CopyCited 15 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 3019578
...h enjoys the superior position to decide what is in the best interest of the child; deter controversies and avoid relitigation of custody issues; facilitate enforcement of custody decrees; and promote uniformity of the laws governing custody issues. § 61.502, Fla....
CopyCited 11 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 5347, 2010 WL 1626410
...on in granting custody to the mother. However, we reverse as to the child support and visitation costs. Subject matter jurisdiction over child custody matters is governed by the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act ("UCCJEA"), sections
61.502 to
61.542, Florida Statutes (2003). [1] See Arjona v. Torres,
941 So.2d 451, 454 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006). One of the stated purposes of the UCCJEA is to "[a]void jurisdictional competition and conflict with courts of other states in matters of child custody." §
61.502(1), Fla....
CopyCited 5 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 1795, 2009 WL 605401
...tisfies this standard, we grant the Wife's petition for writ of certiorari and quash the order. One of the stated purposes of the UCCJEA is to "[a]void jurisdictional competition and conflict with courts of other states in matters of child custody." § 61.502(1)....
CopyCited 4 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 15738, 2011 WL 4578271
...Our decision is expressly governed by the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act ("UCCJEA"), sections
61.501-.542, Florida Statutes (2010). The UCCJEA was enacted in part to "[a]void jurisdictional competition and conflict with courts of other states in matters of child custody...." §
61.502(1), Fla....
CopyCited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 8593, 2012 WL 1939742
...rida does not have jurisdiction under the UCCJEA as a matter of law. See N.W.T. v. L.H.D.,
955 So.2d 1236, 1238 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007). The UCCJEA is a jurisdictional act that governs subject matter jurisdiction over child custody matters. Id.; see also §
61.502 (stating the general purposes of the UC-CJEA)....
CopyCited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 452824
...Initially, we note that both Florida and Tennessee have adopted the UCCJEA, which, among other things, was designed to "[p]romote cooperation with the courts of other states to the end that a custody decree is rendered in the state that can best decide the case in the interest of the child," section 61.502(2), Florida Statutes, and section 36-6-202(2), Tennessee Code Annotated, and to "[f]acilitate the enforcement of custody decrees of other states," section 61.502(6), Florida Statutes; section 36-6-202(6), Tennessee Code Annotated....
...dify. In the case at bar, the Florida trial court refused to stay or dismiss the proceeding before it. We conclude the lower court acted appropriately under the UCCJEA, by facilitating the enforcement of a custody decree in the state of Florida. See § 61.502(6), Fla....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 15379, 2011 WL 4467341
...2 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010). The UC-CJEA is codified in sections
61.501-542, Florida Statutes (2010). One of the stated purposes of the UCCJEA is to “[ajvoid jurisdictional competition and conflict with courts of other states in matters of child custody.” §
61.502(1), Fla....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 13747, 2009 WL 2949381
...er a child's best interest has been served by the foreign decree. Indeed, the very purpose of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act is to *894 avoid jurisdictional conflicts and relitigation of custody decisions of other states. § 61.502, Fla....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 2151, 2015 WL 671167
...t of the child; deter
controversies and avoid relitigation of custody issues; facilitate enforcement of
custody decrees; and promote uniformity of the laws governing custody issues.”
Arjona v. Torres,
941 So. 2d 451, 454 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) (citing §
61.502, Fla.
Stat....
CopyPublished | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
...Elrod, Child Custody Practice and Procedure §
3:8 (2021). The UCCJEA aims to avoid jurisdictional competition between
states or countries, promote interstate cooperation, avoid re-litigation of
another state’s custody decisions, and facilitate enforcement of another
state’s custody decrees. See § 61.502, Fla....
CopyPublished | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal
...isdiction
was not the same trial judge who entered the January 16, 2024, order
granting temporary child custody to the Aunt.
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custody.' " Beehler v. Beehler,
351 So. 3d 1257, 1259 (Fla. 1st DCA
2022) (quoting §
61.502(1)).
Based upon the waivers and consents of the child's parents, there
is no dispute that the Florida trial court is in the child's home state, and
the trial court made the initial child custody determination for the
purposes of UCCJEA in granting the Aunt's Petition....
CopyPublished | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal
...been adopted in 49 states, including Florida and Illinois, to, inter
alia, “[a]void jurisdictional competition and conflict with courts of
other states in matters of child custody” and “make uniform the
law” with respect to subject of the UCCJEA. § 61.502, Fla....
CopyPublished | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
...Elrod, Child Custody Practice and
4
Procedure § 3:8 (2021). The UCCJEA strives to avoid jurisdictional
competition between states, promote cooperation, avoid re-litigation of child
custody decrees, and facilitate enforcement of another state’s custody
decisions. See § 61.502, Fla....
CopyPublished | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 3584, 2015 WL 1071067
...Makaros argued that the Florida court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to enter the final judgment of stepparent adoption because at the time the petition was filed, Florida was not the “home state” of the minor child under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (“UCCJEA”), codified at section 61.502-61.542,' Florida Statutes (2013)....
CopyPublished | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
..., avoid relitigation of another state's or country's custody decisions[,] and facilitate enforcement of another state's or country's custody decrees." In re Gloria A. , 213 Cal.App.4th 476 , 152 Cal. Rptr. 3d 550 , 555 (2013) (citation omitted); see § 61.502, Fla....
CopyPublished | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
..., avoid relitigation of another state's or country's custody decisions[,] and facilitate enforcement of another state's or country's custody decrees." In re Gloria A. , 213 Cal.App.4th 476 , 152 Cal. Rptr. 3d 550 , 555 (2013) (citation omitted); see § 61.502, Fla....
CopyPublished | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
...here, is the intention to “[p]romote cooperation with the courts of other states”
and “[p]romote and expand the exchange of information and other forms of
mutual assistance between the courts of this state and those of other states
concerned with the same child.” § 61.502(2), (7), Fla....
CopyPublished | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
...Mitchell,
328 So. 3d 1067,
1069 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021). The UCCJEA is a uniform law, adopted by all
states except Massachusetts, governing custody disputes. Id. Its purpose
is to avoid jurisdictional conflict and promote cooperation with courts of other
states. §
61.502(1), (2), Fla....
