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Which Court Will Handle Your Divorce?: Part III of IV (Divorce in Jupiter, Tequesta, Palm Beach Gardens and parts of Royal Palm Beach, Wellington and West Palm Beach).

Friday October 29, 2010 • Leave a Comment

The divorce lawyers of Nugent & Zborowski practice all areas of divorce and family law in the Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida area. The firm’s attorneys also handle paternity, juvenile dependancy, modification of alimony and child support, visitation(timesharing), and child custody, and fathers’ and grandparents’ rights cases.

If you live in Jupiter, Tequesta, Palm Beach Gardens or Royal Palm Beach, one of your questions about your divorce or family law matter may concern the actual location of where you need to go to have a Judge decide an aspect of your case. As an initial matter, divorce and family law related cases are handled in the circuit court level of Florida’s state court system. Florida separates circuit courts into multiple “judicial circuits.” The population of Palm Beach County is large enough to have its own judicial circuit, the 15th Judicial Circuit, which is headquartered at the main county courthouse in West Palm Beach.

Divorce and Family law cases in the West Palm Beach area are handled by Palm Beach County’s Unified Family Court. The Unified Family Court operates four primary branches, the North County Branch, South County Branch, West County Branch, and the Central (Main) Branch. All of the divorce and family law cases in Palm Beach County are initially split between the four branches based on the zip code of the residence of the person filing the case pursuant to Administrative Order NO. 5.101-4/10 (to view, click here and select the first available link).

The North County Governmental Center (click here for location information and driving directions) has three divorce and family law judges and two magistrates, and handles divorce and family law cases in Jupiter; divorce and family law cases in Palm Beach Gardens; and divorce and family law cases in parts of Royal Palm Beach, West Palm Beach and Wellington. The North County branch services cases in the following locations and zip codes:

Currently, Judge Oftedal, Judge McSorley, and Judge Phillips are the judges handling divorce and family law matters at the North County Governmental Center. However, Judge Oftedal is being transferred to another division and his role in family court will be assumed by Judge Smith in January 2011.

For more information about your Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach, Royal Palm Beach, or Wellington divorce and family law case, call 561.844.1200 and speak to an attorney with the Law Offices of Nugent & Zborowski. You can also click here to email an attorney with the firm to request more information, or visit the firm’s website, www.nugentlawfirm.com.

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