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FL Stat § 88.2021 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part II - Jurisdiction (Ss. 88.2011-88.2111)|88.2021 - Duration of personal jurisdiction.

88.2021 Duration of personal jurisdiction.—Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this act or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by ss. 88.2051, 88.2061, and 88.2111.History.—s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 6, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.2031 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part II - Jurisdiction (Ss. 88.2011-88.2111)|88.2031 - Initiating and responding tribunal of state.

88.2031 Initiating and responding tribunal of state.—Under this act, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.History.—s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 15, ch. 97-170; s. 7, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.2041 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part II - Jurisdiction (Ss. 88.2011-88.2111)|88.2041 - Simultaneous proceedings in another state.

88.2041 Simultaneous proceedings in another state.—(1) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:(a) The petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;(b) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and(c) If relevant, this state is the home state of the child.(2) A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:(a) The petition or comparable pleading in the other state or the foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this state;(b) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state; and(c) If relevant, the other state or the foreign country is the home state of the child.History.—s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 8, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.2051 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part II - Jurisdiction (Ss. 88.2011-88.2111)|88.2051 - Continuing exclusive jurisdiction.

88.2051 Continuing exclusive jurisdiction.—(1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and:(a) At the time of the filing of a request for modification, this state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or(b) Even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.(2) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:(a) All of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or(b) Its order is not the controlling order.(3) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to this act or a law substantially similar to this act which modifies a child support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.(4) A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.(5) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.History.—s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 16, ch. 97-170; s. 9, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.2061 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part II - Jurisdiction (Ss. 88.2011-88.2111)|88.2061 - Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.

88.2061 Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.—(1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:(a) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or(b) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.(2) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.History.—s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 10, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.2081 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part II - Jurisdiction (Ss. 88.2011-88.2111)|88.2081 - Child support orders for two or more obligees.

88.2081 Child support orders for two or more obligees.—In responding to registrations, petitions, or comparable pleadings for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.History.—s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 12, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.2091 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part II - Jurisdiction (Ss. 88.2011-88.2111)|88.2091 - Credit for payments.

88.2091 Credit for payments.—A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by the tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.History.—s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 13, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.2101 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part II - Jurisdiction (Ss. 88.2011-88.2111)|88.2101 - Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.

88.2101 Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.—A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this act, under another law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state pursuant to s. 88.3161, communicate with a tribunal outside this state pursuant to s. 88.3171, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state pursuant to s. 88.3181. In all other respects, parts III through VI of this chapter do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.History.—s. 14, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.2111 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part II - Jurisdiction (Ss. 88.2011-88.2111)|88.2111 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.

88.2111 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.—(1) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.(2) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.(3) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:(a) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this state; or(b) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.History.—s. 15, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.3011 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)|88.3011 - Proceedings under this act.

88.3011 Proceedings under this act.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, this part applies to all proceedings under this act.(2) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this act by filing a petition or a comparable pleading in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 18, ch. 97-170; s. 16, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.3021 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)|88.3021 - Proceeding by minor parent.

88.3021 Proceeding by minor parent.—A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor’s child.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 17, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.3031 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)|88.3031 - Application of law of state.

88.3031 Application of law of state.—Except as otherwise provided in this act, a responding tribunal of this state shall:(1) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and(2) Determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of this state.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 19, ch. 97-170; s. 18, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.3041 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)|88.3041 - Duties of initiating tribunal.

88.3041 Duties of initiating tribunal.—(1) Upon the filing of a petition or comparable pleading authorized by this act, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents or a comparable pleading and its accompanying documents:(a) To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or(b) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.(2) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 20, ch. 97-170; s. 19, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.3051 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)|88.3051 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal.

88.3051 Duties and powers of responding tribunal.—(1) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to s. 88.3011(2), it shall cause the petition or comparable pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.(2) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:(a) Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order, or determine parentage of a child.(b) Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance.(c) Order income withholding.(d) Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment.(e) Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both.(f) Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order.(g) Place liens and order execution on the obligor’s property.(h) Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor’s current residential address, electronic mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment.(i) Issue a bench warrant, capias, or writ of bodily attachment for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant, capias, or writ of bodily attachment in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants.(j) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods.(k) Award reasonable attorney’s fees and other fees and costs.(l) Grant any other available remedy.(3) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under this act, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.(4) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this act upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.(5) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this act, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.(6) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment, or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 21, ch. 97-170; s. 20, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.3061 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)|88.3061 - Inappropriate tribunal.

88.3061 Inappropriate tribunal.—If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 22, ch. 97-170; s. 21, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.3071 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)|88.3071 - Duties of support enforcement agency.

88.3071 Duties of support enforcement agency.—(1) In a proceeding under this act, a support enforcement agency of this state, upon request:(a) Shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state;(b) Shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in s. 88.1011(5)(a) or (d); and(c) May provide services to a petitioner who is an individual not residing in a state.(2) A support enforcement agency that is providing services to the petitioner as appropriate shall:(a) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal in this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent.(b) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing.(c) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties.(d) Within 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written notice from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner.(e) Within 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written communication from the respondent or the respondent’s attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner.(f) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.(3) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:(a) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or(b) If two or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.(4) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.(5) A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to s. 88.3191.(6) This act does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 23, ch. 97-170; s. 22, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.3081 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)|88.3081 - Duty of Governor and Cabinet.

88.3081 Duty of Governor and Cabinet.—(1) If the Governor and Cabinet determine that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Governor and Cabinet may order the agency to perform its duties under this act or may provide those services directly to the individual.(2) The Governor and Cabinet may determine that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state and take appropriate action for notification of the determination.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 23, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.3091 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)|88.3091 - Private counsel.

88.3091 Private counsel.—An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this act.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189.
FL Stat § 88.3101 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)|88.3101 - Duties of state information agency.

88.3101 Duties of state information agency.—(1) The Department of Revenue is the state information agency under this act.(2) The state information agency shall:(a) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state which have jurisdiction under this act and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state.(b) Maintain a register of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states.(c) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the place in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor’s property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this act received from another state or a foreign country.(3) Obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor’s property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor’s address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver licenses, and social security.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 24, ch. 2011-92.
FL Stat § 88.3111 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)|88.3111 - Pleadings and accompanying documents.

88.3111 Pleadings and accompanying documents.—(1) In a proceeding under this act, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition or comparable pleading. Unless otherwise ordered under s. 88.3121, the petition or comparable pleading or the documents accompanying either the petition or comparable pleading must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage of a child is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.(2) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 25, ch. 2011-92.