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Name the school address in the parenting plan. Under Fla. Stat. 61.13(2)(b)3.b., a court-approved parenting plan must address school-related matters, including the address to be used for school-boundary determination and registration. For Coral Springs parents living in different neighborhoods, that line decides which Broward County Public Schools boundary the children fall in. Charter schools work differently. Coral Springs has charter schools, including Coral Springs Charter School on North University Drive, and when a charter school receives more applications than it has room for, the statute gives applicants an equal chance through a random selection process, subject to the enrollment preferences the law allows (Fla. Stat. 1002.33(10)). A plan that only names an address does not settle a charter or magnet application, so say in writing which parent applies, by when, and who decides if a seat opens. Our Q&A on what a parenting plan is covers the rest of the required terms.

Keeping the house as a rental means registering it. The City’s Landlord Registration page (read October 21, 2026) says anyone who leases or offers to lease a residential unit in Coral Springs must register it with the City’s Code Compliance Division, that registration runs from October 1 through September 30 each year, and that single-family homes and townhouses must also complete a self-certification checklist against the minimum housing standard in Chapter 11 of the Land Development Code. The City’s Landlord Guidelines add that a property with two or more units joins the Neighborhood Preservation Program and is inspected every year, and that its owner must also apply for a business tax license. Fees change, so check the current amount with the City.

The same Landlord Registration page explains a rule that catches new landlords: under Ordinance 2021-114, effective August 5, 2022, new and locked-off accounts with the Coral Springs Water District can only be opened in the property owner’s name. The page says the rule applies to the City’s water district, not to the other water providers that serve parts of the city. On a water district account, then, a balance a tenant runs up sits on an account in the owner’s name. Read our Q&As on landlord and tenant matters and how to evict a tenant in Florida.

Buying or selling? Ask about permits. Open and expired building permits are kept by the City, not in the County’s official records, so a title search alone will not show them. The Coral Springs Building Department, at 9500 West Sample Road, takes Open/Expired Permit Search requests on its Form 028.0 (revision date December 1, 2022), which can be emailed to the department; the form says to allow 3 business days for a response and that user fees apply. Order it early so there is time to close out a permit before closing.

Deeds for Coral Springs property are recorded by Broward County’s Records, Taxes and Treasury Division, not by the Clerk of Courts, and documentary stamp tax on a deed is 70 cents per $100 of consideration (Fla. Stat. 201.02), without the surtax that applies to some Miami-Dade transfers. Florida does not require an attorney to close a sale; read title company or attorney closing, how we handle residential closings, how a title search and title insurance work, and our real estate law services.