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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 55
JUDGMENTS
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F.S. 55.501
55.501 Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; short title.Sections 55.501-55.509 may be cited as the “Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.”
History.s. 1, ch. 84-5.

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Total Results: 20

Advanced Design & Construction Co. v. Claude Zein

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-10-16T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgment Act, §§ 55.501 to 55.509, Florida Statutes. Thereafter, Zein

Gil De Lamadrid v. De Jesus Rivera

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-05-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 272 So. 3d 845

Snippet: domesticate the foreign judgment pursuant to sections 55.501 - 55.509, Florida Statutes (2017), the Florida

Gil De Lamadrid v. De Jesus Rivera

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-05-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 272 So. 3d 845

Snippet: domesticate the foreign judgment pursuant to sections 55.501 - 55.509, Florida Statutes (2017), the Florida

Liberty New v. Charles Bennett

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-06-04T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 212 So. 3d 1039, 1042 (Fla. 2017); see also §§ 55.501–509, Fla. Stat. (2016). FEFJA was intended to provide… enforce a foreign judgment pursuant to section 55.501, Florida law only permits the judgment debtor to

John Patrick v. Richard Hess

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-02-16T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 212 So. 3d 1039, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 174, 2017 WL 632259, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 337

Snippet: following: 55.501 Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; short title.—Sections 55.501-55.509 may…325 B.R. 328, 330 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2005); see §§ 55.501-.509, Fla. Stat. (2012). The Act creates an alternative…20; see § 55.502(1) Fla. Stat. (“As used in ss. 55.501-55.509, the term ‘foreign judgment’ means any judgment…55.502 Construction of act.— (1) As used in ss. 55.501-55.509, the term “foreign judgment” means any judgment… of a circuit or county court of this state. §§ 55.501-55.503(1), Fla. Stat. (emphasis added). Section

D.A.D. v. J.S.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-06-10T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: against the father was properly domesticated. See § 55.501-.503, Fla. Stat. (2015); Barr v. Barr, 724 So.

D.A.D. v. J.S.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-06-10T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 194 So. 3d 514, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 8943, 2016 WL 3216553

Snippet: against the father was properly domesticated. See § 55.501-.503, Fla. Stat. (2015); Barr v. Barr, 724 So.2d

Montie Spano v. Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, a Division of Wells Fargo Bank f/k/a Greater Bay Capital

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-06-03T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 165 So. 3d 834, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 8471

Snippet: entitled to full faith and credit in Florida. §§ 55.501, 55.502, Fla. Stat. However, “[a] judgment rendered

Hess v. Patrick

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-05-20T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: registered the judgment in Florida under sections 55.501-.509, Florida Statutes (2012), the Florida Enforcement…Construction of act. – (1) As used in ss. 55.501-55.509, the term “foreign judgment

Hess v. Patrick

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-04-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 164 So. 3d 19, 2015 WL 1443113

Snippet: registered the judgment in Florida under sections 55.501-.509, Florida Statutes (2012), the Florida Enforcement…55.502 Construction of act.— (1) As used in ss. 55.501-55.509, the term “foreign judgment” means any judgment

Desert Palace, Inc. v. Wiley

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-08-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 145 So. 3d 946, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 13005, 2014 WL 4114482

Snippet: domesticated the Nevada judgment under sections 55.501-509, Florida Statutes (2006), Florida’s Enforcement

Trans Healthcare, Inc. v. Creekmore

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-03-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 137 So. 3d 1112, 2014 WL 1230498, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 4409

Snippet: Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, section 55.501-.509, Fla. Stat. (2009), the Florida court entered

Sargeant v. Al-Saleh

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-03-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 137 So. 3d 432, 2014 WL 836755, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 2982

Snippet: domestication of foreign judgment statutes. See §§ 55.501-09, Fla. Stat. (2013) (detailing the procedure

Tannenbaum v. Shea

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-01-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 133 So. 3d 1056, 2014 WL 51645, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 154

Snippet: Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. See §§ 55.501-55.509, Fla. Stat. (2009). No. 4D13-1368

Pratt v. Equity Bank, N.A.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-09-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 124 So. 3d 313, 2013 WL 5379124, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 15290

Snippet: Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, §§ 55.501-.509, Fla. Stat. (2008). In accordance with section… 504 So.2d 63 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987), that section 55.501, Florida Statutes (1988), which provides procedures

Gorny v. Leger

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-01-11T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 114 So. 3d 238, 2013 WL 132458, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 469

Snippet: foreign judgment pursuant to Florida Statutes § 55.501- § 55.509. 4. The Court finds that certain requirements

Fazzini v. Davis

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-07-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 98 So. 3d 98, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 11386, 2012 WL 2865488

Snippet: properly domesticated the Virginia judgment. See §§ 55.501-509, Fla. Stat. (2008) (the Florida Enforcement

State v. Hanson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-06-04T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 36 So. 3d 879, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 7709, 2010 WL 2217908

Snippet: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, sections 55.501-.509, Florida Statutes, Appellant recorded its

ZITANI v. Reed

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-10-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 992 So. 2d 403, 2008 WL 4568684

Snippet: Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. §§ 55.501-.509, Fla. Stat. (2005). The judgment was entered…in Sarasota County, Florida, pursuant to section 55.501. Mr. Zitani was provided with notice of the recording… thus preventing its enforcement under sections 55.501-509. We are unwilling to accept, however, that

Boats Express, Inc. v. Thackeray

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-03-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 978 So. 2d 206, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 4327

Snippet: Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, §§ 55.501-509, Fla. Stat. (2000), Mr. Thackeray filed the