In Pinellas County, there is a separate Family Law Division to handle all domestic violence restraining orders, divorces, child support issues, parental responsibility/visitation issues, name changes, adoptions and all juvenile matters.
Most documents are in pdf format.
If you are an unrepresented litigant (pro se) please also check out the forms and information available on our “Representing Yourself in Family Court” page.
Motion and Order Regarding requesting the Court to waive the class or class fee (Pinellas County only).
What happens if my child has reached 18 and is still in school or otherwise dependent? How can I continue to receive child support?
The Court has ordered that the dependency court case involving you and your children be referred to mediation. Mediation is an opportunity for you, the parents, to make some decisions about you and your children instead of the Court.
decision making authority rests with the parties.
How can I keep my address confidential in a court case if I am in fear of domestic violence?
In Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement cases, why is visitation not ordered at the same time I am ordered to pay child support and what do I have to do to obtain visitation?
The Sixth Judicial Circuit Unified Family Court in Pinellas County is made up of 4 Judges, one General Magistrate, a behavioral evaluations program, and a juvenile arbitration program. All juvenile delinquency cases are heard in the Unified Family Court, as well as all dependency cases, all adoptions of minors other than stepparent or relative adoptions, all termination of parental rights, all section 751 temporary custody cases, all judicial waiver of parental notice of termination of pregnancy cases, all removal of disabilities of nonage and other family cases (dissolution, paternity, domestic violence etc…) that have an underlying pending case being heard in the Unified Family Court. The Unified Family Court looks to coordinate multiple cases involving the same family and have them all heard before the same judge. The Unified Family Court is located at the Pinellas County Justice Center 14250 49th Street North in Clearwater.