Florida § 382.023 - Department to receive dissolution-of-marriage records; fees.

§ 382.023. Department to receive dissolution-of-marriage records; fees.

(1) Clerks of the circuit courts shall collect for their services at the time of the filing of a final judgment of dissolution of marriage a fee of up to $10.50, of which 43 percent shall be retained by the clerk of the circuit court as a part of the cost in the cause in which the judgment is granted. The remaining 57 percent shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit to the Department of Health to defray part of the cost of maintaining the dissolution-of-marriage records. (2) The clerk of the circuit court shall electronically transmit to the department a record of each judgment of dissolution of marriage granted by the court, including the names of the parties and such other data as required by forms prescribed by the department, on one of the following reporting schedules: (a) Weekly, on or before each Friday, all final judgments of dissolution of marriage granted during the preceding calendar week, along with an accounting of the funds remitted to the Department of Revenue pursuant to this section. (b) Monthly, on or before the 10th day of each month, all final judgments of dissolution of marriage granted during the preceding calendar month, along with an accounting of the funds remitted to the Department of Revenue pursuant to this section. (3) If, during any reporting schedule, there are no final judgments of dissolution of marriage granted, the clerk of the circuit court must report such fact to the department upon forms prescribed and furnished by the department in accordance with the selected reporting schedule.