Title: In Re: Amendments To The Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC10-1947
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: August 25, 2011

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC10-1947 
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IN RE:  AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT 
APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS. 
 
[August 25, 2011] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
Previously in this case, on December 2, 2010, the Court adopted new form 
12.962,Writ of Bodily Attachment (Child Support), and other revisions to the 
Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms, and a post-adoption 
comment period was provided.  See In re Amendments to the Florida Supreme 
Court Approved Family Law Forms, 50 So. 3d 595, 596 (Fla. 2010).1  One 
comment was filed with regard to form 12.962.  No comments were filed as to the 
other revisions.      
 
Upon consideration of the comment and with input from the Court’s 
Advisory Workgroup on Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms, we make 
                                          
 
 
1.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. 
 
 
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several revisions to form 12.962.  The component of the purge amount identified in 
the form as “unpaid support” is revised to read “to be applied to unpaid support,” 
and a component identified as “other” is added.  Additionally, the option in the 
form for remitting a purge payment to the State Disbursement Unit is removed.  
Other minor editorial revisions are also made. 
 
Accordingly, form 12.962, Writ of Bodily Attachment (Child Support), is 
hereby amended as shown in the appendix to this opinion, fully engrossed and 
ready for use.  The form also can be accessed and downloaded from the Florida 
State Courts website at www.flcourts.org/gen_public/family/forms_rules/ 
index.shtml.  By adoption of the form, we express no opinion as to its correctness 
or applicability.  The amendments to the form shall become effective immediately 
upon the release of this opinion.  
 
It is so ordered. 
CANADY, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, POLSTON, LABARGA, 
and PERRY, JJ., concur. 
 
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER THE 
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS. 
 
 
Original Proceeding – The Florida Supreme Court Family Law Rules 
 
Susan Proctor, Office of Court Improvement, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
 
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Joan K. Koch, Chief Legal Counsel, Florida Department of Revenue, Child 
Support Enforcement Program, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
Responding with comments 
  
 
Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.962, Writ of Bodily Attachment (Child Support) (08/11) 
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APPENDIX 
 
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE _______________ JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, 
IN AND FOR __________________COUNTY, FLORIDA 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Case No:__________________________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Division: __________________________ 
____________________________, 
Petitioner, 
and  
____________________________, 
Respondent. 
 
WRIT OF BODILY ATTACHMENT 
(Child Support) 
 
TO ALL AND SINGULAR SHERIFFS AND OTHER AUTHORIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL OF 
THE STATE OF FLORIDA 
 
YOU ARE ORDERED to take into custody __________________________________________  
(see attached Description Sheet) and confine him/her in the county jail.  The individual failed to 
appear before the court as ordered, failed to appear at a properly noticed hearing, and/or 
failed to comply with the previous order of the court which is attached and incorporated 
herein. 
 
Service of this writ may be made on any day of the week and any time of the night or day, 
including Sunday and holidays. 
 
YOU ARE FURTHER DIRECTED to bring this person before the court within 48 hours of execution 
of the writ for a hearing to determine the individual’s present ability to pay support and, if so, 
whether the failure to pay such support is willful, pursuant to Rule 12.615(c)(2)(B), Florida 
Family Law Rules of Procedure.  
 
NOTICE OF EXECUTION OF THIS WRIT SHALL IMMEDIATELY BE GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING: 
[choose all that apply] 
 
____ The Office of the Judge/General Magistrate/Child Support Hearing Officer : 
 
 
__________________________________________________________________ 
 
 
__________________________________________________________________ 
 
____ Counsel for the Department of Revenue: 
 
 
__________________________________________________________________ 
 
____ Department of Revenue: 
 
 
__________________________________________________________________ 
Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.962, Writ of Bodily Attachment (Child Support) (08/11) 
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____ Other: 
 
 
_________________________________________________________________ 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the individual may purge this contempt and be immediately 
released from custody at any time by the payment of the sum of $_______________________, 
which includes (if applicable):  
 $ ___________________, to be applied to unpaid support,  
 $ ___________________, Sheriff’s fee,  
 $___________________, Department of Revenue costs.   
$ ___________________, other 
 
The court previously found in this proceeding that the individual had the ability to pay said sum.  
The Sheriff, or other authorized law enforcement personnel, executing this writ or having 
custody of the individual is authorized to assess and collect the actual costs associated with 
service of this writ and transportation of the individual pursuant to Section 61.11(2)(a), Florida 
Statutes. 
 
PAYMENT SHALL BE MADE to the Sheriff of ___________________________ County, Florida 
and shall be in the form of cash, cashier’s check, certified funds, or money order.  The purge 
payment, clearly marked with the individual’s name and case number, and denoted as a purge 
payment shall be remitted to:  
[choose all that apply]: 
 
___ 
The Office of the Clerk of Circuit Court for ________________________, County,  
 
 
_________________________________________________________________ 
 
 
           ___ 
Other ____________________________________________________________. 
 
The Sheriff’s office, or other authorized law enforcement personnel’s office, receiving payment 
shall provide the individual with a written receipt acknowledging payment. The receipt must be 
carried by the individual for a period of at least 30 days as proof of payment. 
 
If the individual pays the purge and secures his/her release, the Sheriff shall immediately notify: 
_____________________________________________________________________________. 
 
THIS ORDER SUPERSEDES ALL PRIOR CONFLICTING ORDERS. 
 
 
DONE AND ORDERED in _______________ County, Florida this _____ day of                           
______________, 20_____. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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CIRCUIT JUDGE 
 
Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.962, Writ of Bodily Attachment (Child Support) (08/11) 
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Copies furnished to: 
 
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Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.962, Writ of Bodily Attachment (Child Support) (08/11) 
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DESCRIPTION SHEET 
 
NAME: _________________________________________ DATE OF BIRTH: _______________ 
OTHER NAMES THE INDIVIDUAL GOES BY (ALIASES OR NICKNAMES): ______________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________________ 
ALTERNATE ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________ 
TELEPHONE: _________________________ ALTERNATE PHONE: _________________________ 
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: ______________________ GENDER: ________ RACE: ___________ 
HEIGHT: _____________ WEIGHT: ____________ EYE COLOR: ____________ 
HAIR COLOR, LENGTH, STYLE: _____________________________________________________ 
DISTINGUISHING MARKS, SCARS, TATTOOS: _____________________________________  
OTHER CHARACTERISTICS: ________________________________________________________ 
EMPLOYER: ____________________________________ EMPLOYER PHONE: _______________ 
EMPLOYER ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________________ 
VEHICLE (MAKE/MODEL): ________________________________________________________ 
FLORIDA DRIVER’S LICENSE NUMBER: _______________________________________________ 
 
Please use the space below for any additional information you would like to provide. 
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