Florida Motion for Temporary Support with No Dependent or Minor Children

The filing fee is approximately $400. If you do not have the money to pay the filing fee, you can ask that the fee be waived. Ask the Clerk of Court for the form, Application for Determination of Civil Indigent Status, to apply for the fee waiver.

You can also contact the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453 (1-800-4-A-CHILD). If you want emergency temporary custody of the child, you need to go to the local family court and file a motion for temporary custody.

Typically, a temporary orders hearing will be handled in one of two ways, either by calling witnesses (including the parties) to the stand and asking them questions aimed at eliciting direct testimony from them (referred to as an evidentiary hearing) or by your attorney offering summaries of what witnesses would say,

Florida Statute 39.201 mandates certain alleged abuses shall be reported to the Abuse Hotline at 1-800-96-ABUSE. The moving party shall so report in writing any such alleged abuse and attach a copy of the report to a written emergency motion, which shall be signed and filed by the moving party.

Temporary relief refers to a procedure in a Florida family law case where one side or the other requests the Court order temporary provisions in the early phase of a case.It is intended to keep the situation under control during a long court case. Any temporary orders are subject to change later in the case.

Emergency motion is a motion that is presented in court without the normal requisite five business days notice.An emergency motion provides immediate relief as the response is delivered quickly than a normal one by the court.

A child may be taken into emergency custody because the youngster is in immediate danger and needs protection. The child may also be removed from the home because current living arrangements pose an immediate danger to the child's safety and welfare.

Temporary orders are made by family courts at a hearing when couples separate.Decisions on issues that must be resolved quickly are made, and given temporary effect, until family court decisions can be made in a formal divorce hearing or until the parties agree through mediation or negotiation.