{"id":61,"date":"2012-08-12T22:13:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T22:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.helpingchildrenafterdivorce.com\/hcadblog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2012-08-12T22:39:34","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T22:39:34","slug":"florida-parenting-class-twenty-florida-judicial-circuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpingchildrenafterdivorce.com\/hcadblog\/florida-parenting-class-twenty-florida-judicial-circuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Parenting Class and the Twenty Florida Judicial Circuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although it is mandatory to complete a parenting class in the state of Florida prior to finalization of your divorce decree, it is important to be aware of some of the limitations of divorce parenting classes.\u00a0 First, it is necessary for the class to be approved by the Florida Department of children and families (Florida DCF).\u00a0 Even if you have located a class approved by the Florida DCS, it is still important to understand whether or not your judicial circuit, and\/or judge, will accept your parenting course.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the state of Florida online parent education and family stabilization courses are widely accepted. The following judicial circuits are known to accept Florida DCF approved online classes: 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 7<sup>th<\/sup>, 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 9<sup>th<\/sup>, 10<sup>th<\/sup>, 11<sup>th<\/sup>, 13<sup>th<\/sup>, 14<sup>th<\/sup>, 15<sup>th<\/sup>, 16<sup>th<\/sup>, and 17<sup>th<\/sup> .\u00a0 These judicial circuits represent the following counties:<\/p>\n<p><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Alachua<\/p>\n<p>Baker<\/p>\n<p>Bay<\/p>\n<p>Bradford<\/p>\n<p>Broward<\/p>\n<p>Calhoun<\/p>\n<p>Citrus<\/p>\n<p>Columbia<\/p>\n<p>Dade<\/p>\n<p>Dixie<\/p>\n<p>Flagler<\/p>\n<p>Franklin<\/p>\n<p>Gadsen<\/p>\n<p>Gilchrist<\/p>\n<p>Gulf<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton<\/p>\n<p>Hardee<\/p>\n<p>Hernando<\/p>\n<p>Highlands<\/p>\n<p>Hillsborough<\/p>\n<p>Holmes<\/p>\n<p>Jackson<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson,<\/p>\n<p>Lafayette<\/p>\n<p>Lake Marion<\/p>\n<p>Leon,<\/p>\n<p>Levy<\/p>\n<p>Liberty<\/p>\n<p>Madison<\/p>\n<p>Monroe<\/p>\n<p>Orange<\/p>\n<p>Osceola<\/p>\n<p>Palm Beach<\/p>\n<p>Polk<\/p>\n<p>Putnam<\/p>\n<p>St. Johns<\/p>\n<p>Sumter<\/p>\n<p>Suwannee<\/p>\n<p>Taylor<\/p>\n<p>Union<\/p>\n<p>Volusia<\/p>\n<p>Wakulla<\/p>\n<p>Washington<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some judicial circuits as a whole <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">do not accept<\/span> online parent education and family stabilization courses. That is, unless there are circumstances that are approved by the judge your case, you will not be allowed to complete your parent education course online.\u00a0 Examples of judicial circuits that do not accept online parenting courses include the 4<sup>th<\/sup> and the 12<sup>th<\/sup> Judicial Circuits.\u00a0 The 4<sup>th<\/sup> Judicial Circuit includes Clay, Duval, and Nassau counties, while the 12<sup>th<\/sup> Judicial Circuit includes DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota counties.\u00a0 The rest of the circuits (1<sup>st<\/sup>, 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 18<sup>th<\/sup>, 19<sup>th<\/sup>, and 20<sup>th<\/sup>) vary across judges within the circuit, and it is wise to check with your judge\u2019s clerk for online course acceptability prior to taking a course.\u00a0 Included below is a listing of counties do not automatically accept online parenting classes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brevard<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte<\/p>\n<p>Collier<\/p>\n<p>DeSoto<\/p>\n<p>Escambia<\/p>\n<p>Escambia<\/p>\n<p>Glades<\/p>\n<p>Hendry<\/p>\n<p>Indian River<\/p>\n<p>Lee<\/p>\n<p>Manatee<\/p>\n<p>Martin<\/p>\n<p>Okaloosa<\/p>\n<p>Okaloosa<\/p>\n<p>Okeechobee<\/p>\n<p>Pasco<\/p>\n<p>Pinellas<\/p>\n<p>Santa Rosa<\/p>\n<p>Santa Rosa<\/p>\n<p>Sarasota<\/p>\n<p>Seminole<\/p>\n<p>St. Lucie,<\/p>\n<p>Walton<\/p>\n<p>Walton<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The ease and flexibility of an online parent education family stabilization course makes it a preferred means of meeting Florida court requirements.\u00a0\u00a0 You are able to take an online course at your own pace, and in the comfort of your own home.\u00a0 An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helpingchildrenafterdivorce.com\" target=\"_blank\">online parenting class<\/a> is typically less expensive compared to an in-person class.\u00a0 However, in spite of any convenience and\/or savings that an online course may offer, it is important to understand whether or not your judicial circuit will accept a Florida DCF approved online class.\u00a0 The listings in this article provide information shared by employees of the 20 judicial circuits in the state of Florida. However, it appears that there is a greater movement toward the acceptance of online parenting courses throughout the state, and information within this article is not guaranteed for it\u2019s accuracy given the changing landscape of online course acceptability.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If there are any discrepancies between the information contained in this article, and information shared with you by the clerk of your court, please don\u2019t hesitate to contact me through this website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although it is mandatory to complete a parenting class in the state of Florida prior to finalization of your divorce decree, it is important to be aware of some of the limitations of divorce parenting classes.\u00a0 First, it is necessary for the class to be approved by the Florida Department of children and families (Florida [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[18,20,19,15],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida-parenting-class-2","tag-florida-courts","tag-florida-judicial-circuits","tag-florida-online-parenting-class","tag-florida-parenting-class"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpingchildrenafterdivorce.com\/hcadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpingchildrenafterdivorce.com\/hcadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpingchildrenafterdivorce.com\/hcadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpingchildrenafterdivorce.com\/hcadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpingchildrenafterdivorce.com\/hcadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/helpingchildrenafterdivorce.com\/hcadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"https:\/\/helpingchildrenafterdivorce.com\/hcadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpingchildrenafterdivorce.com\/hcadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpingchildrenafterdivorce.com\/hcadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpingchildrenafterdivorce.com\/hcadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}