WHEREAS, Rule 12.750(b)(5) Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, authorizes the Chief Judge of the Circuit to approve additional forms that are not inconsistent with forms approved by the Florida Supreme Court and published in the Family Law Rules of Procedure; and

WHEREAS, the undersigned Chief Judge and Family Law Administrative Judge recognize the need to adopt interim Family Law Forms to facilitate the changes recently enacted in Florida Statues Ch. 61, the Third Judicial Circuit has elected to adopt forms temporarily created by the Twelfth Judicial Circuit to fill the void. It is, therefore      

ORDERED:

1. Effective immediately the forms listed in footnote 1 below are approved for use in the Third Judicial Circuit and shall be made available to litigants by all self-help programs, Clerks of Circuit Court and the Family Court Support Unit. Copies of the forms are attached to this order and will be available on the Third Judicial Circuit website. Upon publication of Florida Supreme Court approved forms, these forms shall become obsolete and be replaced by the forms located at www.flcourts.org.
2. Pursuant to Administrative Order 2002-007A, all forms presently used throughout the Circuit which are not either Supreme Court approved forms or forms approved by the Chief Judge of the Third Circuit shall be discarded and not used in pro se family law cases

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Lake City, Columbia County, Florida, this 13 day of November 2008.