Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...A "child custody determination" under section 61.503(3), Florida Statutes (2008), is an order providing for, among other things, the "physical custody" and "visitation with respect to a child"; that "term does not include an order relating to child support or other monetary obligation of an individual." Section 61.510(1), Florida Statutes (2008), allows a party to make a limited appearance for a "child custody determination," without subjecting himself to jurisdiction on matters beyond the child custody determination. Section 61.510(1), Florida Statutes (2008) provides: A party to a child custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding to enforce or register a child custody determination, is not subject to per...

...purpose of participating, in the proceeding. The father concedes that the circuit court has subject matter jurisdiction to address the issues of custody and visitation, that the court may make a "child custody determination" under the UCCJEA. Under section 61.510(1), the father has the right to participate in the proceedings concerning those issues without waiving his objection to personal jurisdiction over financial issues....

...r affirmative relief but rather was a defensive motion seeking to avoid the judgments." Id. at 705. The father's conduct in this case was similar to the rule 1.540(b) motion in Babcock. The father availed himself of the limited appearance allowed by section 61.510(1)....

...Holtz, 852 So.2d 379 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2003) (same). Durkee responds that a nonresident who voluntarily comes into a jurisdiction solely to attend court as a witness or party is generally immune from service of process. Lienard v. DeWitt, 153 So.2d 302 (Fla. 1963), and § 61.510, which provides immunity in certain family law proceedings....

...UCCJEA provides Florida courts with broad authority to enforce foreign timesharing orders. 2 Even so, a party seeking enforcement of a foreign custody order does not submit to the jurisdiction of the Florida courts simply by seeking to register and enforce the foreign custody order. See § 61.510(1), Fla....