Before determining whether the proposal should be adopted on a permanent basis, changed before adoption, or rejected, this notice is given to afford any interested person the opportunity to comment on the form or the merits of the proposal. We welcome the views of all who wish to address the proposal or who wish to suggest alternatives. This proposal will be considered at a public hearing by the Court. The Clerk of the Court will publish a schedule of future public hearings. We emphasize that the interim amendment of Rule 3.208 does not mean that the Court will adopt the proposal on a permanent basis.
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Except as otherwise provided in this subrule, all payments shall be allocated and distributed as required by the guidelines established by the state court administrator for that purpose. If the court determines that following the guidelines established by the state court administrator would produce an unjust result in a particular case, the court may order that payments be made in a different manner. The order must include specific findings of fact that set forth the basis for the court's decision, and must direct the payer to designate with each payment the name of the payer and the payee, the case number, the amount, and the date of the order that allows the special payment. The friend of the court may not deduct an unpaid statutory fee from support money paid to the office of the friend of the court. The staff comment is published only for the benefit of the bench and bar and is not an authoritative construction by the Court.