Notice of Hearing Form

The Notice of Hearing is a form that is used after a date for a court hearing has been set. This form is used for notifying the other spouse of the date and time for the court hearing that he/she must attend.

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Instructions for Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.923, Notice of Hearing (General)   
(9/11)
 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW 
FORM 12.923, NOTICE OF HEARING (GENERAL) (9/11)   
When should this form be used?   
Anytime you have set a hearing before a judge , you must send notice of the 
hearing  to the other party. 
IMPORTANT : If your hearing has been set before a general magistrate, you should use  Notice of Hearing 
Before General Magistrate , Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.920(c). If your hearing has 
been set before a child support enforcement hearing officer, you should use  Notice of Hearing (Child 
Support Hearing Officer) , Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.921. 
 
This form should be typed or printed in black ink. After completing this form, you should  file  the original 
with the  clerk of the circuit court  in the county where your case was filed and keep a copy for your 
records.    What should I do next? 
 
A copy of this form must be mailed  or hand delivered to the other party in your case.    If a  default  has 
been  entered,  you  must  still  send  this  form  to  the  other  party  to  notify  the  other  party  of  the  final hearing . 
   
Where can I look for more information? 
 
Before  proceeding,  you  should  read  General  Information  for  Self-Represented  Litigantsfound  at  the 
beginning  of  these  forms.   For  further  information  on  serving  notices  of  hearing,  see  rule  1.090(d), 
Florida Civil Rules of Procedure. 
 
Special notes... To  set  a  hearing  date  and  time,  you  will  usually  have  to  make  a  good-faith  effort  to  coordinate  a 
mutually  convenient  date  and  time  for  you,  the  other  parties  in  the  case,  and  the  judge,  except  in 
certain  emergency  situations.    Some  circuits  may  have  additional  procedural  requirements  that  you 
must follow when you notify the court and other parties of your scheduled hearing.    Therefore, before 
you  complete  this  form,  you  should  contact  the  clerk
’s  office, family  law  intake  staff ,  or 
judicial  assistant  for information regarding the proper procedure to follow. 
  Remember,  a  person  who  is  NOT  an  attorney  is  called  a  nonlawyer.  If  a  nonlawyer  helps  you  fill  out 
these forms, that person must give you a copy of 
Disclosure  from  Nonlawyer, Florida Family Law Rules 
of Procedure Form 12.900 (a), before he or she helps you. A nonlawyer helping you fill out these forms 
also  must  put his or her name, address, and telephone number on the bottom of the last page of every 
form he or she helps you complete.

Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.923, Notice of Hearing (General) (9/11)  IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ____________________ JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, 
IN AND FOR ____________________ COUNTY, FLORIDA   
 Case No.: __________________________ 
Division: ___________________________ 
 
 
______________________________________,  Petitioner, 
  and 
 
_____________________________________, 
Respondent.  
 
  NOTICE OF HEARING (GENERAL)  
 
[fill in  all blanks] 
TO:  {name of other party} : _______________________________________________________________ 
There will be a hearing before Judge  {name} _______________________________________________ _, 
on  {date } ________________, at  {time} ______________ m., in Room _____ of the _________________  
Courthouse, on the following issues:    ____________________________________________________  
_____________________________________________________________________________________ 
____________________________________________________________________________________. 
_____ hour(s)/_____ minutes have been reserved for this hearing.   
This part is to be filled out by the court or to be filled in with information you obtained from the court: 
 
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to 
participate  in  this  proceeding,  you  are  entitled,  at  no  cost  to  you,  to  the 
provision of certain assistance. Please contact: 
__________________________________________________________________ 
{identify applicable court personnel by name, address, and telephone number} at 
least  7  days  before  your  scheduled  court  appearance,  or  immediately  upon 
receiving  this  notification  if  the  time  before  the  scheduled  appearance  is  less 
than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. 
If  you  are  represented  by  an  attorney  or  plan  to  retain  an  attorney  for  this  matter,  you  should 
notify the attorney of this hearing.

Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.923, Notice of Hearing (General) (9/11)  If this matter is resolved, the moving party shall contact the judge
’s office to cancel this hearing. 
  I certify that a copy of this document was [Choose only  one ] (      ) mailed       (    ) faxed and 
mailed (    ) hand delivered to the person(s) listed below on  {date}_________________. 
 
Other party or his/her attorney : 
Name: _ _______________________________________ 
Address: ______________________________________ 
City, State, Zip: _________________________________ 
Fax Number: ___________________________________ 
Email Address:_________________________________ 
 
Dated: _____________________ 
   
_____________________________________________ 
Signature of Party 
Printed Name: ___________________________________ 
Address: _______________________________________ 
City, State, Zip:  ___________________________________ 
Telephone Number:  ________________________________ 
Fax Number:  _____________________________________ 
Email Address:_________________________________ 
 
 
IF A NONLAWYER HELPED YOU FILL OUT THIS FORM, HE/SHE MUST FILL IN THE BLANKS BELOW:  [fill in 
all  blanks] 
I, {full legal name and trade name of nonlawyer}  _____________________________________________, 
a nonlawyer, whose address is  {street} ____________________________________________, 
{city}  ______________________________ ( state} ____________,  {phone} ________________________, 
helped {name}  ________________________________________________________________________, 
who is the [Choose only  one] ___ petitioner  or ___ respondent, fill out this form.