One county. Two courthouses. One firm in both.
From downtown Tampa to Plant City, Hillsborough County family-law cases belong to the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, and the circuit hears them at two courthouses. Rechel & Associates has practiced family law in this county since 1992, from one office on Busch Lake Boulevard, and appears in both.
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Rechel & Associates opened in January 1992 and has practiced family law in Hillsborough County ever since, from the same part of town: our office sits at 2913 Busch Lake Boulevard in Tampa. Divorce, parenting plans, support, equitable distribution, and everything that follows a final judgment. That is the whole practice, and this is the county where most of it happens.
Hillsborough's family cases are handled by the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, which covers exactly this county and runs a dedicated Family Law Division. What most people do not know until they are in one of these cases is that the circuit hears family matters at two courthouses: the George E. Edgecomb Courthouse in downtown Tampa and the Plant City Courthouse in the east county.
Which one hears your case depends on where in the county you live. You do not have to work that out yourself. We practice in both courthouses, and when we file your case we tell you plainly which one it will land in and what to expect there.
The Thirteenth Judicial Circuit covers exactly Hillsborough County and hears family-law matters at two courthouses, one downtown and one in Plant City. Which one hears yours depends on where in the county you live.
800 E. Twiggs Street, Tampa, FL 33602
The county's main judicial center, housing the Circuit Civil, Family, and Probate divisions. The Clerk's Family Law Division office is on the first floor; confirm your division and room when you file, since offices do move. Cases from Tampa and most of the central and western county are heard here.
301 N. Michigan Avenue, Plant City, FL 33563
The circuit's east-county courthouse, and a working one: Circuit Civil and Unified Family divisions sit here, along with protective-injunction divisions. East Hillsborough family cases are heard locally in Plant City, not downtown. If you live out this way, this courthouse is likely yours.
The Clerk also operates a branch at the Brandon Regional Service Center, 311 Pauls Drive, Suite 110, in Brandon, which offers a limited set of in-person services. Where your case is assigned is confirmed when it is filed. We practice in both courthouses and tell you at filing which one yours will land in.
Hillsborough runs from Tampa's urban neighborhoods north through Carrollwood and Lutz, east through Brandon and Riverview, and out to Plant City. The county is wide enough that its cases are split between two courthouses, but the counsel does not split with them. One office on Busch Lake Boulevard, one number, and the same attorneys wherever in the county you live.
If your family is across the bay in Pinellas or north in Pasco, the Tampa Bay area page maps how the firm serves the counties around this one.
Serving Tampa Bay →It depends on where in the county you live. Hillsborough family-law cases belong to the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, which covers exactly this county, and the circuit hears them at two courthouses: the George E. Edgecomb Courthouse in downtown Tampa and the Plant City Courthouse in east Hillsborough. Cases from Tampa and most of the central and western county go downtown. Cases from the east side of the county are generally heard in Plant City. We practice in both, and we tell you at filing which one your case will land in, so there is no guessing.
Generally, no. The Plant City Courthouse on North Michigan Avenue is a working circuit courthouse, not a satellite window. Circuit Civil and Unified Family divisions sit there, along with protective-injunction divisions, so east Hillsborough family cases are heard locally in Plant City rather than downtown. Where a specific case lands depends on its details and the circuit's assignment rules, and we confirm the venue when we file yours.
With the Hillsborough County Clerk. The Clerk's Family Law Division office is on the first floor of the George E. Edgecomb Courthouse at 800 E. Twiggs Street in downtown Tampa; confirm your division and room when you file, since offices do move. The Clerk also runs a branch at the Brandon Regional Service Center, 311 Pauls Drive, Suite 110, in Brandon, which offers a limited set of in-person services. In practice, when we handle your case we handle the filing, and you do not spend your day at a clerk's counter.
Yes. The firm has practiced family law in Hillsborough County since 1992 from the same office on Busch Lake Boulevard in Tampa, and appears at both the Edgecomb Courthouse downtown and the Plant City Courthouse in the east county. Which one hears your case is a matter of geography and the circuit's rules, not a choice you have to make, and we walk you through what your courthouse day looks like well before it comes.
Same county, same counsel, whichever courthouse hears your case.
A county this size splits its court work across two buildings, and for the family in the middle of a case that detail matters more than it sounds. Knowing which building, which clerk's counter, and what the day there looks like is half of walking in calm.
That knowledge is not something we look up when a case comes in. The firm has practiced family law in Hillsborough County since 1992, in the downtown courthouse and the Plant City courthouse alike, and the office has sat on Busch Lake Boulevard the whole time.
The practice is family law only: divorce, parenting plans, support, equitable distribution, and the matters that follow a final judgment. That focus, and more than 80 Google reviews from Tampa Bay families, is what a Hillsborough family can count on.
Schedule a confidential consultation. We will tell you where your case would be filed, which courthouse would hear it, and what a steady path forward looks like.
Every consultation is confidential.
