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Domestic Violence Online Training site
Visit the new Domestic Violence Online Training site designed to introduce judges and court staff to issues and challenges that typically arise in civil domestic violence cases.
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Mark Your Calendars
The Office of State Courts Administrator, Office of Court Improvement in cooperation with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, presents a distance learning workshop:
Parent Involvement:
Working with Resistant Parents in the Juvenile Justice Process
When: Monday, August 16, 2010, 1 - 4 PM
Where: The George Edgecomb Courthouse, 800 East Twiggs Street, Tampa, FL – Courtroom #1
Who: This training opportunity is designed for judges, magistrates, other court personnel and all community partners working with youth in the juvenile justice system and is presented free of charge.
Contact: Your Circuit's Liaison (see attached listing) RTF and PDF
Nancy Hamilton, MPA, CAP, CCJAP, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Operation PAR in Pinellas Park. Mrs. Hamilton has more than 34 years experience in behavioral health care services, including more than 21 years as a trainer, adjunct instructor and teacher in prevention, intervention and treatment services. Mrs. Hamilton is a well-recognized trainer and public speaker, focusing on such subjects as addictions, women’s and children’s issues, implementing evidence-based practices, family-centered treatment, gender-specific treatment, criminal and juvenile justice treatment populations and adolescent issues. She has been instrumental in designing and implementing Operation PAR’s research projects, including developing and serving as Co-Principal Investigator for the Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) with Dr. Frank Tims. The CYT Study was a three-year national multi-site project funded by CSAT. During the CYT study, Mrs. Hamilton designed and implemented the evidence-based Family Support Network manualized curriculum, used in conjunction with MET/CBT. Both of these evidence-based practices are listed on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices website.
Save the Date Flier:
Parent Involvement: Working with Resistant Parents in the Juvenile Justice Process RTF and PDF
Agenda topics include:
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Common themes and myths about resistance among parents of youth involved in the juvenile justice system
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Approaches to effectively engage resistant parents
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The role of the judge and therapeutic jurisprudence in parent engagement
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Evidence-based practices: examples of applications with families involved in the juvenile justice system
Circuit Courts throughout the state are taking part in this event and providing a central location for its participants to view the live training. Additional information on the Juvenile Court Improvement Distance Learning Session, including how to register, will be forthcoming and posted at our Family Courts website. Or you may contact Polly Ryan @ ryanp@flcourts.org.
If you have questions regarding family law forms or a family law matter please call the Florida Supreme Court Self Help line at: 850 - 921-0004.
The Office of Court Improvment (OCI) is a division of the Office of the State Courts Administrator within the Supreme Court of Florida. The OCI develops and assists with the implementation of court practices and programs which are designed to enhance and improve Florida's family and problem solving courts (delinquency, dependency, domestic relations, domestic violence, child support and drugs courts). The OCI also provides technical assistance to judges and court staff, assists with the creation and revision of Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms, staffs committees, and analyzes legislation that may affect the courts.
For people who need assistance with their individual cases, please contact a local Self-Help Center or click here for more information.
Unified Family Court is a fully integrated, comprehensive approach to handling all cases involving children and families, while at the same time resolving family disputes in a fair, timely, efficient, and cost effective manner. |
Family Court can mean different things to different people. In Florida, the Supreme Court has recognized Unified Family Court as the best way to handle cases that involve children and families. The idea behind Unified Family Court (or UFC for short) is that a family should be able to have all of their disputes resolved in the most effective and efficient way possible. Since 1991, a series of Florida Supreme Court opinions have been instrumental in establishing UFC throughout the state. Click the links below to view the full versions of the opinions.
In re: Report of the Commission on Family Courts, 588 So. 2d 586 (Fla. 1991)(“Family Courts I”)
In re: Report of the Commission on Family Courts, 633 So. 2d 14, 16 (Fla. 1994)(“Family Courts II”)
In re: Report of the Commission on Family Courts, 646 So. 2d 178, 179 (Fla. 1994)(“Family Courts III”)
In re: Report of the Family Court Steering Committee, 794 So. 2d 518 (Fla. 2001)(“Family Courts IV”)
See the list below for for the types of cases that comprise UFC.
Family Court Jurisdiction:
- dissolution of marriage
- division & distribution of property arising out of dissolution of marriage
- annulment
- custodial care / access to children
- adoption
- support unconnected with dissolution of marriage
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- child support
- paternity
- URESA / UIFSA
- declaratory judgment actions related to premarital, marital, or post marital agreements
- name change
- juvenile delinquency
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- emancipation of a minor
- CINS / FINS
- truancy
- juvenile dependency
- termination of parental rights
- civil domestic & repeat violence
- modifications and enforcement of orders
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