Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form12.932 Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory Disclosure

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLORIDA FAMILY LAW RULES OF PROCEDURE

FORM 12.932

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH MANDATORY DISCLOSURE

(10/21)

When should this form be used?

Mandatory disclosure requires each party in a family matter to provide the other party with certain

financial information and documents. These documents must be served on the other party within 45 days

of service of the initial petition or supplemental petition for modification on the respondent. The

mandatory disclosure rule applies to all original and supplemental cases, except simplified dissolution of

marriage cases and cases where the respondent is served by constructive service and does not answer.

You should use this form to notify the court and the other party that you have complied with the

mandatory disclosure rule.

Each party must provide the other party with the documents listed in section 2 of this form if the relief

being sought is permanent regardless of whether it is an initial or supplemental proceeding. ONLY THE

COMPLETED FORM IS FILED WITH THE COURT. EXCEPT FOR THE FINANCIAL AFFIDAVIT AND CHILD

SUPPORT GUIDELINES WORKSHEET, NO DOCUMENTS SHALL BE FILED IN THE COURT FILE WITHOUT A

PRIOR COURT ORDER. THE DOCUMENTS LISTED ON THE FORM ARE TO BE GIVEN TO THE OTHER PARTY.

If your individual gross annual income is under $50,000, you should complete the Family Law Financial

Affidavit (Short Form), Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.902(b). If your individual gross

annual income is $50,000 or more, you should complete the Family Law Financial Affidavit (Long Form),

Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.902(c).

In addition, there are separate mandatory disclosure requirements that apply to temporary financial

hearings, which are listed in section 1 of this form. The party seeking temporary financial relief must serve

these documents on the other party with the notice of temporary financial hearing. The responding party

must serve the required documents on the party seeking temporary relief. Any documents that have

already been served under the requirements for temporary or initial proceedings do not need to be

reserved again in the same proceeding. If a supplemental petition is filed, seeking modification, then the

mandatory disclosure requirements begin again.

You must state with specificity the documents that you are producing to the other party. References to

account numbers and personal identifying information are governed by Florida Rule of General Practice

and Judicial Administration 2.425, which you should review prior to completing this form.

This form should be typed or printed in black ink. After completing this form, you should file this

document with the clerk of the circuit court in the county where your case is filed and keep a copy for

your records. A copy of this form must be served on any other party in your case. Service must be in

accordance with Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516.

Instructions for Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.932, Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory

Disclosure (10/21)

What should I do next?

After you have provided the other party all of the financial information and documents and have filed this

form certifying that you have complied with this rule, you are under a continuing duty to promptly give

the other party any information or documents that change your financial status or that make the

information already provided inaccurate. You should not file with the clerk any of the documents listed

in the certificate of compliance other than the financial affidavit and the child support guidelines

worksheet. Refer to the instructions regarding the petition in your case to determine how you should

proceed after filing this form.

Where can I look for more information?

Before proceeding, you should read “General Information for Self-Represented Litigants” found at

the beginning of these forms. The words that are in bold underline in these instructions are defined

there. For further information, see Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.285.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING E-FILING

The Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration now require that all petitions,

pleadings, and documents be filed electronically except in certain circumstances. Self-represented

litigants may file petitions or other pleadings or documents electronically; however, they are not

required to do so. If you choose to file your pleadings or other documents electronically, you must do

so in accordance with Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.525, and you must

follow the procedures of the judicial circuit in which you file. The rules and procedures should be

carefully read and followed.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING E-SERVICE ELECTION

After the initial service of process of the petition or supplemental petition by the Sheriff or certified

process server, the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration now require that all

documents required or permitted to be served on the other party must be served by electronic mail

(e-mail) except in certain circumstances. You must strictly comply with the format requirements set

forth in the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration. If you elect to participate

in electronic service, which means serving or receiving pleadings by electronic mail (e-mail), or

through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal, you must review Florida Rule of General Practice and

Judicial Administration 2.516. You may find this rule at www.flcourts.org through the link to the Rules

of General Practice and Judicial Administration provided under either Family Law Forms: Getting

Started, or Rules of Court in the A-Z Topical Index.

SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS MAY SERVE DOCUMENTS BY E-MAIL; HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT

REQUIRED TO DO SO. If a self-represented litigant elects to serve and receive documents by email,

the procedures must always be followed once the initial election is made.

Instructions for Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.932, Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory

Disclosure (10/21)

To serve and receive documents by e-mail, you must designate your e-mail addresses by using the

Designation of Current Mailing and E-mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form

12.915, and you must provide your e-mail address on each form on which your signature appears.

