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JusticeXpress Florida · Relocation by Agreement

You both agree on the move. Florida still needs a judge to sign off.

Answer a guided questionnaire in your own words. Our document automation system builds your Agreement for Relocation and the motion that puts it in front of a judge. A Florida nonlawyer document preparer runs a clerical check before the packet reaches you.

Florida Supreme Court approved forms · You enter your own information · No legal advice

Complete package
$89.00
  • Guided online questionnaire, plain English
  • Agreement and motion built by our document automation system
  • Relocation parenting plan and time-sharing schedule
  • Clerical check by a Florida nonlawyer document preparer
  • Filing, notary, and service instructions
  • Delivered as signature-ready PDFs
Why a handshake isn't enough

In Florida, moving first and asking later is the expensive way to do this.

Section 61.13001, Florida Statutes, requires either a written agreement or a petition before a parent relocates with a child. A verbal understanding between two cooperative parents — even a friendly text thread — is not what the statute asks for.

Relocating without an order

Florida law provides that failing to comply may be treated as contempt, may weigh against permitting the relocation, and can support an order compelling the child's return.

The move stalls out

School enrollment, a lease, and a start date rarely wait for paperwork that hasn't been drafted yet.

An agreement the court can't ratify

An agreement missing a time-sharing schedule or transportation terms doesn't meet what the statute asks for.

Before you buy

This package is only for parents who already agree.

We would rather tell you this now than sell you the wrong thing. Read both columns. If the left one describes your situation, the package fits. If anything in the right one does, it doesn't.

This package fits when

  • Both parents consent to the relocation
  • Everyone else with court-ordered access or time-sharing also consents
  • The new principal residence is at least 50 miles from the child's current one
  • The move will last 60 consecutive days or more, not counting vacation, education, or health care
  • No court order already grants permission to relocate
  • You are willing to sign before a notary public or deputy clerk

This package does not fit when

  • The other parent objects, or you expect them to
  • Anyone entitled to time-sharing won't sign
  • The move is under 50 miles or shorter than 60 days
  • A court order already addresses relocation
  • There is an active domestic violence injunction or a safety concern
  • The child or a parent already lives outside Florida

If consent isn't there, the contested route is a Supplemental Petition to Permit Relocation, Form 12.950(c) or 12.950(d) — a different filing with different requirements. We'll point you to it rather than sell you a package built on agreement you don't have.

Why parents use JusticeXpress

Court-approved forms, built from your own answers, for $89.

01 / PRICE

$89, all in

One flat fee for the whole package. No hourly billing, no retainer, no subscription. Your county's filing fee is paid separately to the clerk.

02 / CONTROL

You fill it in — not us

You enter your own facts through the questionnaire. Our document automation system places those answers onto the forms exactly as you wrote them. No person decides what goes in a blank.

You answer once. The system carries the same information across the agreement, the motion, and the parenting plan.

03 / ACCURACY

Clerically checked before it ships

A Florida nonlawyer document preparer reviews the assembled packet against the court's published guidelines for blank fields, spelling and date inconsistencies, and missing signature or notary lines.

Who we are

We've been putting court forms in people's hands since before there was a Google.

Nobody plans to become an expert in relocation statutes. You got a job in Charlotte, or your mother in Ohio needs you, or the rent finally broke you — and now there's a statute standing between your family and a moving truck.

JusticeXpress Florida comes out of 25 years of building public legal information for self-represented people — work that is now run by a state court system as a service to its citizens. Same conviction, applied here: the forms belong to you, and cooperation between two parents shouldn't cost $4,000 to write down.

“When both parents already agree, the paperwork should be the easy part. In Florida it usually isn't. That's the problem we work on.”
  • Forms are the official Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms — the same ones the clerk hands out
  • You supply every fact; the system assembles; a nonlawyer performs a clerical check only
  • Operated in accordance with Rule 10‑2.1(b), Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, governing nonlawyer assistance with court‑approved family law forms
  • Written disclosure signed by you and by us before any form is assembled
How it works

Three steps. You stay in control of every one.

STEP 01

Register and sign the disclosure

Before anything is assembled, you receive and sign the Disclosure from Nonlawyer, Form 12.900(a). We sign it too. You keep a copy. It takes about a minute.

STEP 02

Choose your forms, then answer the questionnaire

You select which forms you want assembled, then enter your own facts online — the new address, the move date, your reasons, the schedule and travel terms you've agreed on. Save and come back anytime.

