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• Author: Annette J. Szorosy/Stephanie Matalon
• Profession: General Magistrate/General Magistrate
• Pages: 1-94

FLORIDA FAMILY LAW AND PRACTICE

HIGHLIGHTS

This edition of Florida Family Law and Practice covers the latest statutory and rule changes affecting family law

practitioners:

• Section 90.2035, Florida Statutes, Judicial Notice of Information Taken from Web Mapping Services,

Global Satellite Imaging Sites, or Internet Mapping Tools is added to the Florida Evidence Code. §19:144

• Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516 is amended to excuse self-represented

parties from having to provide an email address for service under certain circumstances. §7:07

• Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.451 is repealed; practitioners must now comply with Florida Rule

of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.530, Communication Technology, which is substantially

amended. §§9:07, 9:294, 13:216

• The notary block is deleted from f‌inancial aff‌idavits, Forms 12.902(b) and12.902(c), to increase self-

represented litigants’ access to the courts. §11:12

• Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.490 is amended to align the process for hearings before general

magistrates with the process for hearings before child support hearing off‌icers. §13:230

• Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.530 is amended to clarify that a motion for rehearing is required

to preserve an objection to insuff‌icient trial court f‌indings in a f‌inal judgment order. §15:178

• Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.410 is amended to require a subpoena to state the method for

recording the testimony. §19:124

Plus the latest Court of Appeals cases discussing these and other topics:

• Request for partition. Must it be specif‌ically pleaded? §5:60.

• Child pick up orders. §9:156

• Cyberstalking injunctions. §10:117

• Forum non conveniens analysis. §11:25

• Financial discovery from non-parties. §12:102

• Findings for temporary child support and alimony. §§13:134, 13:160

• Valuation methods for a business. §15:06

• Disposition of marital home. §15:143

• Imputation of income, §16:160

• Equitable distribution and military retirement and disability benef‌its. §§15:100, 15:152

• Charging liens. §17:30

• Garnishment for alimony or child support. §21:23

• Enforcement of contingency fee agreement to recover post-judgment child support. §21:41

• Termination of continuing jurisdiction for post-judgment enforcement. §21:117

AND MORE!

BY GENERAL MAGISTRATE ANNETTE J. SZOROSY AND GENERAL MAGISTRATE STEPHANIE MATALON

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FLORIDA FAMILY

LAW & PRACTICE

GENERAL MAGISTRATE ANNETTE J. SZOROSY

GENERAL MAGISTRATE STEPHANIE MATALON

VOLUME 1

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