Child Support in Volusia County, Florida

File Volusia County child support cases through the Seventh Judicial Circuit at the Volusia County Courthouse, 101 North Alabama Avenue in DeLand. The Family Law Division also runs a branch at the Daytona Beach courthouse. This covers new support cases and modifications of existing orders. It also covers enforcement of support that has gone unpaid.

If the parents were never married and no court case exists, the Florida Department of Revenue Child Support Program can open an administrative case. This establishes paternity and a support order without a lawsuit. Once a Volusia County circuit case is open, later changes go through the same file as a Supplemental Petition for Modification of Child Support, Form 12.905(b).

The support amount comes from the statewide Child Support Guidelines Worksheet, Form 12.902(e). It applies Fla. Stat. 61.30 to both parents' net income, overnights, health insurance, and child care costs. Most Florida child support orders, including this one, also come with an Income Deduction Order under Fla. Stat. 61.1301. This order directs the paying parent's employer to withhold support directly from wages. Volusia County is one of the few Seventh Circuit counties with a named Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer, Neal Coffman, who hears establishment, enforcement, and modification matters out of the Daytona Beach courthouse.

The Seventh Circuit refers child-support-related family cases to its Family Mediation Program when the parties' combined income is $100,000 a year or less, under Administrative Order FM-2012-027-SC. Above that threshold, the parties must use a certified private mediator instead. Volusia County residents filing a support modification should expect a possible mediation referral before a contested hearing if their income falls under that threshold.

How child support is calculated in Florida

Florida sets child support with a statewide income shares guideline (Fla. Stat. 61.30) that applies the same way in Volusia County, FL as everywhere else. The guideline combines:

1. Both parents' net incomes, combined into one child support obligation.
2. The number of overnights each parent has with the child (the time-sharing schedule).

The guideline result is presumed correct, and the parties complete a Child Support Guidelines Worksheet along with a Financial Affidavit (Florida Supreme Court approved family law form 12.902(b) or 12.902(c)) so the court can calculate the amount.

Where child support cases are handled in Volusia County, FL

Child support in Volusia County, FL is handled through the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Volusia County, and, for enforcement and establishment cases that do not involve a private attorney, the Florida Department of Revenue Child Support Program, which can open a case at no cost to the parents. There are two common paths:

1. A parent requests support inside a dissolution, paternity, or existing family case by motion, with a Financial Affidavit.
2. The Department of Revenue Child Support Program opens an administrative or court case to establish, collect, and enforce support.

Because courthouse and local agency office details change over time, confirm current details using the Florida court clerk directory:

Find the Volusia County, FL Clerk of Court (Florida court clerk directory)

Local notes for Volusia County, FL

Volusia County splits family law operations between two courthouses. The main Clerk's office and case filing happen at the DeLand courthouse. The Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer sits at the Daytona Beach branch. Confirm which location your hearing is scheduled at before you show up. The two are roughly 25 miles apart.

The Clerk's own fee schedule separately lists Simplified Dissolution at $411.50, distinct from the standard $408.00 dissolution fee. This gap between fees for different case types is a reason to confirm the exact line-item cost for a child support filing or Form 12.905(b) modification before you submit paperwork.

The Florida Department of Revenue does not operate a walk-in office in Volusia County. Administrative child support cases go through the statewide phone line, 850-488-KIDS, and the childsupport.floridarevenue.com portal, not an in-person counter in DeLand or Daytona Beach.

Official child support resources in Volusia County, FL

Volusia County Courthouse handles child-support filings, located at 101 North Alabama Avenue, DeLand 32724. Phone: 386-736-5908. Daytona Beach branch courthouse at 125 East Orange Avenue handles Family Law Division, reachable at 386-257-6083.

The filing fee is $408. E-filing is available through https://www.myflcourtaccess.com. Confirmed on the Clerk's own fee schedule: Dissolution of Marriage is $408.00. Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (myflcourtaccess.com) is the statewide portal; the Clerk also offers an online tool for self-represented parties to prepare domestic violence injunction forms.

Seventh Judicial Circuit Family Court Services (https://circuit7.org/family-court-services/) can help with procedure and paperwork. Provides Supreme Court-approved forms and directs self-represented litigants to Florida Courts Help; Family Law Division reachable Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the DeLand courthouse (386-736-5908) and the Daytona Beach branch (386-257-6083).

• Seventh Judicial Circuit Family Court Services
• Seventh Judicial Circuit Family Mediation Program
• Florida Child Support Guidelines Worksheet (Form 12.902(e))
• Florida DOR Child Support Program
• Florida Courts E-Filing Portal

Local details reviewed August 2026. Offices and locations can change, so confirm with the official sites above before you file.

Volusia County, FL Child Support FAQs