Florida Form 12.902(c) preparation checklist

Start with the free official form

The June 2025 Form 12.902(c) contains three instruction pages followed by a 15-page financial affidavit. Its instructions describe the long form as generally used when a family-law case requires a financial affidavit and individual gross income is $50,000 or more per year, while also listing exceptions. Do not use the income statement alone to select your form.

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Why this form takes time to prepare

The long form asks for more detail than Form 12.902(b). It covers employment and retirement information, last year’s gross income, present monthly income and deductions, several groups of monthly expenses, assets, debts, net worth, contingent items, and child-support worksheet information.

Sun State estimates approximately 45–75 minutes for data entry into its configured filler. Your time will depend on the records you have available and the entries you choose to make.

1. Case, employment, and retirement information

Have the identifying and work information you intend to enter nearby:

• Judicial circuit, county, case number, division, and party names
• Your full legal name, age, and occupation
• Employment status, employer contact information, pay rate, and pay frequency
• Information about additional jobs or an expected employment change, if you plan to use those fields
• Retirement details, an anticipated retirement date, or deferred-compensation plan information, where applicable
• Last year’s gross income figures requested by the form

2. Present monthly income and deductions

The official form requires monthly amounts. Review its conversion instructions before entering an amount that is paid on another schedule. Gather the records you plan to use for the displayed income and deduction lines.

• Wages and similar payments, business income, benefits, retirement payments, interest, rental income, and other recurring income
• The source description for any income entered as “other”
• Income-tax deductions, filing status, and dependents claimed
• FICA or self-employment taxes, Medicare, mandatory dues or retirement payments, and health insurance
• Court-ordered child support or alimony amounts actually paid, where a listed line applies

This guide does not decide whether a payment belongs in a category or calculate a monthly figure for you.

3. Average monthly expenses

The long form separates monthly expenses into detailed groups. Bills, statements, or another record you already use may help you review the categories without repeatedly stopping:

• Primary household expenses and any additional household you intend to identify
• Automobile and alternative-transportation expenses
• Expenses for children common to both parties
• Expenses for children from another relationship
• Insurance and other personal monthly expenses
• Current monthly creditor payments not listed elsewhere on the affidavit

4. Assets, debts, and net worth

The asset and liability tables contain separate description, ownership, requested-award or responsibility, marital-value, and nonmarital-value fields. The instructions differ depending on the type of family-law matter. Read those instructions before entering anything in these columns.

• Financial accounts, investments, digital wallets, virtual currency, real estate, business interests, vehicles, retirement plans, and personal property
• Mortgages, credit cards, student loans, medical liabilities, vehicle loans, taxes, judgments, and other debts
• The current values or amounts owed that you independently choose to enter
• Any separate schedule or balance sheet you intend to use after reviewing the official instructions

Sun State cannot classify an asset or debt, decide which column applies, or recommend an award or responsibility selection.

5. Contingent items and child-support worksheet selection

The final financial sections display possible-asset and possible-liability tables and a child-support worksheet selection. Gather any information you plan to consult, but make each description, value, ownership entry, and selection yourself. This checklist cannot determine whether an item is contingent or whether the worksheet selection applies to your case.

6. Contact, review, and signing items

The final pages include service information, certification, date, signature, party contact information, and a nonlawyer-assistance section. Use the official instructions for any signing, service, filing, or e-service step. Sun State leaves execution and nonlawyer-assistance fields blank.

Complete the long form you already selected

The official blank PDF is free. Sun State’s optional $39 self-service software transfers your entries into its configured Form 12.902(c), performs arithmetic totals without evaluating the entries, and delivers editable, print, and unchanged blank PDFs.

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