61.511
Communication between courts.
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61.511 Communication between courts.—
(1) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this part.
(2) The court shall allow the parties to participate in the communication. If the parties elect to participate in the communication, they must be given the opportunity to present facts and legal arguments before a decision on jurisdiction is made.
(3) Communication between courts on schedules, calendars, court records, and similar matters may occur without informing the parties. A record need not be made of the communication.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a record must be made of a communication under this section. The parties must be informed promptly of the communication and granted access to the record.
(5) For purposes of this section, the term “record” means a form of information, including, but not limited to, an electronic recording or transcription by a court reporter which creates a verbatim memorialization of any communication between two or more individuals or entities.
History.—s. 5, ch. 2002-65.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2005–2025 · leading case: Staats v. McKinnon
Staats v. McKinnon (2006)
“§§ 36-6-213 to -215, -219(d), -221(b), -231; accord Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 61.511 to 61.513, 61.517(4), 61.”
Haugabook v. Jeffcoat-Hultberg (2016)
“” § 61.511(4), Fla. Stat. (2Q16). Finally, the statute states that the “term ‘record’ means a form of information, including, but not limited to, an electronic recording or transcription by a court reporter which creates a verbatim memorial-ization of any communication between,…”
Johnson v. Johnson (2012)
“Section 61.511, Fla. Stat. (2010), provides: Communication between courts.”
KI v. Department of Children and Families (2011)
“4th DCA 1999) (emphasis in original)); see also § 61.511(2), Fla. Stat. (2010) (“The court shall allow the parties to participate in the communication.”
HOMER MCABEE, III v. ALICIA MARIE MCABEE (2018)
“3 To the extent any contact was made with the Virginia court, the Florida trial court failed to make a record and inform the parties of the communication, as required by section 61.511(4), Fla. Stat. (2017). 7 5th DCA 2006) (affirming trial court’s temporary emergency…”
Slowinski v. Sweeney (2013)
“§ 61.511(2), Fla. Stat. . Pennsylvania's codification of the UCCJEA is located at section 5401, et seq.”
Earney v. Quiloan (2016)
“Further, section 61.511(4), Florida Statutes (2016), states that “a record must be made of a communication under this section.”
Schmitt v. Maile (2006)
“Specifically the order read: THIS CAUSE, having come before this Court to determine this Court's jurisdiction to modify the Final Judgment regarding child custody issued by the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, and, in accordance with Florida Statute § 61.511, this Court…”
KELLY LUNSFORD v. KARA ENGLE and JAKE PHILLIPS (2020)
“§ 61.511, Fla. Stat. (2015) (emphasis added).”
KELLY LUNSFORD v. KARA ENGLE and JAKE PHILLIPS (2021)
“If the parties elect to participate in the communication, they must be given the opportunity to present facts and legal arguments before a decision on jurisdiction is made.”
Loring E. Justice v. Linn Marie Guerrero-Justice (2025)
“§ 61.511, Fla. Stat. (2024). Guerrero-Justice urges us to interpret this section as only requiring the trial court to provide notice of the communication where a party affirmatively elects to participate.”
McCormick v. Oakes (2005)
“Additionally, under section 61.511(3), Florida Statutes, communications between courts on schedules, calendars, court records, and similar matters may occur without informing the parties, and a record need not be made of the communication.”
— 61.511(2) — 5 cases
Johnson v. Johnson (2012)
“Section 61.511, Fla. Stat. (2010), provides: Communication between courts.”
KI v. Department of Children and Families (2011)
“4th DCA 1999) (emphasis in original)); see also § 61.511(2), Fla. Stat. (2010) (“The court shall allow the parties to participate in the communication.”
Slowinski v. Sweeney (2013)
“§ 61.511(2), Fla. Stat. . Pennsylvania's codification of the UCCJEA is located at section 5401, et seq.”
KELLY LUNSFORD v. KARA ENGLE and JAKE PHILLIPS (2020)
“§ 61.511, Fla. Stat. (2015) (emphasis added).”
KELLY LUNSFORD v. KARA ENGLE and JAKE PHILLIPS (2021)
“If the parties elect to participate in the communication, they must be given the opportunity to present facts and legal arguments before a decision on jurisdiction is made.”
— 61.511(3) — 1 case
McCormick v. Oakes (2005)
“Additionally, under section 61.511(3), Florida Statutes, communications between courts on schedules, calendars, court records, and similar matters may occur without informing the parties, and a record need not be made of the communication.”
— 61.511(4) — 4 cases
Haugabook v. Jeffcoat-Hultberg (2016)
“” § 61.511(4), Fla. Stat. (2Q16). Finally, the statute states that the “term ‘record’ means a form of information, including, but not limited to, an electronic recording or transcription by a court reporter which creates a verbatim memorial-ization of any communication between,…”
HOMER MCABEE, III v. ALICIA MARIE MCABEE (2018)
“3 To the extent any contact was made with the Virginia court, the Florida trial court failed to make a record and inform the parties of the communication, as required by section 61.511(4), Fla. Stat. (2017). 7 5th DCA 2006) (affirming trial court’s temporary emergency…”
Earney v. Quiloan (2016)
“Further, section 61.511(4), Florida Statutes (2016), states that “a record must be made of a communication under this section.”
Kilcrease v. Brown (2024)
— 61.511(5) — 1 case
Haugabook v. Jeffcoat-Hultberg (2016)
“” § 61.511(4), Fla. Stat. (2Q16). Finally, the statute states that the “term ‘record’ means a form of information, including, but not limited to, an electronic recording or transcription by a court reporter which creates a verbatim memorial-ization of any communication between,…”
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