Amendments to the Florida Family Law Forms

The Family Court Steering Committee has petitioned this Court to consider amendments to the Florida Family Law Forms necessitated by new legislation relating to child support and protection.1 We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. Because some of this new legislation was only quite recently signed by the Governor and will soon take effect, there exists insufficient time to conduct the general procedures that normally accompany such amendments. Thus, as proposed by the Committee, we adopt on an emergency basis Florida Family Law Forms 12.901(j) (“Notice of Social Security…