Please CAREFULLY read the rules and instructions for: Certificate of Service (General), Florida

Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.914; Designation of Current Mailing and E-mail

Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915; and Florida Rule of General

Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516.

Special notes . . .

You may provide copies of required documents; however, the originals must be produced for inspection

if the other party requests to see them.

Although the financial affidavits are based on individual gross income, either party may ask the other

party to complete the Family Law Financial Affidavit (Long Form), Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure

Form 12.902(c), by serving the appropriate interrogatory form. (See Standard Family Law

Interrogatories, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.930(b) (original proceedings) or (c)

(modification proceedings)).

Any portion of the mandatory disclosure rule may be modified by order of the judge or agreement of

the parties. Therefore, you and the other party may agree that you will not require each other to

produce the documents required under the mandatory disclosure rule. This exception does not apply

to the Financial Affidavit, Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.902(b) or (c), which is required in all

cases and cannot be waived.

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 a 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.

Instructions for Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.932, Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory

Disclosure (10/21)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,

IN AND FOR COUNTY, FLORIDA

Case No.:

Division:

,

Petitioner,

and

,

Respondent.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH MANDATORY DISCLOSURE

ONLY THE COMPLETED FORM IS FILED WITH THE COURT.

EXCEPT FOR THE FINANCIAL AFFIDAVIT AND CHILD SUPPORT

GUIDELINES WORKSHEET, NO DOCUMENTS SHALL BE FILED IN THE

COURT FILE WITHOUT A PRIOR COURT ORDER. THE DOCUMENTS

LISTED BELOW ARE TO BE GIVEN TO THE OTHER PARTY.

I, {full legal name} , certify that I have complied

with the mandatory disclosure required by Florida Family Law Rule 12.285 as follows:

1. FOR TEMPORARY FINANCIAL RELIEF, ONLY:

The date the following documents were served: .

[Check all that apply. State with specificity the documents being produced; if sufficient space is not

provided, you may attach additional papers with this form and refer to them in the space provided.]

a. ____ Financial Affidavit

_____ Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.902(b) (short form)

_____ Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.902(c) (long form)

b. ____ All complete federal and state personal income tax, gift tax, and foreign tax returns for

the past 3 years; including all attachments, including IRS forms W-2, 1099, and K-1, and

all accompanying schedules and worksheets comprising the entire tax return; or

_____ Transcript of tax return as provided by IRS form 4506-T; or

_____ IRS forms W-2, 1099, and K-1 for the past year because the income tax return for

the past year has not been prepared; and for any of the prior 2 years beyond the

past year if tax returns for any of those years have not been filed.

c.____ Pay stubs or other evidence of earned income for the 6 months before the compliance

with the disclosure requirements for temporary relief. The following are produced:

______________________________________________________________________

Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.932, Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory Disclosure (10/21)

.

2. FOR INITIAL, SUPPLEMENTAL, AND PERMANENT FINANCIAL RELIEF:

The date the following documents were served: .

[Check all that apply. State with specificity the documents being produced; if sufficient space is not

provided, you may attach additional papers with this form and refer to them in the space provided.]

a.____ Financial Affidavit

_____ Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.902(b) (short form)

_____ Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.902(c) (long form)

b.____ All complete federal and state personal income tax, gift tax, and foreign tax returns, for

the past 3 years; including all attachments, including IRS forms W-2, 1099, and K-1, and

all accompanying schedules and worksheets comprising the entire tax return;

_____ Transcript of the tax return as provided by IRS form 4506-T; or

_____ IRS forms W-2, 1099, and K-1 for the past year because the income tax return for

the past year has not been prepared; and for any of the prior 2 years beyond the

past year if tax returns for any of those years have not been filed.

c. ____ Pay stubs or other evidence of earned income for the 6 months before the compliance

with these disclosure requirements for initial or supplemental proceedings. The

following are produced: ____________________________________________________

.

d.____ A statement identifying the source and amount of all income for the 6 months before the

compliance with these disclosure requirements for initial or supplemental proceedings, if

not reflected on the pay stubs produced. The following are produced: _______________

.

e.____ All loan applications, financial statements, credit reports, or any other form of financial

disclosure, including financial aid forms, prepared for any purpose or used for any

purpose within the 24 months preceding the compliance with these disclosure

requirements for initial or supplemental proceedings. The following are produced:

.

f. ____ All deeds to real estate in which I presently own or owned an interest within the past 3

years. All promissory notes or other documents evidencing money owed to me or my

spouse at any time within the last 24 months. All leases, whether in my name

individually, in my name jointly with any other person or entity, in my name as trustee

or guardian for a party or a minor or adult dependent child of both parties, or in

someone else’s name on my behalf wherein either party (A) is receiving or has received

payments at any time within the last 3 years, or (B) owns or owned an interest. The

following are produced:

.

Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.932, Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory Disclosure (10/21)

g.____ All periodic statements for the last 12 months for all checking accounts and for the last

year for all savings accounts, money market funds, certificates of deposit, etc., whether

in my name individually, in my name jointly with any other person or entity, in my name

as trustee or guardian for a party or a minor or adult dependent child of both parties, or

in someone else’s name on my behalf; and for all accounts that have check-writing

privileges, copies of canceled checks and registers, whether written or electronically

maintained. The following are produced:

.

h.____ All brokerage account statements for the last 12 months, in either party’s name

individually or jointly with any person or entity, or as a trustee or guardian for a party or

a minor or adult dependent child of both parties, or in someone else’s name on my

behalf; and for all accounts that have check-writing privileges, copies of canceled checks

and registers, whether written or electronically maintained. The following are produced:

.

i. ____ Most recent statement and statements for the past 12 months for any pension, profit

sharing, deferred compensation, or retirement plan (for example, IRA, 401(k), 403(b),

SEP, KEOGH, etc.) and summary plan description for any such plan in which I am a

participant or an alternate payee receiving payments. The following are produced:

.

j. ____ Most recent statement and statements for the past 12 months for any virtual currency

transactions in which either party participated within the last 12 months or holds an

interest in, either individually, jointly with any other person or entity, as trustee or

guardian for a party or minor or adult dependent child of both parties, or in someone

else’s name on my behalf, and a listing of all current holdings of virtual currency. The

following are produced:

.

k.____ The declaration page, the last periodic statement, statements for the past 12 months

and the certificate for any group insurance for all life insurance policies insuring my life

or the life of my spouse. The following are produced:

.

l. ____ All health and dental insurance cards covering either me or my spouse and/or our

dependent child(ren). The following are produced:

.

Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.932, Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory Disclosure (10/21)

m. ____ Corporate, partnership, and trust tax returns for the last 3 tax years, in which I have an

ownership or interest. The following are produced:

.

n.____ All credit card and charge account statements and other records showing my (our)

indebtedness as of the date of the filing of this action and for the prior 24 months

preceding compliance with these disclosure requirements for initial or supplemental

proceedings. All promissory notes on which I presently owe or owned within the past 24

months, whether paid or not. All lease agreements I presently owe, either in my name

individually, jointly with any other person or entity, in my name as trustee or guardian

for a party or a minor or adult dependent child of both parties, or in someone else’s

name on my behalf. The following are produced:

.

o.____ All premarital and marital agreements between the parties to this case, and all affidavits

and declaration of non-paternity or judgments of disestablishment of paternity for any

minor or dependent children born or conceived during the marriage. The following are

produced:

.

p.____ If a modification proceeding, all written agreements entered into between the parties at

any time since the order to be modified was entered. The following are produced:

.

q.____ All documents relating to claims for an unequal distribution of marital property,

enhancement or appreciation in nonmarital property, or nonmarital status of an asset

or debt. The following are produced:

.

r. ____ Any court order directing that I pay or receive spousal support (alimony) or child

support. The following are produced:

.

I certify that a copy of this document was [check all used]: ( ) e-mailed ( ) mailed

( ) faxed ( ) hand delivered to the person(s) listed below on {date}_____________________________.

Other party or his/her attorney:

Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.932, Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory Disclosure (10/21)

Name:

Address:

City, State, Zip:

Telephone Number:

Fax Number:

E-mail Address(es):

Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have read this document and the facts stated in it are true.

Dated:

Signature of Party

Printed Name:

Address:

City, State, Zip:

Telephone Number:

Fax Number:

E-mail Address(es):

IF A NONLAWYER HELPED YOU FILL OUT THIS FORM, HE/SHE MUST FILL IN THE BLANKS BELOW:

[fill in all blanks] This form was prepared for the: {choose only one} _____ Petitioner _____ Respondent

This form was completed with the assistance of:

{name of individual} ,

{name of business} ,

{address} ,

{city} __________________, {state} ____, {zip code} ______, {telephone number} .

Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.932, Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory Disclosure (10/21)