - 9.38%
- How to register and file via the ePortal
- Family Cover Sheet
- Family Action 20-Day Personal Service Summons
- Attorney of Record Change of Address Form
- Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms
- How to Submit a Proposed Order via courtMAP to the 11th Judicial Circuit
- Request Certified Copies of Family Court Pleading/Orders
