Guardianship

Rule 12.350 Requests for Production of Documents

Sometimes you need stuff. Sometimes your opponent ...

Rule 12.270 Consolidation; Separate Trials

Bringing folks together (or breaking them up, whic...

Difference between a Note and a Mortgage (Video)

When your house is on the line, you'll want to kno...

Rule 12.130 Attaching Copy of Cause of Action and Exhibits

Referencing a document in a petition? Got to provi...

Adoption (Infographic)

Growing your family through adoption can be exciti...

Dependency Court (Video)

When it comes to a child's well-being, the law has...

Rule 12.420 Dismissal of Actions

How to get stuff dropped in Family Court

Rule 12.250 Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties

Trim the fat or bulk up, party-wise

Rule 12.040 Attorneys

Representation isn't a cut and dried situation

Rule 1.130 Attaching Cause of Action and Exhibits

What to include with your complaint

HOA Disputes (Infographic)

Good fences make good neighbors. Good knowledge m...

The Difference Between Federal and State Court (Video)

The law of the land versus the law of, well, your ...

Legalese (Infographic)

It's impenetrable, unclear and maddening. At leas...

Rebuilding Credit After Bankruptcy (Video)

Bankruptcy is a beginning, not an end.

Civil Cases (Infographic)

Step-by-step guide to how your civil court case wi...

Rule 12.010 Scope, Purpose and Title

Uniform Motion Calendar (Video)

Courts get busy. They need to keep track of things...

Rule 12.351 Production of Documents and Things Without Deposition

When you need stuff from a case outsider.

Real Estate Title and Deeds (Infographic)

Rule 1.350 Requests for Production

Yes, you CAN ask your opponent to give you things

Divorce (Infographic)

Everything you need to help get through it.

Tenant Missed Rent Payment (Infographic)

So, that check wasn't "in the mail" after all?

Neighbor's Landscape is Encroaching On My Property (Infographic)

Trademark and Intellectual Property (Infographic)

Creativity and innovation need protection.

Breach of Contract (Infographic)

How to Research Case Law (Video)

Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to ...

Rule 1.160 Motions to the Clerk

This isn't the checkout guy at Trader Joe's you be...

Rule 12.050 When Action Commenced

In the beginning...

LGBT Adoption Rights (Video)

The law has greater recognition of LGBTQ rights th...

Florida Law: Challenges to Administrative Orders

There is a little-known tool hidden in the bowels ...

My neighbor's barking dog is driving me CRAZY (Infographic)

Rule 1.115 Pleading Mortgage Foreclosures

Your home matters. Know how to fight for it

Rule 1.090 Time

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Civil Court Due Dates

Rule 12.080 Service of Pleadings and Filing of Documents

Getting the info to the other side

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (Video)

Just because you're in debt, doesn't mean the law'...

Florida's Judicial Elections (Infographic)

Wage Garnishment (Infographic)

See if you can protect your paycheck

Default Judgment (Video)

Don't show up to court? This is what happens

Due Process (Video)

It's what each of us, no matter the accusation, de...

Case Law (Video)

Who says that judge's can't make law?

I've Been Sued! Quick! What Do I Do First? (Infographic)

Here's a hint: don't flee with a fake identity and...

Shady Dealerships (Video)

Yes, shockingly, a car salesman might actually mis...

Standing (Video)

Not sitting's arch nemesis, but one's capacity to ...

Courtroom Players (Video)

All the world's a stage, including the courtroom

Rule 1.060 Transfers of Action

Sometimes you file in the wrong place. It happens

What is Probate? (Infographic)

Crime Victims Can Sue in Civil Court (Infographic)

What happens in criminal court, doesn't always sta...

Student Loans (Infographic)

Knowledge ain't cheap.

Rule 1.110 General Rules of Pleading

Overview of pleading (NOT the begging-your-ex-for-...

Rule 12.120 Pleading Special Matters

For when extraordinary circumstances strike.

