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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 85- 38
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, RELATING TO MARRIAGES, DISSOLUTION
OF MARRIAGES, FAMILIES, AND CONTROVERSIES
INVOLVING THE FAMILY; PROVIDING FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
FAMILY MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 749, FLORIDA
STATUTES, FOR SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE PROVIDED
IN SAID STATU'T'E; PROVIDING FOR ADMINISTRATION,
FUNDING, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS,
SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN CODE, AND
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 749, Florida Statutes, allows counties
to establish a family mediation or conciliation service to assist
parties in resolving any controversy involving the family, and
WHEREAS, the Circuit Judges of the 19th Judicial Circuit
assigned to Indian River County have requested the Board of County
Commissioners of Indian River County to establish a family
mediation and conciliation service, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian
River County, Florida, has determined that the public health,
safety and welfare of the residents of the County will be promoted
by the establishment of a family mediation and conciliation service
to assist parties in resolving controversies involving the family;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
SECTION 1.
ESTABLISHMENT OF FAMILY MEDIATION
AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County,
Florida, hereby establishes, pursuant to the provisions of Florida
Statutes Chapter 749, an Indian River County Family Mediation and
Conciliation Service.
SECTION 2.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Indian River County Family Mediation
and Conciliation Service shall be to assist parties in resolving
controversies involving the family, as authorized by Chapter 749,
Florida Statutes.
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SECTION 3.
ADMINISTRATION
The Indian River County Family Mediation and Conciliation
Service shall be administered as provided by order of the Chief
Judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit.
SECTION 4.
FUNDING
The entire cost of providing the Family Mediation and
Conciliation Service shall be borne by those parties participating
in the service, as provided by Administrative Order of the Chief
Judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit. The Board of County
Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, shall not be
responsible for the cost of providing such service, unless
subsequently appropriated in the County budget by the Board of
County Commissioners.
SECTION 5.
REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
All previous ordinances, resolutions, or motions of the
Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida,
which conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict. All Special Acts of the
legislature applying only to the unincorporated portion of Indian
River County and which conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 6.
SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, it is the
legislative intent that the invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications of this Section which can be given in
effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this
end, the provisions of this Section are declared severable.
SECTION 7.
APPLICABILITY OF ORDINANCE
This ordinance shall be applicable throughout Indian
River County, Florida.
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SECTION 8.
INCLUSION IN CODE
This Ordinance shall be incorporated into the Code of
Indian River County, Florida, and the word "ordinance" may be
changed to "section," "article," or other appropriate word and the
sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered to
accomplish such purposes.
SECTION 9.
EFFECTIVE DATE
The provisions of this Ordinance shall become effective
upon receipt from the Secretary of the State of Florida of
official acknowledgment that this Ordinance has been filed with the
Department of State.
Approved and adopted by the Board of County
Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, on this 24th day
of April 1985.
BOARD OF CAUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF INDIA R ER COUNTY
By
Patric yons,
Chairma
Acknowledgment by the Department of State of the State of
Florida, this 29th day of Anril . 1985.
Effective Date: Acknowledgment from the Department of State,
received on this 2nd day of Ua1985, at 11.Oo
A.M./P.M. and filed in the Office o the Clerk ,of the Board of
County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida.
APPR - ED TO FORM
AND EG S ICI Y:
ar Brandenburg,
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