The Florida Supreme Court will not decide whether the Broward County Clerk of Courts is constitutionally underfunded, having rejected jurisdiction in a case that challenged the Florida Department of Revenue and the Florida Department of Financial Services’ distribution methods.

Forman’s ex-husband and predecessor Howard Forman filed the suit in May 2016, alleging that a system the state implemented to divert millions in court-filing fees meant the clerk’s office wasn’t provided with enough money to meet its constitutional standards. The lawsuit alleged that was a violation of article V, section 14(b) of the Florida Constitution, which governs funding for the clerks of circuit and county courts.

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