STEP 03

Clerical check, then your packet

The system builds your documents. A nonlawyer document preparer checks the packet for clerical errors and returns anything unclear to you to confirm. You get signature-ready PDFs plus filing and notary instructions.

The package

The forms a relocation by agreement runs on.

These are the forms the Florida Supreme Court's published instructions for Forms 12.950(a) and 12.950(b) identify as required or commonly filed. You decide which ones apply to your case — select them at checkout and the system assembles what you select. Each links to the court's instruction sheet so you can read it before you choose.

Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms Package FL‑RELO‑AGR
12.950(a)
Agreement for Relocation with Minor Child(ren) The agreement itself. Signed by both parents before a notary or deputy clerk.
Required
12.950(b)
Motion for Order Permitting Relocation by Agreement Filed together with the agreement. This is what asks the judge to ratify it.
Required
12.995(c)
Relocation / Long‑Distance Parenting Plan The agreement must contain a Parenting Plan with a time-sharing schedule. This is that plan.
Required
12.902(d)
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) Affidavit Where the child has lived for the past five years. Establishes the court's jurisdiction.
Included
12.950(i)
Final Judgment / Supplemental Final Judgment Permitting Relocation Heading prepared only. The judge completes the rest.
Included
12.915
Designation of Current Mailing and E‑mail Address How the clerk and the other party reach you once the case is moving.
Included
12.902(e)
Child Support Guidelines Worksheet Select if the move also changes child support. Time-sharing affects the calculation.
Your option
12.902(b) or (c)
Family Law Financial Affidavit Filed with the guidelines worksheet when support is changing. No extra charge.
Your option
12.932
Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory Disclosure Filed with the affidavit when support is changing. No extra charge.
Your option
12.900(a)
Disclosure from Nonlawyer Signed by you and by us at registration, before any form is assembled. Always included.
Always
Not included: your county clerk's filing fee, notary fees, any fee for serving documents, and any mediation fee your circuit orders. These are paid directly to those offices, not to us.
In plain language

What the statute asks for, and who does what.

Section 61.13001(2)(a), Florida Statutes, describes three things a relocation agreement must do. Your questionnaire is built around them.

ELEMENT 1

Consent

The agreement reflects that everyone entitled to time-sharing consents to the relocation.

ELEMENT 2

Time-sharing schedule

It defines a schedule for the non-relocating parent and anyone else entitled to access.

ELEMENT 3

Transportation

It describes, if necessary, the transportation arrangements that make the schedule work.

You supply every fact. There is no interview and no one drafting on your behalf. You enter your information directly into an online questionnaire, in your own words. Our document automation system places those answers onto the official forms you selected. Then one person — a Florida nonlawyer document preparer — looks at the assembled packet for clerical problems only.

The clerical check covers

  • Fields left blank that the form requires
  • Misspellings and typos in names, addresses, and dates
  • Dates and figures that don't match between forms
  • Missing signature, notary, or deputy clerk lines
  • Pages out of order or attachments not referenced
  • Whether the form version is the one currently published by the Florida courts

The clerical check does not cover

  • Whether the relocation is in your child's best interests
  • Whether you should file at all, or where
  • Which forms your particular case requires
  • What to write in any blank, or how to word a schedule
  • What your rights or remedies are
  • What a judge is likely to decide

If the preparer finds something clerical, it comes back to you as a question — “the move date reads June 1 on the agreement and June 10 on the motion; which is correct?” — and you make the call. We do not change the substance of your answers. If your question is a legal one, we will say so plainly and point you to a Florida attorney rather than guess.

Get started

Everything you need to ask the court to approve the move.

$89.00
One flat fee · No subscription · Court filing fees paid separately to your clerk

Registration takes a few minutes. You'll sign the nonlawyer disclosure first, then choose your forms and start the questionnaire. Nothing is assembled until both are done.

Start my questionnaire

Not ready to buy? Download the free Florida relocation checklist and see the whole process before you spend anything.

Questions parents ask

Before you start.

Are you lawyers?

No. JusticeXpress Florida is a nonlawyer document preparation service. Under Rule 10‑2.1(b) of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, a nonlawyer may place the factual information you provide in writing into Florida Supreme Court approved forms and may tell you how to file them. A nonlawyer may not give legal advice, tell you what your rights or remedies are, tell you what to put in a blank, or represent you in court. We are also not paralegals as that term is defined by the rule.

Who actually fills in my forms?

