Florida Statute 39.0133 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 39
PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO CHILDREN

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39.0133 Court and witness fees.—In all proceedings under this chapter, no court fees shall be charged against, and no witness fees shall be allowed to, any party to a petition or any parent or legal custodian or child named in a summons. Other witnesses shall be paid the witness fees fixed by law.

History.—s. 20, ch. 78-414; s. 27, ch. 98-403.

Note.—Former s. 39.414.

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LG v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 917 So. 2d 1013 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 20496

...However, in separate orders the trial court also required payment of certain fees, and directed that a lien be placed on the appellant's funds under section 57.085(5), Florida Statutes. Because the specified fees may not be charged in this type of proceeding, see section 39.0133, Florida Statutes, those orders are reversed....

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Colaizzo v. Off. of Crim. Conflict & Civil Reg'l Couns., 82 So. 3d 195 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 832629, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 4124

added). The reference to “fixed by law” in section 39.0133 compels a search of other statutes, but none

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