Title: In Re: Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms 12.902(k) and 12.902(l)

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
____________ 
 
No. SC2023-1388 
____________ 
 
IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA SUPREME COURT 
APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS 12.902(k) AND 12.902(l). 
 
October 26, 2023 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
Pursuant to the procedures approved in Amendments to the 
Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure & Family Law Forms, 810 So. 
2d 1, 13-14 (Fla. 2000), this Court has reviewed a proposal from the 
Family Law Rules Committee and has determined that adoption of 
two new Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms, 
12.902(k) (Notice of Joint Verified Waiver of Filing Financial 
Affidavits) and 12.902(l) (Affidavit of Income for Child Support), is 
needed.1  Input was received from the Advisory Workgroup on the 
Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms, which 
conducted an expedited review of the proposed forms.  
 
1.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. 
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BACKGROUND 
On September 7, 2023, this Court adopted amendments to 
Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.285 (Mandatory 
Disclosure), allowing parties to mutually waive the requirement that 
financial affidavits be filed with the court under certain 
circumstances.  See In re Amends. to Fla. Fam. L. Rules of Proc. 
12.285, & Forms 12.902(k) & 12.902(l), 48 Fla. L. Weekly S167 (Fla. 
Sept. 7, 2023).  Along with the original proposal amending rule 
12.285, the Committee filed a report on December 15, 2022, 
proposing the adoption of two new Family Law Rules of Procedure 
Forms to implement the amendment to rule 12.285.  However, we 
determined that the proposed forms were outside the limited list of 
forms that are under the Committee’s responsibility and that may 
be proposed under rule 12.015(a).  This Court has now internally 
reviewed the proposal and has determined that the adoption of new 
forms is needed. 
NEW FORMS 
New form 12.902(k) (Notice of Joint Verified Waiver of Filing 
Financial Affidavits) is a notice to be filed with the court when a 
matter is pending and the parties choose to waive the requirement 
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to file financial affidavits pursuant to rule 12.285(c)(2).  New form 
12.902(l) (Affidavit of Income for Child Support) is an affidavit of 
income to be filed if child support is being requested in a family 
matter, pursuant to section 61.30(14), Florida Statutes (2023), and 
the parties have waived filing financial affidavits with the court. 
CONCLUSION 
The new forms are hereby adopted as set forth in the appendix 
to this opinion, fully engrossed.  The new forms shall become 
effective on November 1, 2023, at 12:01 a.m. and may be accessed 
and downloaded from the Florida State Courts’ website at 
https://www.flcourts.gov/Resources-Services/Office-of-Family-
Courts/Family-Court-in-Florida/Family-Law-Forms.  We direct that 
the new forms be published for comment.  Interested persons shall 
have seventy-five days from the date of this opinion to file 
comments with the Court.2 
 
2.  All comments must be filed with the Court on or before 
January 9, 2024, as well as a separate request for oral argument if 
the person filing the comment wishes to participate in oral 
argument, which may be scheduled in this case.  If filed by an 
attorney in good standing with The Florida Bar, the comment must 
be electronically filed via the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (Portal).  
If filed by a nonlawyer or a lawyer not licensed to practice in 
Florida, the comment may be, but is not required to be, filed via the 
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It is so ordered. 
MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, 
FRANCIS, and SASSO, JJ., concur. 
 
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER 
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS. 
 
Original Proceeding – Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure 
 
 
Portal.  Any person unable to submit a comment electronically must 
mail or hand-deliver the originally signed comment to the Florida 
Supreme Court, Office of the Clerk, 500 South Duval Street, 
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1927; no additional copies are required 
or will be accepted. 
InstrucƟons for Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.902(k), NoƟce of Joint Veriﬁed Waiver of 
Filing Financial Aﬃdavits (10/23) 
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APPENDIX 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW 
FORM 12.902(k), NOTICE OF JOINT VERIFIED WAIVER OF FILING 
FINANCIAL AFFIDAVITS (10/23) 
 
 
 
