Orange County is home ground. Mack Law, P.A. sits in Orlando’s Mills 50 district, about a mile from the Orange County Courthouse, and the Ninth Judicial Circuit’s family divisions are where this practice spends most of its courtroom time — for families in Orlando, Winter Garden, Ocoee, Apopka, Maitland, Windermere, Dr. Phillips, Baldwin Park, College Park, and Lake Nona, and for the complex and high-net-worth cases the firm is built around.
Home circuit: the Orange County Courthouse
Orange County divorces are filed with the Orange County Clerk of Courts and heard at the Orange County Courthouse, 425 N. Orange Avenue, in downtown Orlando — the seat of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, which covers Orange and Osceola counties. The mechanics run on the statewide clock we walk through in our step-by-step divorce process guide: petition and summons, a 20-day window to answer, mandatory financial disclosure within 45 days, mediation before contested issues reach a judge, and — in every case with minor children — a short parent-education course under § 61.21 that must be completed before final judgment. Our office is minutes from the courthouse, which matters more often than people expect: emergency motions, same-day filings, and hearings that move.
Orange County’s economy shows up in its divorces
The county’s paychecks are not simple, and neither are its divorces. Hospitality and theme-park employers pay senior people in bonuses, deferred compensation, and equity awards that vest on their own calendar, not the court’s. The medical corridors around the major hospital systems and Lake Nona’s Medical City produce physician divorces with practice-valuation and call-schedule problems. Convention-economy and tourism businesses raise the classic owner questions — what the company is worth, what part is marital, and who runs it while the case is pending. And the estate neighborhoods — Windermere, Dr. Phillips, Bay Hill, Baldwin Park, the lakefront pockets of College Park — bring trusts, inheritances, and retirement and equity accounts that have to be classified before they can be divided.
Time-sharing across a county this size
Apopka to Lake Nona is a 40-mile diagonal through Orlando traffic. Florida’s 50/50 time-sharing presumption still has to survive that map: school assignments follow addresses, exchanges follow the 408 and the 417, and a parenting plan that reads well on paper fails in practice if it ignores where the parents actually live and work. We build schedules around real school calendars and real commutes — the version that still works on a rainy Tuesday in February.
Where you file — and where you appear
Venue in a Florida divorce generally lies where the spouses last lived together as a married couple, so most Orlando-area families file in Orange County. Much of a case’s routine business — case management, short motion hearings — is conducted remotely in the Ninth Circuit, while evidentiary hearings and trials are generally in person downtown. If you are south of the county line in Kissimmee or St. Cloud, the same circuit hears your case at the Osceola courthouse — see our Osceola County divorce page.
Orange County divorce FAQs
Yes — 1607 Woodward St, Suite 12, in Orlando’s Mills 50 district, about a mile from the Orange County Courthouse. Orange County family courtrooms are where this practice spends most of its time.
With the Orange County Clerk of Courts. Cases are heard at the Orange County Courthouse, 425 N. Orange Avenue, in the family divisions of the Ninth Judicial Circuit. Venue generally lies in the county where you and your spouse last lived together as a married couple.
As a practical matter, yes — contested family cases in the Ninth Circuit are referred to mediation before trial, and most cases settle there or shortly after. Arriving with the financial picture fully established is what turns mediation into the day the case actually resolves.
Less than you might expect. Routine and short hearings are commonly held remotely in the Ninth Circuit; evidentiary hearings and trials are generally in person downtown. Your notice of hearing controls, and we confirm the format for every setting in advance.
The same range as anywhere in Florida: an uncontested case can finish in roughly a month, while contested cases typically run several months to a year or more depending on discovery, experts, and the hearing calendar. Early, complete financial disclosure is the biggest accelerant.
Related services at Mack Law
Divorce
Contested, uncontested, and complex divorce — the PEACE framework handled with financial command.
High-Net-Worth Divorce
Business valuation, executive compensation, forensic accounting, and privacy — for substantial estates.
Divorce Mediation
Where most Florida divorces actually resolve — and how preparation decides who leaves satisfied.
Time-Sharing & Custody
Parenting plans built around Florida’s 50/50 presumption and real school-and-commute logistics.
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This page describes Florida law in general terms as of its last update and is not legal advice about any specific situation. Statutes and rules referenced include Chapter 61, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure. Filing fees are set by the Orange County Clerk of Courts and may change.