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1. Good News for our Broward Clients:
Status Quo Orders are now available in
Broward Family Cases
As of February 21, 2019, the Chief Judge of Broward County, Florida, Jack Tuter, signed and adopted
Administrative Order No. 2019-15-UFC. This Administrative Order is a Status Quo Temporary Order
in Dissolution of Marriage and Paternity Actions in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida. As the
Status Quo orders in Miami-Dade County, the Broward County Status Quo order gives the parties an
order to enforce in the event that a party decides to act wrongfully. There are more protections and
sections on the Broward Status Quo Order that are not found in the Miami-Dade Status Quo Orders.
As in with the Miami-Dade Status Quo Order, the Broward Status Quo Order commands that neither
parent will permanently remove, cause to be removed, no permit the removal of any minor child of
the parties to a location greater than fifty (50) miles from the principal residence of a parent. This
means that the parent who has the child cannot suddenly move to California when a case has been
opened against them regarding a divorce or paternity. Where the Broward Status Quo Order differs
from Miami-Dade Status Quo Order is the inclusion of a section regarding Child Support. The
sections states that, “if the parties have minor children and choose to live apart while the action is
pending, the parent with whom the children are not residing for a majority of the time should make
voluntary payments of child support to the other parent, prior to the entry of an order requiring
payment of child support.” The section goes on to state that, “…it is advisable that the party making
payment keep proof of the payments and bring them to court. Signed receipts should be obtained
for any cash payments.” The section, in essence, recommends that you begin paying child support to
avoid costly retroactive support “build-up” and even informs you as to how to preserve these
payments for credits.

2. This is a great tool for our Broward clients to exercise when they begin a paternity or divorce. This
protects your assets, debts, and your children from the onset of the case without having to play
“beat the clock” to protect these items. We here at DADvocacy™ ensure that, whether in Miami-
Dade County or Broward County, we include these Orders into our filed Petitions to ensure that you
and your children’s rights are protected.