§ 2-33. Family mediation service established; service charges levied for support of service.

(a)

There is hereby established a family mediation service within the county clerk's office to which the court may refer the parties in any family case filed in the Circuit Court for Polk County, Florida, regarding issues of child support, alimony and visitation. The service shall be furnished by one or more court-approved mediators pursuant to procedures previously established by administrative order.

(b)

Pursuant to the authority granted to the county by Section 44.108, Florida Statutes, there is hereby levied a service charge of five dollars ($5.00) on each county court civil proceeding filed in Polk County on or after the effective date of this ordinance [Ordinance No. 96-12].

(c)

The service charge imposed above shall be collected by the clerk of the court at the time the proceeding is filed. The funds so collected shall be deposited in the court's mediation-arbitration account fund under the supervision of the chief judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit to be utilized for the support of the family mediation service and county court mediation services; provided, however, that the clerk of the court shall forward one dollar ($1.00) of each service charge collected to the office of the state court's administrator.

(Ord. No. 91-09, § 3, 4-23-91; Ord. No. 96-12, §§ 1, 2, 5-21-96)

Editor's note

Section 2-33 was deleted as being superseded by the provisions of Ord. No. 91-09, §§ 1—3, adopted April 23, 1991. The deleted provisions pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 89-37, §§ 1—4, adopted Sept. 19, 1989, and Ord. No. 90-26, §§ 1—3, adopted Oct. 23, 1990.

Cross reference

Filing fees and service charges, § 2-31.