InstructionsforFloridaSupremeCourtApprovedFamilyLawForm12.902(d),UniformChildCustodyJurisdiction
andEnforcementAct(UCCJEA)Affidavit(12/10)
INSTRUCTIONSFORFLORIDASUPREMECOURTAPPROVEDFAMILYLAW
FORM12.902(d),UNIFORMCHILDCUSTODYJURISDICTIO NAND
ENFORCEMENTACT(UCCJEA)AFFIDAVIT(12/10)
Whenshouldthisformbeused?
Thisformshouldbeusedinanycaseinvolvingcustodyof,visitationwith,ortime‐sharingwithanyminor
child(ren).Thisaffidavitisrequiredevenifthecustodyof,visitation,ortime‐sharingwiththeminor
child(ren)arenotindispute.
Thisformshouldbetypedorprintedinblackink.Aftercompletingthisform,youshouldsigntheform
beforeanotarypublicordeputyclerk.Youshouldthenfiletheoriginalwiththeclerkofthecircuit
courtinthecountywherethepetitionwasfiledandkeepacopyforyourrecords.
WhatshouldIdonext?
Acopyofthisformmustbemailedorhanddeliveredtotheotherpartyinyourcase,ifitisnotserved
onhimorherwithyourinitialpapers.
WherecanIlookformoreinformation?
Beforeproceeding,youshouldreadGeneralInformationforSelf‐RepresentedLitigantsfoundatthe
beginningoftheseforms.Thewordsthatareinboldunderlineintheseinstructionsaredefinedthere.
Forfurtherinformation,seesections61.501‐61.542,FloridaStatutes.
Specialnotes...
Chapter2008‐61,LawsofFlorida,effectiveOctober1,2008,eliminatedsuchtermsascustodialparent,
noncustodialparent,primaryresidentialparent,secondaryresidentialparent,andvisitationfrom
Chapter61,FloridaStatutes.Instead,parentsaretodevelopaParentingPlanthatincludes,among
otherthings,theirtime‐sharingschedul ewiththeminorchild(ren).Iftheparen
tscannotagree,a
parentingplanwillbeestablishedbytheCourt.However,becausetheUCCJEAusesthetermscustody
andvisitation,theyareincludedinthisform.
Ifyouarethepetitionerinaninjunctionforprotectionagainstdomesticviolencecaseandyouhavefiled
aRequestforConfidentialFilingofAddress,FloridaSupremeCourtApprovedFamilyLaw
Form
12.980(h),youshouldwriteconfidentialinanyspaceonthisformthatwouldrequireyoutowritethe
addresswhereyouarecurrentlyliving.
Remember,apersonwhoisNOTanattorneyiscalledanonlawyer.Ifanonlawyerhelpsyoufillout
theseforms,thatpersonmustgiveyo
uacopyofaDisclosurefromNonlawyer,FloridaFamilyLawRules
ofProcedureForm12.900(a),beforeheorshehelpsyou.Anonlawyerhelpingyoufillouttheseforms
alsomustputhisorhername,address,andtelephone
numberonthebottomofthelastpag eofevery
formheorshehelpsyoucomplete.