Parenting Plan Recommendation
Time-Sharing Schedule
Child Support. Both parents are required to provide financial support for their minor or dependent
children.; however, , the court may order one parent to pay child support to the other parent. Florida
has adopted guidelines for determining the amount of child support to be paid. These guidelines are
based on the combined income of both parents and take into account the financial contributions of
both parents and the number of overnights the child(ren) spend with each parent. You must file a
Family Law Financial Affidavit, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.902(b) or (c), and the
other parent will be required to do the same. From your financial affidavits, you should be able to
calculate the amount of child support that should be paid using the Child Support Guidelines
Worksheet, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.902(e). Because the child support
guidelines take several factors into consideration, change over time, and vary from state to state, your
child support obligation may be more or less than that of other people in seemingly similar situations.
Temporary Relief. If you need temporary relief regarding parental responsibility and time-sharing
with child(ren), child support or alimony, you may file a Motion for Temporary Support with
Dependent or Minor Child(ren), Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.947(a) or, if
you need temporary relief regarding alimony and there are no dependent or minor child(ren), you
may file a Motion for Temporary Support with No Dependent or Minor Child(ren), Florida Supreme
Court Approved Family Law Form 12.947(c). For more information, see the instructions for these
forms.
Settlement Agreement. If you and the other party are able to reach an agreement on any or all of
the issues, you should file a Settlement Agreement. Although there is no form for this in these Florida
Family Law Forms, you may construct a settlement agreement using the pertinent sections contained
in Marital Settlement Agreement for Dissolution of Marriage with Dependent or Minor Child(ren),
Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.902(f)(1), or Marital Settlement Agreement for
Dissolution of Marriage with No Dependent or Minor Child(ren), Florida Supreme Court Approved
Family Law Form 12.902(f)(2). Both parties must sign this agreement before a notary public or deputy
clerk. Any issues on which you are unable to agree will be considered contested and settled by the
judge at the final hearing.
Final Judgment Forms. These family law forms contain a Supplemental Final Judgment Modifying
Parental Responsibility, Visitation, or Parenting Plan/Time-Sharing Schedule or Other Relief, Florida
Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.993(a), a Supplemental Final Judgment Modifying
Child Support, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.993(b), and a Supplemental Final
Judgment Modifying Alimony, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.993(c), which
the judge may use, as appropriate. You should contact the clerk, family law intake staff, or judicial
assistant to see if you need to bring a final judgment with you to the hearing. If so, you should type
or print the heading, including the circuit, county, case number, division, and the parties’ names, and
leave the rest blank for the judge to complete at your hearing or trial.
Nonlawyer. Remember, a person who is NOT an attorney is called a nonlawyer. If a nonlawyer helps
Instructions for Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.903(e), Answer to Supplemental Petition
(02/18)