When should this form be used? 
You should only complete this form if all of the following are true: 
1. You have executed this form before you enter into any agreement or sƟpulaƟon that would be 
disposiƟve of/resolve the mater pending before the court; 
2. You have received a copy of the other party’s fully executed and complete ﬁnancial aﬃdavit; 
3. You have provided the other party with a copy of your fully executed and complete ﬁnancial 
aﬃdavit; and 
4. You and the other party prefer to keep both ﬁnancial aﬃdavits private and do not want them to 
be ﬁled with the court. 
What should I do next? 
A copy of this form must be filed with the court and served on the other party or his or her attorney. The 
copy you are serving on the other party must be either mailed, e-mailed, or hand-delivered to the 
opposing party or his or her attorney on the same day indicated on the certificate of service. If it is mailed, 
it must be postmarked on the date indicated in the certificate of service. Service must be in accordance 
with Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516.  
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING E-FILING 
The Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration now require that all petitions, pleadings, 
and documents be filed electronically except in certain circumstances. Self-represented litigants may file 
petitions or other pleadings or documents electronically; however, they are not required to do so. If you 
choose to file your pleadings or other documents electronically, you must do so in accordance with Florida 
Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.525, and you must follow the procedures of the 
judicial circuit in which you file. The rules and procedures should be carefully read and followed.  
 
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING E-SERVICE  
 
After the initial service of process of the petition or supplemental petition by the sheriff or certified 
process server, the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration require that all 
documents required or permitted to be served on the other party must be served by electronic mail (e-
mail) except in certain circumstances. You must strictly comply with the format requirements set forth 
in the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, and you must review Florida Rule of 
General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516. You may find that rule at www.flcourts.org through 
the link to the Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration provided under either Family Law 
Forms: Getting Started, or Rules of Court in the A-Z Topical Index.  
 
SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS MUST SERVE DOCUMENTS BY E-MAIL UNLESS OTHERWISE EXCUSED. If a 
self-represented litigant has been excused from serving documents by e-mail and then elects to serve and 
receive documents by e-mail, the procedures must always be followed once the initial election is made. 
InstrucƟons for Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.902(k), NoƟce of Joint Veriﬁed Waiver of 
Filing Financial Aﬃdavits (10/23) 
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To serve and receive documents by e-mail, you must designate your e-mail address by using the 
Designation of Current Mailing and E-mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 
12.915, and you must provide your e-mail address on each form on which your signature appears.  Please 
CAREFULLY read the rules and instructions for: Certificate of Service (General), Florida Supreme Court 
Approved Family Law Form 12.914; Designation of Current Mailing and E-mail Address, Florida Supreme 
Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915; and Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 
2.516. 
 
Where can I find more information? 
Before proceeding, you should read “General Information for Self-Represented Litigants” found at the 
beginning of these forms.  The words that are in “bold underline” in these instructions are defined there.  
For further information, see section 61.30, Florida Statutes. 
 
Special notes... 
Remember, a person who is NOT an attorney is called a nonlawyer.  If a nonlawyer helps you fill out this 
form, that person must give you a copy of a Disclosure from Nonlawyer, Florida Family Law Rules of 
Procedure Form 12.900(a), before he or she helps you.  A nonlawyer helping you fill out this form also 
must put his or her name, address, and telephone number on the bottom of the last page of every form 
he or she helps you complete.
Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.902(k), Notice of Joint Verified Waiver of Filing Financial 
Affidavits (10/23) 
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE                                                       JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, 
IN AND FOR                                                       COUNTY, FLORIDA 
 
 
Case No.:  
 
Division:   
 
 
, 
              Petitioner, 
 
and 
 
 
, 
           Respondent. 
 
NOTICE OF JOINT VERIFIED WAIVER OF FILING FINANCIAL AFFIDAVITS 
The Petitioner, ______________, and the Respondent, _____________ (collectively “parties”), hereby file 
this Notice of Joint Verified Waiver of Filing Financial Affidavits, as follows: 
1. 
The parties acknowledge that evidence of their current or past financial circumstances may 
be necessary for future court proceedings. 
 
2. 
The parties acknowledge they each have provided the other with a fully executed and sworn 
financial affidavit in conformity with Florida Family Law Form 12.902(b) or 12.902(c), as 
applicable.  
 
3. 
The parties acknowledge that the responsibility to retain copies of all aﬃdavits exchanged 
remains solely with the parƟes.  
 
