Florida Statute 61.512 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING

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F.S. 61.512

61.512 Taking testimony in another state.—

(1) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other means available in this state for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a person be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is taken.

(2) Upon agreement of the parties, a court of this state may permit an individual residing in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means before a designated court or at another location in that state. A court of this state shall cooperate with courts of other states in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.

(3) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by technological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.

History.—s. 5, ch. 2002-65.

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Cases Citing Statute 61.512

Total Results: 2

Leveson v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-01-31

Citation: 149 So. 2d 80

Snippet: PER CURIAM. This is the second appearance of this appeal before us. Our decision upon the appeal is reported at Fla.App., 138 So.2d 361. On September 12, 1962, the Supreme Court of Florida granted a writ of certiorari and set the cause for consideration on jurisdiction and merits. Thereafter, by opinion filed December 19, 1962, 147 So.2d 524, the Supreme Court relinquished jurisdiction of the cause to this Court with' the request that we “prepare and adopt a majority opinion setting forth the theory

Leveson v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1962-03-01

Citation: 138 So. 2d 361

Snippet: Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 61-512. District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District