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INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW

FORM 12.914

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (11/15)

When should this form be used?

After a petition or supplemental petition has been properly served (through either personal service or

constructive service), both parties must serve copies of all additional documents or papers they file with

the clerk on the other party, or his or her attorney, if he or she has one. Each time you file a document,

you must certify that you provided the other party with a copy. Many of the Florida Family Law Forms

already have a place above the signature line for this certification. It looks like this:

I certify that a copy of this document was ( ) mailed ( ) faxed and mailed ( ) e-mailed ( )

hand-delivered to the person(s) listed below on {date} ______________________________________

Other party or his/her attorney:

Name: _______________________________________

Address: _____________________________________

City, State, Zip: ________________________________

Fax Number: __________________________________

Designated E-mail Address(es):____________________

If a form you are filing has a certificate, you do not need to file a separate Certificate of Service, Florida

Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.914. However, each time you file a document that does

not have a certificate like the one above, you must file a Certificate of Service, Florida Supreme Court

Approved Family Law Form 12.914, and serve a copy of the document on the other party.

This form should be typed or printed in black ink. After completing this form (giving the name of each

form, document, or paper filed), you should sign the form before a notary public or deputy clerk. You

should file the original with the clerk of the circuit court in the county where your case was filed and keep

a copy for your records.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING E-FILING

The Florida Rules of 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

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.

Instructions for Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.914, Certificate of Service (11/15)

What should I do next?

The copy you are providing to 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.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING E-SERVICE ELECTION

After the initial service of process of the petition or supplemental petition by the Sheriff or certified

process server, the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration now 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 Rules of

Judicial Administration. If you elect to participate in electronic service, which means serving or

receiving pleadings by electronic mail (e-mail), or through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal, you must

review Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.516. You may find this rule at www.flcourts.org through

the link to the Rules of Judicial Administration provided under either Family Law Forms: Getting Started,

or Rules of Court in the A-Z Topical Index.

SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS MAY SERVE DOCUMENTS BY E-MAIL; HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT

REQUIRED TO DO SO. If a self-represented litigant 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 addresses 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 Judicial Administration2.516.

Where can I look for more information?

Before proceeding, you should read General Information for Self-Represented Litigants found at the

beginning of these forms. For more information, see rule 1.080, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure and rule

12.080, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure.

Special notes

Remember, a person who is NOT an attorney is called a nonlawyer. If a nonlawyer helps you fill out

these forms, that person must give you a copy of 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 these forms

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.

Instructions for Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.914, Certificate of Service (11/15)

_____________________________________________________________________________________

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE _______________________ JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,

IN AND FOR ________________________ COUNTY, FLORIDA

Case No.: ___________________________

Division:

_________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________,

Petitioner,

and

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Respondent,

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that a copy of {name of document(s)} ________________________________________________

was ( ) mailed ( ) faxed and mailed ( ) e-mailed ( ) hand-delivered to the person listed below on

{date} __________________________.

Other party or his/her attorney:

Name: ______________________________________

Address: ____________________________________

City, State, Zip: _______________________________

Fax Number: _________________________________

Designated E-mail Address(es): __________________

Signature of Party

Printed Name: _________________________________

Address: ______________________________________

City, State, Zip: _________________________________

Fax Number: ___________________________________

Designated E-mail Address(es): ____________________

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} _____,{zip code}___________,{telephone number} __________________

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