4. 
This notice to waive the filing of the financial affidavit only applies to the current filing and 
does not automatically apply to any future filings.  This waiver may be revoked by either party 
at any time. 
 
Nothing in this Notice of Joint Verified Waiver of Filing Financial Affidavits precludes any party from filing 
that party’s financial affidavit or that of the other party in the future if the financial condition of a party is 
relevant to a pending matter, nor shall it preclude a party from requesting the other party serve upon the 
requesting party an initial or updated financial affidavit in the future. 
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have read this document and the facts stated in it are true.  
 
 _________________________________________  
Signature of Petitioner 
Printed Name:  _____________________________  
E-mail Address:  ____________________________  
Address:  __________________________________  
Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.902(k), Notice of Joint Verified Waiver of Filing Financial 
Affidavits (10/23) 
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City, State, Zip:  _____________________________  
Telephone Number:  _________________________  
 
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have read this document and the facts stated in it are true.  
 
 _________________________________________  
Signature of Respondent 
Printed Name:  _____________________________  
E-mail Address:  ____________________________  
Address:  __________________________________  
City, State, Zip:  _____________________________  
Telephone Number:  _________________________  
 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
 
I certify that a copy of this document was [check all used] to the person(s) listed below on 
(date)________________________. 
 
_____Petitioner: (     ) e-mailed (     ) mailed (     ) faxed (     ) hand delivered 
 
_____Attorney for Petitioner: (     ) e-mailed  (     ) mailed (     ) faxed (     ) hand delivered 
 
_____Respondent : (     ) e-mailed (     ) mailed (     ) faxed (     ) hand delivered 
 
_____Attorney for Respondent: (     ) e-mailed  (     ) mailed (     ) faxed (     ) hand delivered 
 
_____Other: _____________________________: (     ) e-mailed (     ) mailed (     ) faxed (     ) hand-delivered  
 
 
 
________________________________________________ 
 
Signature of Filing Party or his/her Attorney 
Printed Name:  ___________________________________  
E-mail Address(es):  
________________________________  
Address:  ________________________________________  
City, State, Zip:  ___________________________________  
Telephone Number:  _______________________________  
Fax Number:  _____________________________________  
Florida Bar Number:  _______________________________  
 
InstrucƟons for Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.902(l), Aﬃdavit of Income for Child Support 
(10/23) 
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW 
FORM 12.902(l), AFFIDAVIT OF INCOME FOR CHILD SUPPORT (10/23) 
 
When should this form be used? 
 
You should complete this affidavit if you or the other party is requesting the establishment or modification 
of child support in your case, you and the other parent have agreed to keep your financial affidavits 
confidential, and you have completed Florida Family Law Form 12.902(k). This form must be completed 
after each party serves their financial affidavits on the other party.  
 
This form should be typed or printed in black ink.  You must file this document with the clerk of the circuit 
court in the county where your case is filed and keep a copy for your records. 
What should I do next? 
 
A copy of this form must be filed with the court and served on the other party in your case. Service must 
be in accordance with Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516.  
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING E-FILING 
 
The Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration require that all petitions, pleadings, and 
documents be filed electronically except in certain circumstances. Self-represented litigants may file 
petitions or other pleadings or documents electronically; however, they are not required to do so. If you 
choose to file your pleadings or other documents electronically, you must do so in accordance with Florida 
Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.525, and you must follow the procedures of the 
judicial circuit in which you file. The rules and procedures should be carefully read and followed.  
 
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING E-SERVICE  
 
After the initial service of process of the petition or supplemental petition by the sheriff or a certified 
process server, the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration require that all 
documents required or permitted to be served on the other party must be served by electronic mail (e-
mail) except in certain circumstances. You must strictly comply with the format requirements set forth 
in the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, and you must review Florida Rule of 
General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516. You may find that rule at www.flcourts.org through 
the link to the Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration provided under either Family Law 
Forms: Getting Started, or Rules of Court in the A-Z Topical Index.  
 
 
SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS MUST SERVE DOCUMENTS BY E-MAIL UNLESS OTHERWISE EXCUSED. If a 
self-represented litigant has been excused from serving documents by e-mail and then elects to serve and 
receive documents by e-mail, the procedures must always be followed once the initial election is made. 
 