You do. Every fact on your forms comes from answers you enter into the questionnaire yourself. Our document automation system places those answers onto the correct fields of the forms you selected. No employee interviews you, interprets your situation, drafts language, or supplies content you didn't write. That's deliberate: it keeps the judgment about your case with you, where Florida law requires it to be.

What does the “review” actually include?

It is a clerical check, not a legal opinion. A Florida nonlawyer document preparer compares the assembled packet against the Florida courts' published instructions for each form and looks for required fields left blank, misspellings in names and addresses, dates or figures that conflict between forms, missing signature and notary lines, and outdated form versions.

If something looks off, it comes back to you as a question and you decide. The preparer does not rewrite your answers, evaluate whether the court will approve the move, or tell you what a blank should say. Those are legal questions for an attorney.

Do we have to go to a hearing?

Often not. Under section 61.13001, if no party requests a hearing in writing within 10 days after the agreement is filed, the court presumes the relocation is in the child's best interest and may ratify the agreement without an evidentiary hearing. If someone does timely request a hearing, you must notice the other party using Notice of Hearing (General), Form 12.923, or another appropriate notice form. Whether a hearing happens in your case is up to the parties and the judge, not up to us.

What if the other parent changes their mind?

Then this package no longer fits, and you'd be looking at the contested route — a Supplemental Petition to Permit Relocation, Form 12.950(c) or 12.950(d), which has different requirements including a sworn statement of reasons and a formal objection notice. Your questionnaire answers already capture most of the underlying facts, so you would not be starting from a blank page. We'll tell you plainly when that's the situation.

Does the move change child support?

It can, because the Florida guideline calculation takes the number of overnights into account, and a relocation usually changes them. Whether it changes in your case, and by how much, is not something we can tell you. If you and the other parent have agreed to adjust support, select the guidelines worksheet, financial affidavit, and certificate of compliance at checkout — there's no extra charge for those.

Do you file it for me?

No. You file your own case, either at the clerk's counter or through the Florida Courts E‑Filing Portal. We include written instructions covering where to file, what the clerk will ask for, and which pages must be signed in front of a notary public or deputy clerk. Both parties must sign the agreement before a notary or deputy clerk — a signature alone is not enough.

Is what I tell you confidential?

Not in the legal sense. Because we are not attorneys, there is no attorney‑client privilege, and the information you enter is not privileged the way it would be with a lawyer. We protect your data as a matter of business practice and privacy law, but we want you to understand the distinction before you decide to use us.

Can I get the forms for free?

Yes, and we'll tell you where: every Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form is published free at flcourts.gov, and your clerk's office will hand you a packet. What $89 buys is the questionnaire that turns plain questions into a completed packet without you re-entering the same information across four documents, and a clerical check before you file. If you'd rather do it yourself from the free forms, that is a completely legitimate choice and we'll point you to them.

Required disclosure

Read this before you buy anything.

JusticeXpress Florida is not a law firm and is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. The individual who reviews your assembled forms is a nonlawyer — a person who is not a member in good standing of The Florida Bar — and may not give legal advice, may not tell you what your rights or remedies are, may not tell you how to testify in court, and may not represent you in court.

Rule 10‑2.1(b) of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar defines a paralegal as a person who works under the supervision of a member of The Florida Bar. The nonlawyer who reviews your forms does not meet that definition and does not hold themselves out as a paralegal.

Rule 10‑2.1(b) permits a nonlawyer to place into the blanks on a form only the factual information you provide in writing, and, where the form is one approved by the Supreme Court of Florida, to ask you factual questions to fill in those blanks and to tell you how to file the form. Except for that, a nonlawyer may not tell you what to put in the form and may not complete the form for you.

Our service is narrower than what the rule allows. You enter your own factual information directly into an online questionnaire. Our document automation system places your answers onto the court‑approved forms you have selected. No person at JusticeXpress Florida supplies, drafts, interprets, or edits the substance of your answers. The nonlawyer's role is limited to a clerical check for blank fields, misspellings, inconsistent dates or figures, missing signature and notary lines, and outdated form versions. Anything the preparer flags is returned to you as a question for you to resolve.

Before any form is assembled, you and the nonlawyer will complete and sign Disclosure from Nonlawyer, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Form 12.900(a). You will receive a signed copy to retain; we keep a copy in your file, along with copies of every form provided to you, for at least six years.

No outcome is promised or implied. Filing these forms does not guarantee that a court will approve the relocation or ratify your agreement. Purchase of this package does not create an attorney‑client relationship, and communications with us are not protected by attorney‑client privilege.

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