Self-help

Important: Read this recent ruling from Chief Judge J.C. Farmer by the Florida 4th District Court of Appeals.

Recommended Reading

• How To Modify Your Alimony Payments

• How To Lower Your Alimony Payments - Tips and Techniques

• How To Defend Yourself In Contempt Of Court Hearings

• How To Appeal To State Court Of Appeals

• Reference books to help you in your legal efforts

Rules and Requirements

• Case Filing Requirements

• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

• Federal Litigation Course - large pdf file

• Local Rules for Florida or the locate the ones for your state.

• Read about removal to Federal court

• Time for Response

Court Related Forms

• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida

• U.S. Court of Appeals For the Federal Circuit

• U.S. District Courts Locations and for details

• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

• Local Rules for Southern District of Florida

• Federal Filing Forms

• Case Filing Requirements

• Forma Pauperis Form - You need to contact Clerk's Office for current copy.

• Cover sheet JS44

  • Sample cover sheet

• District Appeals Court Docketing Statement

• District Appeals Court Calendar and Checklist: pdf  |  Word doc.

 

State of Florida

Because of the large number of pages involved in the documents shown below, the revised forms are broken into individual files for viewing, printing and/or downloading. The forms are provided here in two basic formats: WordPerfect 8 format (which can be opened in MS Word and saved as a Word document) and Acrobat (PDF) format. The WordPerfect files are compressed into both ZIP and EXE formats. To retrieve a form, scroll through the Contents list below and click on the corresponding hyperlinked format (ZIP, EXE or PDF). 

• Affidavit of Indigency - form 12.902(a)   ZIP |  EXE |  PDF

• Financial Affidavit - short form 12.902(b)   ZIP |  EXE |  PDF

• Financial Affidavit - long form 12.902(c)   ZIP |  EXE |  PDF

• Supplemental Petition for Modification of Alimony - Form 12.905  ZIP |  EXE |  PDF

• Florida Rules of Civil Procedure & Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure

• Florida State Constitution

• Florida State Code

• Florida State Statutes

• Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure

• Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure

• Family Law Forms

• Florida Family Law Rules

Explanations and Information

• Beware: The Dog Law

• Glossary of Terms - used on forms and in pleadings. Excellent reference to understand legalese.

• Contempt of Court: A background study

• Contempt Defined - All the things you need to know when you are facing a contempt of court hearing.

• Discovery, Mandatory Disclosure, and Subpoenas - The Process of Exchanging Information In Family and Probate Court

• Federal Practice Manual - Outline for litigation followed by Legal Aid attorneys involved in poverty law.

• Florida Lawyer: Internet resources on Florida law.

• Free Legal Dictionaries website has been added that contains multiple dictionaries.

• Judicial Immunity - a comprehensive article on the history and evolution of judicial, quasi-judicial, etc. immunity for the state actors, such as judges, guardians ed litem, court-appointed experts, social workers, police, sheriffs, etc.

• Latin Legal Phrases

• Military Service and Florida Dissolution related issues such as domicile, benefits, retirement, garnishment, and support payment issues.

• New Jersey a Party To Marriage Contract

• No Right to Alimony

• Per Curiam Affirmed (PCA): An appeal's death sentence

  • Florida Supreme Court's Internal Operating Procedure on PCA's (starting on page 4 at Section II)

• Help for handling your own case on a Pro Se basis. Good information to help you along.

• Right to Privacy written by Warren and Brandeis in 1890

• Removal - Everything you want to know about removal to Federal Court.
  Removal and Remand..what are they? 
  If you are a defendant in a state lawsuit within the first 10 days of notice of the suit the defendant can remove the lawsuit to federal court.  Now the federal court runs the lawsuit, not the state court.
  
  The lawsuit must be such as to give the federal court subject matter jurisdiction to stay in federal court. That is a federal question or diversity, i.e. parties from different states.
  
  The Plaintiff in the lawsuit or the court--within 30 days (and this is very important)-can ask the federal court to remand the case back to state court stating the federal court does not have jurisdiction (power) to hear the case. The court on its own or on motion of the Plaintiff can then remand (send) the lawsuit back to state court from where it came.

• Standards of Review on Appeal

• 42 U.S.C. 1983 Civil Rights Claims Primer

Gender Bias in the Courts:

• Race and Gender Bias in the Courts

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