The Unified Family Court Program (UFC) is a special grant funded project in the Pasco County Court
System dedicated to the proposition of:
- One family
- One judge
- One courthouse location
Prior to the creation of the UFC program a family that was involved in the some or all of the following
family law legal actions could be assigned to as many as three judges, general masters, or hearing
officers and the parties involved had to appear in multiple locations for court hearings.
- Child support
- Delinquency
- Dependency
- Dissolution of Marriage
- Domestic Violence
- Paternity
Now a family whose members are involved in any of these case types are eligible for reassignment to the
Unified Family Court Program. Once assigned they are guaranteed that all their family law related cases
would be managed by a UFC judge. The UFC Judges in Pasco County have been successfully hearing such cases
for over one year.
Eligibility
When you file a case or a case is filed naming you as a party a special UFC Case Manager evaluates your
current and prior court cases to determine your eligibility for the Unified Family Court Program. Once
identified, the case is assigned to the appropriate UFC Judge and section.
The Clerk of Court works closely with this program in linking and processing related cases in the Clerk’s
Case Management System. Therefore, whenever you appear at a hearing all your UFC related cases are
easily identified and readily made available to the Court to expedite your hearing and subsequent court
actions.
After this assessment all your cases subject to the UFC program will continue to be processed and
calendared together. This system provides ongoing coordinated litigation and remedies for families
involved in multiple family law actions under one judge and one court location.
Unified Family Court Judicial Assignments
Note: Judicial assignments are usually changed annually and may be changed at any time.
Court actions that are not subject to the Unified Family Court Program are:
- County Civil
- Criminal
- Misdemeanor
- Non-family Circuit Civil
- Probate
- Small Claims
Family Law Forms
For family law forms, please visit the Self-Help Center located on the
Florida State Courts web site.
DEPARTMENT CONTACT INFORMATION
| DADE CITY |
NEW PORT RICHEY |
Jed Pittman
Clerk of the Circuit Court
38053 Live Oak Avenue
Room 205
Dade City, FL 33523-3894
(352) 521-4225
8:30am-5:00pm
Monday-Friday
Directions
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Jed Pittman
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Mailing Address
PO Drawer 338
New Port Richey, FL 34656-0338
Physical Location:
7530 Little Road
Room 105
New Port Richey, FL 34654
(727) 847-2411 ext. 8562
8:30am-5:00pm
Monday-Friday
Directions
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