To serve and receive documents by e-mail, you must designate your e-mail address by using the 
Designation of Current Mailing and E-mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 
12.915, and you must provide your e-mail address on each form on which your signature appears.  Please 
InstrucƟons for Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.902(l), Aﬃdavit of Income for Child Support 
(10/23) 
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CAREFULLY read the rules and instructions for: Certificate of Service (General), Florida Supreme Court 
Approved Family Law Form 12.914; Designation of Current Mailing and E-mail Address, Florida Supreme 
Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915; and Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 
2.516. 
Where can I find more information? 
Before proceeding, you should read “General Information for Self-Represented Litigants” found at the 
beginning of these forms.  The words that are in “bold underline” in these instructions are defined there.  
For further information, see section 61.30, Florida Statutes. 
Special notes... 
 
If you want to keep your address confidential because you are the victim of sexual battery, aggravated 
child abuse, aggravated stalking, harassment, aggravated battery or domestic violence, do not enter the 
address, telephone, and fax information at the bottom of this form.  Instead, file a Request for 
Confidential Filing of Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.980(h). 
 
The affidavit must be completed using monthly income and expense amounts.  If you are paid or your 
bills are due on a schedule which is not monthly, you must convert those amounts.  Hints are provided 
below for making these conversions. 
 
Hourly - If you are paid by the hour, you may convert your income to monthly as follows: 
Hourly amount xHours worked per week = Weekly amount 
Weekly amount x 52 Weeks per year  =  Yearly amount 
Yearly amount ÷12 Months per year  =  Monthly Amount 
Daily - If you are paid by the day, you may convert your income to monthly as follows: 
Daily amountxDays worked per week  = Weekly amount 
Weekly amountx52 Weeks per year  =Yearly amount 
Yearly amount ÷12 Months per year 
  =Monthly Amount 
Weekly - If you are paid by the week, you may convert your income to monthly as follows: 
Weekly amountx52 Weeks per year =Yearly amount 
Yearly amount÷12 Months per year =Monthly Amount 
Bi-weekly - If you are paid every two weeks, you may convert your income to monthly as follows: 
Bi-weekly amount x 26 = 
Yearly amount 
Yearly amount÷12 Months per year =Monthly Amount 
Semi-monthly - If you are paid twice per month, you may convert your income to monthly as 
follows: 
Semi-monthly amountx2 
=Monthly Amount 
 
Expenses may be converted in the same manner. 
 
Remember, a person who is NOT an attorney is called a nonlawyer. If a nonlawyer helps you fill out this 
form, that person must give you a copy of a Disclosure from Nonlawyer, Florida Family Law Rules of 
Procedure Form 12.900(a), before he or she helps you.  A nonlawyer helping you fill out this form also 
must put his or her name, address, and telephone number on the bottom of the last page of every form 
he or she helps you complete. 
Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.902(l), Aﬃdavit of Income for Child Support (10/23) 
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE                                                       JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, 
IN AND FOR                                                       COUNTY, FLORIDA 
 
 
Case No.:  
 
Division:   
 
 
, 
              Petitioner, 
 
and 
 
 
, 
           Respondent. 
 
AFFIDAVIT OF INCOME FOR CHILD SUPPORT 
 
I, {full legal name} __________________________________________________, am the {check only one} 
_____ Petitioner _____ Respondent in this case, and certify that the following information is true: 
 
_____ Check here if unemployed and explain on a separate sheet your efforts to find employment. 
 
All amounts must be MONTHLY.  See the instructions with this form to figure out money amounts for 
anything that is NOT paid monthly.  Attach more paper, if needed.  Items included under “other” should 
be listed separately with separate dollar amounts. 
 
 
PRESENT MONTHLY GROSS INCOME 
 
All amounts must be MONTHLY.  See the 
instructions with this form to figure out 
money amounts for anything that is NOT 
paid monthly. 
 
