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Family Court Fees & Costs
Initial Filing Fees
Filing Fee | Cost |
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Adoption | $400 |
Dissolution of Marriage/Annulment | $408 |
Domestic Relations Exception Cases (Pursuant to F.S. 28.241(1)(a)(1)(b)) | $300 |
General Domestic Relations | $400 |
Name Change | $400 |
Paternity | $300 |
Simplified Dissolution of Marriage | $408 |
Other Fees
Fee Type | Cost |
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Additional Defendant(s) more than five, per defendant | $2.50 |
Attorney Pro Hac Vice | $100 |
Bond Approval Fee | $8.50 |
Counterclaim/Cross Claim/Third Party Claim for Dissolution of Marriage (filed on a non-Dissolution of Marriage case) | $403 |
Domestic Relations Counterclaim/Cross Claim/Third Party Claim | $395 |
Domestic Relations Exception Cases Counterclaim/Cross Claim/Third Party Claim (Pursuant to F.S. 28.241(1)(a)(1)(b)) | $295 |
Enforcement of Foreign Judgment Service Fee (in addition to filing fee and recording fees) | $42 |
Payment Plan Contract Fee | $25 |
Recording Fee - first page | $10 |
Recording Fee - each additional page, per page | $8.50 |
Reopen Fee | $50 |
Severance Fee, per severance granted | $18 |
Subpoena Issuance (sign and seal only) per subpoena | $2 |
Subpoena Preparation and Issuance (prepare, sign, and seal), per subpoena | $7 |
Summons Issuance (sign and seal only) per summons | $10 |
Summons Preparation and Issuance (prepare, sign, and seal), per summons | $17 |
Support Payments - Receiving and Disbursing Fee (Minimum fee of $0.25, Maximum fee of $5.25) |
4% |
Payments Options:
Acceptable forms of payment for fees and costs are:
- Bank check
- Cash
- Credit/Debit Card - All debit/credit transactions will incur a 3.5% transaction fee charged by MyFloridaCounty.
- American Express
- Discover
- MasterCard
- Visa
- In-state business check
- Money order
- Personal in-state check with proper identification
All payments for fees and costs must be remitted in U.S. currency. Do not send cash through the mail.
Payments by check or money order:
Payments submitted by check or money order must be made payable to:
Nikki Alvarez-Sowles, Clerk & Comptroller