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INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS

12.931(a), NOTICE OF PRODUCTION FROM NONPARTY and 12.931(b),

SUBPOENA FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS FROM NONPARTY (9/11)

When should these forms be used?

These forms should be used if you need copies of documents (for a purpose relating to your case) from a

nonparty in your case. Both forms should be typed or printed in black ink.

Notice of Production from Nonparty, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.931(a), is

used to notify the other party in your case that in 10 days you are going to subpoena documents from a

nonparty. Subpoena for Production of Documents from Nonparty, Florida Supreme Court Approved

Family Law Form 12.931(b), is the actual subpoena directing the nonparty to produce specific

documents. You must file the originals of these forms with the clerk of the circuit court. A copy of these

forms must be mailed or hand delivered to any other party in your case.

What should I do next?

Ten days after you serve the Notice of Production from Nonparty, Florida Supreme Court Approved

Family Law Form 12.931(a), on the other party in your case (15 days if service is by mail), you should ask

the clerk of the court to sign the subpoena. You should contact the deputy sheriff or private process

server and have the subpoena personally served on the person named in the subpoena.

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. Because these papers must also comply with rule 12.280, Florida Family Law

Rule of Procedure, and rules 1.280, 1.350, 1.351, and 1.410, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, you also

should read those rules.

Special notes...

If the other party in your case objects in writing within 10 days (allow an additional 5 days if served by

mail) of service of the Notice of Production from Nonparty, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law

Form 12.931(a), you may not use this procedure to obtain documents from the nonparty unless and until

the court orders otherwise.

The nonparty receiving the subpoena may charge you a reasonable fee for copies of the documents.

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 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 Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms 12.931(a) Notice of Production from Nonparty

and 12.931(b) Subpoena for Production of Documents from Nonparty (9/11)

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