IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR PASCO AND PINELLAS COUNTIES, FLORIDA

 

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2008-036 PA/PI-CIR

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RE:     ELIMINATION OF COURT PROGRAMS

 

            Due to the budget crisis, the Legislature has made significant cuts to funding for the court system.  The Sixth Circuit has been required to make numerous adjustments to court operations and court programs.  It is necessary to eliminate certain court programs in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, effective July 1, 2008.  Some of those programs eliminated or reduced include funding for Child Custody Investigations, Parent Facilitator Program, Dependency Drug Court, and Youth Treatment Court.  Accordingly, it is hereby

 

ORDERED:

 

            1.  The following administrative orders are hereby rescinded.  Cases that have already been assigned to these programs may continue; however, no new cases shall be assigned to the court program: 

 

                        Child Custody Investigations             2005-012 PA/PI-CIR 

                       

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Parent Facilitator Program                  PA/PI-CIR-02-64

 

Youth Treatment Court                      2007-092 PI-CIR       

                       

            2.  Dependency Drug Court, Administrative Order 2007-004 PA/PI-CIR, is rescinded for Pinellas County.  The existing cases may continue; however, no new cases shall be added to dependency drug court in Pinellas County.  Dependency Drug Court in Pasco County may continue in accordance with Administrative Order 2007-004 PA/PI-CIR, due to the small caseload and limited budgetary impact.

 

            DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, this _____ day of June 2008.

 

                                                                                                ___________________________

                                                                                                Robert J. Morris, Jr., Chief Judge

 

cc:        All Judges

            The Honorable Bernie McCabe, State Attorney

            The Honorable Bob Dillinger, Public Defender

            The Honorable Ken Burke, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Pinellas County

            The Honorable Jed Pittman, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Pasco County

            Debbie Gay, Assistant Court Services Director, Pasco County Clerk’s Office

            Carol Heath, Executive Director, Court & Operational Division, Pinellas County

            Gay L. Inskeep, Trial Courts Administrator

            Kerry L. Rice, Senior Deputy Courts Administrator, Pasco County

            Bar Associations, Pasco and Pinellas Counties

            Law Libraries, Pasco and Pinellas Counties