In Pinellas County, there is a separate Family Law Division to handle all Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Divorces, Child Support issues, Parental Responsibility/Visitation issues, Name Changes, Adoptions and all Juvenile matters.  The Family Law Division was created in 1992 by Local Rule 11.  All Family Law cases initiated in mid 1992 or after will have case numbers followed by a “FD,” or rarely, “FI.”  Family Law cases dating from early 1992 or older may have a FD, FI, II, or CI at the end of the case number.

If you are an unrepresented litigant (pro se) please also check out the forms and information available on our “Representing Yourself in Family Court” page.

Procedural Requirements:

• Information on the Required Parental Assessment and Stabilization Course
  (required by statute in any divorce with children case or any paternity case involving issues of parental responsibility)

  Related Forms:

  • List of Approved Providers.
  • Motion and Order Regarding requesting the Court to waive the class or class fee (Pinellas County only).
  • Notice of Related Cases
    
    

  • Standing Notices for Family Law cases.
    • Standing Notice for cases without children
    • Standing Notice for cases with children

General Information:

• The CASA Visitation Center

  Related Forms:

  • Order for Supervised Visitation, including parent questionnaire
  • Order for Monitored Exchange, including parent questionnaire

Child Support Enforcement

• Child Support Income Deduction Order Information Sheet

Dependency Mediation Program

Mediation Program Information

• Administrative Order 2005-005
• Administrative Order 2006-062
• Administrative Order 2007-030
• Administrative Order 2008-010
• The Mediation Process, Family Law Cases
• Instructions for Automatic Referrals
• Affidavit Re: Objection to Referral to Family Mediator
• Court Contracted Family Mediators

  Related Forms:

• Family Law Financial Affidavit Short Form (incomes < $50,000.00 per year)
• Family Law Financial Affidavit Long Form (incomes > $50,000.00 per year)
• Mediation ONLY General Income Statement
• Affidavit for Establishing Mediation Fees
  

Child Custody Information Pasco     

Required Forms:

• Child Questionnaire
• Parent Questionnaire

Child Custody Information Pinellas     

Required Forms:

• Required Packet

Parent Facilitator Program Pasco

• Parent Facilitator Announcement
• Parent Facilitator Brochure

Parent Facilitator Program Pinellas

• Parent Facilitator Brochure
• Court Approved Parent Facilitator List

Telephone Numbers and Addresses:

• Courthouse address and telephone number list

Flyers and Handouts for Clients/Unrepresented Litigants

Domestic Violence Issues:

• How can I keep my address confidential in a court case if I am in fear of domestic violence?
• Information Concerning Domestic and Repeat Violence Injunctions

Visitation & Parental Responsibility:

• Shared Parental Responsibility
• Non-primary residential parent visitation schedule
• In Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement cases, why is visitation not ordered at the same time I am
  ordered to pay child support and what do I have to do to obtain visitation?
• Visitation Dos and Don’ts

Child Support Issues:

• What happens if my child has reached 18 and is still in school or otherwise dependent? How can I continue to receive child support?
• Instructions for setting hearings on Florida Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement Cases
  

Legal Clinics available to low income self-represented litigants:

• St. Petersburg (South County Residents) Legal Clinics
• Clearwater (North County Residents) Legal Clinic

Miscellaneous Information:

• Pointers for Service by Publication
• Courts Information and Resource Center Flyer
• CASA Flyer
• The Haven Flyer

• Pinellas/Pasco links
• Florida Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement
• Florida State Courts
• Pinellas County Clerk of Court