RULE 12.015. FAMILY LAW FORMS

(a) Forms Adopted as Rules. The forms listed in this rule
shall be adopted by the rulemaking process in Florida Rule of
General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.140. The Family
Law Rules Committee of The Florida Bar may propose amendments
to these forms and any associated instructions. These forms shall
be designated “Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Forms.”
Forms coming under this provision are:

(1) 12.900(a), Disclosure From Nonlawyer;

(2) 12.900(b), Notice of Limited Appearance;

(3) 12.900(c), Consent to Limited Appearance by
Attorney;

(4) 12.900(d), Termination of Limited Appearance;

(5) 12.900(e), Acknowledgment of Assistance by
Attorney;

(6) 12.900(f), Signature Block for Attorney Making
Limited Appearance;

(7) 12.900(g), Agreement Limiting Representation;

(8) 12.900(h), Notice of Related Cases;

(9) 12.901(a), Petition for Simplified Dissolution of
Marriage;

(10) 12.902(b), Family Law Financial Affidavit (Short
Form);
(11) 12.902(c), Family Law Financial Affidavit (Long
Form);

(12) 12.902(e), Notice of Filing Child Support Guidelines
Worksheet;

(13) 12.902(f)(3), Marital Settlement Agreement for
Simplified Dissolution of Marriage;

(14) 12.910(a), Summons: Personal Service on an
Individual;

(15) 12.911(a), Subpoena for Hearing or Trial (Issued by
Clerk);

(16) 12.911(b), Subpoena for Hearing or Trial (Issued by
Attorney);

(17) 12.911(c), Subpoena Duces Tecum for Hearing or
Trial (Issued by Clerk);

(18) 12.911(d), Subpoena Duces Tecum for Hearing or
Trial (Issued by Attorney);

(19) 12.911(e), Subpoena for Deposition (Issued by
Clerk);

(20) 12.913(b), Affidavit of Diligent Search and Inquiry;

(21) 12.913(c), Affidavit of Diligent Search;

(22) 12.920(a), Motion for Referral to General Magistrate;

(23) 12.920(b), Order of Referral to General Magistrate;

(24) 12.920(c), Notice of Hearing Before General
Magistrate;

(25) 12.928, Cover Sheet for Family Court Cases;
(26) 12.930(a), Notice of Service of Standard Family Law
Interrogatories;

(27) 12.930(b), Standard Family Law Interrogatories for
Original or Enforcement Proceedings;

(28) 12.930(c), Standard Family Law Interrogatories for
Modification Proceedings;

(29) 12.930(d), Notice of Service of Answers to Standard
Family Law Interrogatories;

(30) 12.932, Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory
Disclosure;

(31) 12.975, Notice of Compliance When Constitutional
Challenge is Brought;

(32) 12.984(a), Order of Referral to Parenting
Coordinator;

(33) 12.984(b), Response by Parenting Coordinator;

(34) 12.984(c), Parenting Coordinator Report of an
Emergency;

(35) 12.984(d), Parenting Coordinator Request for Status
Conference;

(36) 12.990(a), Final Judgment of Simplified Dissolution
of Marriage;

(37) 12.996(a), Income Deduction Order (Non-Title IV-D);

(38) 12.996(b), Notice to Payor;

(39) 12.996(c), Notice of Filing Return Receipt;

(40) 12.996(d), Florida Addendum to Income
Withholding Order; and
(41) 12.999, Final Disposition Form.
(b) Other Family Law Forms. All additional Supreme Court
approved forms shall be adopted by opinion of the Supreme Court
of Florida and outside of the rulemaking procedures required by
rule 2.140. These forms shall be designated “Florida Supreme Court
Approved Family Law Forms.”

Commentary
2000 Adoption. To help the many people in family law court
cases who do not have attorneys to represent them (pro se litigants),
the Florida Supreme Court added simplified forms and directions to
the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure when adopting the rules
in 1995. These forms initially had been adopted by the Court in In
re Family Law Rules of Procedure, 663 So.2d 1049 (Fla. 1995); In re
Petition for Approval of Forms Pursuant to Rule 10-1.1(b) of the Rules
Regulating the Florida Bar—Stepparent Adoption Forms, 613 So.2d
900 (Fla. 1992), and Rules Regulating The Florida Bar—Approval of
Forms, 581 So.2d 902 (Fla. 1991).

In 1997, in an effort to fulfill the spirit of the Court’s directives
to simplify the process of litigation in family law matters, the Family
Court Steering Committee completely revised the existing forms and
added new forms and instructions. The rules and forms then
constituted more than 500 pages.

Subdivision (b) of this rule was adopted in recognition that the
forms would require continuous updating and that the rulemaking
process was too cumbersome for such an undertaking.

2009 Amendment. In 2009, Subdivision (a)(20) was adopted
to require the filing of a Cover Sheet for Family Court Cases, Form
12.928, in every proceeding to which the Florida Family Law Rules
of Procedure apply and to require the Family Law Rules Committee
to be responsible for proposing amendments as necessary.