1. Salary or wages 
 
2. Bonuses, commissions, allowances, overtime, 
tips, and other similar payments 
 
 
3. Business income from sources such as self-
employment, partnerships, close corporations, 
and independent contracts (business income 
means gross receipts minus ordinary and 
necessary expenses required to produce 
income) 
 
4. Disability benefits/SSI 
 
Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.902(l), Aﬃdavit of Income for Child Support (10/23) 
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5. Workers' compensation benefits and 
settlements 
 
 
6. Reemployment Assistance or Unemployment 
Compensation 
 
 
7. Pension, retirement, or annuity payments 
 
8. Social Security benefits 
 
9. Spousal support received from this marriage 
 
10. Spousal support received from prior 
marriage 
 
 
11. Interest and dividends 
 
12. Rental income (gross receipts minus ordinary 
and necessary expenses required to produce 
income) 
 
 
13. Income from royalties, trusts, or estates 
 
 
14. Reimbursed expenses and in-kind payments 
to the extent that they reduce living expenses 
 
 
15. Gains derived from dealing in property 
(unless the gain is nonrecurring) 
 
 
16. Any other income of a recurring nature 
(identify source) 
 
 
 
17. TOTAL PRESENT MONTHLY GROSS INCOME 
(Add Lines 1-16)  
 
 
PRESENT MONTHLY DEDUCTIONS 
 
 
All amounts must be MONTHLY.  See the 
instructions with this form to figure out 
money amounts for anything that is NOT 
paid monthly. 
 
18. Federal, state, and local income tax 
(adjusted for actual filing status and allowable 
dependents and tax liabilities)  
 
 
Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.902(l), Aﬃdavit of Income for Child Support (10/23) 
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19a. Filing Status 
 
 
19b. Number of dependents claimed 
 
 
19c. Federal Income Tax  
 
 
19d. State Income Tax {identify which state}: 
 
State:  
 
 
19e. Local Income Tax {identify which locality}:  
 
Locality:  
 
 
20. FICA or self-employment taxes   
 
 
21. Medicare payments  
 
22. Mandatory Union Dues  
 
23. Mandatory Retirement Payments  
 
24. Health insurance premiums for parent 
completing this form, excluding payments for 
coverage of the minor child(ren) 
 
25. Health insurance premium paid by this 
parent for minor child(ren) in this case 
 
26. Court-ordered support for other children 
which is actually paid {identify issuing court}: 
 
Court:  
  
 
27. Spousal support paid in this marriage  
 
 
28. Court-ordered alimony for prior marriage 
actually paid {identify issuing court}: 
 
Court:  
 
 
29. TOTAL DEDUCTIONS  
(Add Lines 18-28)  
  
 
 
 
 
 
Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.902(l), Aﬃdavit of Income for Child Support (10/23) 
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30. PRESENT MONTHLY NET INCOME 
(Subtract Line 29 from Line 17) 
 
 
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have read this document and the facts stated in it are true. 
 
 ______________________________________  
Signature of party 
Printed Name:  __________________________  
E-mail Address:  _________________________  
Address:  _______________________________  
City, State, Zip:  __________________________  
Telephone Number:  ______________________  
 
I certify that a copy of this Affidavit of Income for Child Support was [check all used]: (    ) e-mailed (     ) 
mailed (    ) faxed (     ) hand-delivered to the person(s) listed below on {date} _____________________. 
 
Other party or their attorney: 
Name:  
_________________________________  
E-mail Address(es): _______________________  
Address:  _______________________________  
City, State, Zip:  __________________________  
Telephone Number:  ______________________  
Fax Number:  
____________________________  
 
 _________________________________________  
Signature of party or their attorney 
Printed Name:  _____________________________  
E-mail Address(es):  _________________________  
Address:  __________________________________  
City, State, Zip:  _____________________________  
Telephone Number:  
_________________________  
Fax Number: _______________________________  
Florida Bar Number:  ________________________  
 
 
 
IF A NONLAWYER HELPED YOU FILL OUT THIS FORM, HE/SHE MUST FILL IN THE BLANKS BELOW:  
[fill in all blanks] This form was prepared for the: {choose only one} (   ) Petitioner (    ) Respondent 
This form was completed with the assistance of: 
{name of individual}  ________________________________________________________________ 
, 
{name of business}  _________________________________________________________________ 
, 
{address} _________________________________________________________________________ 
, 
{city}  _____________________,{state} ,______ {telephone number} ________________________ 
.