IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR PASCO AND PINELLAS COUNTIES, FLORIDA

 

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2006-048 PA/PI-CIR    

 

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RE:     AMENDMENT TO PROCEDURES FOR BOWEN AND SUBSEQUENT

REVIEW HEARINGS IN CASES INVOLVING INTRACIRCUIT EXECUTION OF WRIT OF BODILY ATTACHMENT FOR CIVIL CONTEMPT FOR FAILURE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT 

 

In order to clarify which judge should review a hearing officer’s recommendation:

 

IT IS ORDERED:

 

            Administrative Order 2006-021 PA/PI-CIR is hereby amended as follows:

 

A new paragraph 5 is added to read:

 

5.         When a Bowen hearing is held before a child support hearing officer in the county where the contemnor was arrested and is being held, the hearing officer’s recommended order shall be presented for signature to any judge of the Family Division (including Unified Family Court if applicable) in the county where the Bowen hearing was conducted.

 

            All other provisions of Administrative Order 2006-021 PA/PI-CIR remain in full force and effect.

 

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, this ____ day of July 2006.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            _________________________________

                                                                                    David A. Demers, Chief Judge

 

cc:        All Judges

            The Honorable Bernie McCabe, State Attorney

            The Honorable Robert H. Dillinger, Public Defender

            The Honorable Ken Burke, Clerk of Court, Pinellas County

            The Honorable Jed Pittman, Clerk of Court, Pasco County

            Betty Henderson, Assistant Court Services Director, Pasco County Clerk’s Office

            Carol Heath, Director, Court Services Division, Pinellas County Clerk’s Office

            Gay Inskeep, Trial Courts Administrator

            Kerry L. Rice, Deputy Courts Administrator, Pasco County

            Marianne Garret, Inmate Records Supervisor, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department

            Captain Brian Head, Detention Bureau, Pasco County Sheriff’s Department

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