Support Response Form

by Anonymous from Leesburg, Florida, Lake County

Support Response Form:
I am the defendant on a summons of "Petition For Support and Other Relief". I need to file a response with the court, and would like to know if there is a specific form I use.

We do not have an existing support order, this will be the first. All I can find are forms for modifying support.

Answer to Florida Court Forms Question

Dear Anonymous,

The form that you need to file is Florida Supreme Court approved Form 12.903(e) Answer to Supplemental Petition; which can be found on the Supreme Court's website at www.flcourts.org.

Instructions for that form state in part: This form should be used when you are responding to a supplemental petition for modification of Parenting Plan, time-sharing schedule, child support, or alimony.

This form is used to admit or deny all of the allegations in the supplemental petition if you do not plan to file a counterpetition. There is no form for a counterpetition to a supplemental petition in these Family Law Forms.


I realize you stated in your question that you need to respond to an original petition for support and other relief -- and not a modification.

The title of this form makes it appear that it is only suitable for responding to a petition for modification.

However, in reading the form, you can see that it will suit your purpose.

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