Fla. Stat. § 88.0011
Short title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 88 — UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
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Fla. Stat. § 88.1011
Definitions
As used in this act:(1) “Child” means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual’s parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent.(2) “Child support order” means a support order for a child…
Fla. Stat. § 88.1021
State tribunal and support enforcement agency
(1) The circuit court or other appropriate court, administrative agency, quasi-judicial entity, or combination is the tribunal of this state.(2) The Department of Revenue is the support enforcement agency of this state.
Fla. Stat. § 88.1031
Remedies cumulative
(1) Remedies provided by this act are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law, or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.(2) This act does not:(a) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or(b) Gra…
Fla. Stat. § 88.1041
Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding
(1) A tribunal of this state shall apply parts I through VI of this chapter, and, as applicable, part VII of this chapter, to a support proceeding involving:(a) A foreign support order;(b) A foreign tribunal; or(c) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.(2) A tribunal of this state that is requeste…
Fla. Stat. § 88.2011
Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident
(1) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if:(a) The individual is personally served with citation, summons, or notice within this…
Fla. Stat. § 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.…
Fla. Stat. § 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.
Fla. Stat. § 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 t…
Fla. Stat. § 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 re…
Fla. Stat. § 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 jurisdi…
Fla. Stat. § 88.2071
Determination of controlling child support order
(1) If a proceeding is brought under this act and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be recognized.(2) If a proceeding is brought under this act, and two or more child support orders have been issued by tribunals of this state, another state, or a foreign co…
Fla. Stat. § 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 st…
Fla. Stat. § 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.
Fla. Stat. § 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 s…
Fla. Stat. § 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 ano…
Fla. Stat. § 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 tribun…
Fla. Stat. § 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.
Fla. Stat. § 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…
Fla. Stat. § 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 respondi…
Fla. Stat. § 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…
Fla. Stat. § 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.
Fla. Stat. § 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…
Fla. Stat. § 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 deter…
Fla. Stat. § 88.3091
Private counsel
An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this act.
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