Our circuit provides resources for self-represented parties in domestic relations cases. In all counties resources are available online or at the local clerk’s office. Citrus, Hernando, Lake and Marion Counties also have self-help offices to assist.
ATTENTION: Pursuant to Fifth Circuit Administrative Order A-2022-47, any self-represented party, who has filed a family law case on or after October 1, 2022, shall fill out a Designation of Current Mailing and E-mail address form.
Please click on the county where your case is filed or will be filed in for more information.
Citrus County
Hernando County
Lake County
Marion County
Sumter County
For all Supreme Court documents: flcourts.org
Parenting Course Information
Parent Education and Family Stabilization Online Course Providers List
Additional forms which are used in the Fifth Circuit:
Effective February 1, 2018, only the following forms shall be approved for use in the Fifth Judicial Circuit to include for use by the self-help programs, Clerks of Court, and the Family Division of the Fifth Circuit:
Instructions for Motion to Contest Child Support Delinquency (Administrative Support Cases)
Instructions for Motion to Contest Child Support Delinquency
Instructions for Petition to Enforce Administrative Child Support Order
Instructions for Petition to Supersede and Modify Administrative Child Support Order
Motion for Telephonic Appearance
Motion for Telephonic Appearance at Mediation
Motion for Income Deduction/Income Withholding Order
Motion for Order Setting Final Hearing/Non-Jury Trial
Motion to Contest Driver’s License Suspension/Revocation
Motion to Terminate Child Support and Vacate Income Deduction Order
In addition to the foregoing forms, effective February 1, 2018, cases concerning the State of Florida/Department of Revenue/Child Support may utilize the following forms and may include use by self-help programs, Clerks of Court, and the Family Division of the Fifth Circuit:
The Florida State Courts System, in conjunction with the Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice, offers both a self-help website as well as the Florida Courts HELP App to provide information for people seeking a divorce, adoption, orders of protection, name change, and other family law issues.
Access the self-help website here: https://help.flcourts.org/
Download the Florida Courts HELP App here (Apple & Android): https://help.flcourts.org/download-the-app/
Florida Free Legal Answers™
The American Bar Association (ABA) offers the Free Legal Answers™ service for non-criminal legal questions. Please click the following link to access the florida.freelegalanswers.org website.