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Case types

Seven common Florida family matters at a glance.

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Walkthroughs of the forms each case type needs.

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Sample court info card by Florida county.

equitable distribution: Florida's process for dividing marital assets and debts fairly — usually, but not always, equally.
mandatory disclosure: Documents each party must give the other early in the case without being asked (Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.285).
financial affidavit: A sworn form listing a party's income, expenses, assets and debts.
retroactive support: Support owed for a period before the court's order, often back to separation.
imputed income: Income the court treats a person as earning, even if not reported, based on evidence.
deficiency letter: A letter telling the other side which required documents are missing and asking them to cure it.
equalizing payment: A payment from one spouse to the other so the property split comes out even.
overnights: Nights each child spends with each parent per year — affects child support.
alimony: Support paid from one spouse to the other after divorce.
RFP: Request for Production — a formal demand for documents.
guidelines run: One saved calculation of guideline child support with the inputs used, who ran it and when.
substantial time-sharing: When the parent with fewer overnights still has a large share of them, the guidelines use a different formula (sample threshold in legal constants).
paternity: The legal finding of who a child's father is. Needed before support or time-sharing orders for unmarried parents.