Pleadings (Video)

We don't mean the thing you do to avoid a parkin...

Native American Law (Infographic)

Rule 12.190 Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

There's a reason pencils have erasers

Difference between Criminal and Civil Cases (Video)

Figure out why O.J. was innocent in one court and ...

Rule 1.080 Service and Filing of Pleadings, Orders and Documents

Everyone's kept in the loop

Responding to a Divorce Petition (Video)

The beginning of the next chapter in your life. He...

Can I Get Rid of a Judgment Against Me? (Infographic)

You mean we CAN go back and change the past?

Someone Stole From Me (Infographic)

Rule 12.210 Parties

We're not talking a backyard kegger here

Rule 1.020 Privacy and Court Records

What should and shouldn't be revealed in the Halls...

Suing for Dog Bite (Video)

Surprisingly, a more popular type of case than ham...

Rule 12.370 Requests for Admission

Rule 1.050 When Action Commenced

Things have to start somewhere. Just ask the Big B...

What is Housing Discrimination? (Infographic)

Depositions (Infographic)

Florida Law: When Is A Summary Of Business Data A Business Record?

Cayea v. CitiMortgage, Inc.—a 16th century decisio...

Rule 12.025 Applicability of Rules of Judicial Administration

Filing. There's more to it than meets the eye.

Foreclosure (Infographic)

Your home is your castle. Defend it.

Recusal of a Judge (Video)

There goes the Judge!

Rule 12.060 Transfers of Actions

For those days you're filing cases in the wrong pl...

Rule 1.100 Pleadings and Motions

Two fundamental court actions

Rule 12.020 Applicability of Florida Rules of Civil Procedure

How to tell which court from which

Roles of Judge and Jury (Video)

Along with "Justice," the two most important J's i...

Slip and Fall (Video)

Here's the difference between being a klutz and be...

Rule 12.150 Sham Pleadings

Calling B.S. on a B.S.-er

Requests for Admission (Video)

Statements (the non-fashion kind) that are admitte...

Interlocutory Appeals (Video)

How to get a head start on a second chance.

General Magistrate (Video)

No, it's not a wizard leading an army.

Guardianship (Video)

For those who watch over others (not including the...

How Do I Know What's Going On In My Case? How Do I Look Up the Case Docket? (Infographic)

Get in the know of getting in the know

Verbal Act (Video)

“Hearsay objection? Get your verbal act together!”

Power of Attorney (Video)

We're not talking x-ray vision or super strength

How Does A Judge Become A Judge? (Infographic)

Affirmative Defenses (Video)

A legitimate excuse for actions (unlike a dog eati...

Hearsay (Video)

Rumor has it this video is very helpful.

Rule 12.491 Child Support Enforcement

Tough situation made tougher by unpreparedness

Tenant Rights (Video)

Seize justice, renters of the world!

Rule 12.260 Survivor; Substitution of Parties

Justice doesn't have to stop when someone's gone

Interrogatories (Video)

Not every question in a case is asked on the witne...

Steps in a Court Case (Infographic)

Just like the rest of life, court cases happen in ...

Summary Judgment (Video)

Sometimes a trial is just unnecessary.

Secondhand Smoke From Your Neighbor's Tobacco Use (Infographic)

Rule 12.410 Subpoena

Getting the witness you need on the stand

LGBT Rights (Video)

See how the law is progressing along with society

Rule 1.230 Interventions

Rule 12.071 Constitutional Challenge to State Statute or County or Municipal Charter, Ordinance, or Franchise; Notice by Party

Citing the iconic law of the land, are ya? Here's ...

Oral Arguments (Video)

It's not just what family holiday dinners are fill...

Food Poisoning (Infographic)

Sometimes it's not just a made-up excuse to miss w...

Requests for Production (Video)

How to get what your case needs from the opposing ...

Rule 1.120 Pleading Special Matters

There's always exceptional circumstances