Florida Statute 61.516 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING

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F.S. 61.516

61.516 Jurisdiction to modify a determination.—Except as otherwise provided in s. 61.517, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under s. 61.514(1)(a) or (b) and:

(1) The court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under s. 61.515 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under s. 61.520; or

(2) A court of this state or a court of the other state determines that the child, the child’s parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in the other state.

History.—s. 5, ch. 2002-65.

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Amendments to 61.516

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 61.516

Total Results: 20

Ogilvie v. Ogilvie

954 So. 2d 698, 2007 WL 1146458

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 19, 2007 | Docket: 636583

Cited 14 times | Published

issued and continue to reside in Florida. See § 61.516, Fla. Stat. (2005) (providing that a Florida court

Steckler v. Steckler

921 So. 2d 740, 2006 WL 359673

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 17, 2006 | Docket: 1659670

Cited 14 times | Published

initial custody determination under the UCCJEA. See § 61.516, Fla. Stat. (2005); N.D. Cent.Code § 14-14.1-14

McGhee v. Biggs

974 So. 2d 524, 2008 WL 313589

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 6, 2008 | Docket: 1367578

Cited 9 times | Published

The mother is a resident of North Carolina. Section 61.516, Fla. Stat. provides: 61.516. Jurisdiction

Durham v. Butler

89 So. 3d 1023, 2012 WL 1934431, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 8625

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 30, 2012 | Docket: 60308483

Cited 3 times | Published

this state is the child’s home state. Under section 61.516, a court of this state has jurisdiction to

Amendments to Approved Family Law Forms

20 So. 3d 173

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 2009 | Docket: 751733

Cited 3 times | Published

____ Pursuant to the UCCJEA, specifically section 61.516, Florida Statutes, this Court has

Norris v. Heckerman

972 So. 2d 1098, 33 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 358

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 28, 2008 | Docket: 1650861

Cited 3 times | Published

the court did have such authority pursuant to section 61.516(2), Florida Statutes (2007), of the Uniform

Staats v. McKinnon

924 So. 2d 82, 2006 WL 452824

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 27, 2006 | Docket: 1419558

Cited 3 times | Published

its parents no longer resided in Florida, see section 61.516, Florida Statutes; section 36-6-216, Tennessee

Morales v. Salazar

833 So. 2d 226, 2002 WL 31841823

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 20, 2002 | Docket: 1259006

Cited 2 times | Published

effective October 1, 2002, and replaced with section 61.516, Florida Statutes, which provides that a court

Nadine Mcindoo v. Ashley Atkinson

159 So. 3d 227, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 2151, 2015 WL 671167

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 18, 2015 | Docket: 2634845

Cited 1 times | Published

modification of a domesticated order. See § 61.516, Fla. Stat. (2013).

Bravo v. Johnson F/K/A Donlan

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 13, 2024 | Docket: 69369905

Published

foreign orders only in limited circumstances. Section 61.516 of UCCJEA provides for when a Florida court

Kilcrease v. Brown

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 6, 2024 | Docket: 68313501

Published

more convenient forum under s. 61.520.” Id.; cf. § 61.516, Fla. Stat. (prohibiting modification of “a child

Mattingly, Mattingly v. Hatfield

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 28, 2024 | Docket: 68290533

Published

7 Section 61.516, Florida Statutes, reads as follows: Except

ANTHONY T. LITSCH, III vs JULIE LITSCH N/K/A JULIE MILLS

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 13, 2023 | Docket: 68034132

Published

Ill. Comp. Stat. 36/202 (2022). In addition, section 61.516 allows a Florida court to modify the custody

Elizabeth Kessinger, Former Wife v. Clifton J. Kessinger, Former Husband

228 So. 3d 1201, 2017 WL 5076912

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 6, 2017 | Docket: 6217564

Published

other statutory reasons. See §61.514(1), Fla. Stat; §61.516, Fla. Stat. There is no indication, for instance

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms

173 So. 3d 19, 40 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 163, 2015 Fla. LEXIS 583, 2015 WL 1343088

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 2015 | Docket: 2644899

Published

____ Pursuant to the UCCJEA, specifically section 61.516, Florida Statutes, this Court has

In Re Amendments to Florida Rules

73 So. 3d 213

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 28, 2011 | Docket: 2360514

Published

d. ___ Pursuant to the UCCJEA, specifically section 61.516, Florida Statutes, this Court has jurisdiction

In Re Amend. to the Fla. Family Law Forms

59 So. 3d 792

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 16, 2010 | Docket: 2361433

Published

___ Pursuant to the UCCJEA, specifically section 61.516, Florida Statutes, this Court has jurisdiction

London v. London

32 So. 3d 107, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 15614, 2009 WL 3320189

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 16, 2009 | Docket: 1662393

Published

court's custody determination, we first look to section 61.516, Florida Statutes (2007), to determine the

Schmitt v. Maile

946 So. 2d 60, 2006 WL 3733778

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 20, 2006 | Docket: 1771347

Published

to exercise modification jurisdiction under section 61.516, Florida Statutes (2005). Specifically the

Loud v. De La Espriella Medina

899 So. 2d 1242, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 5477, 30 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 1019

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 20, 2005 | Docket: 64837839

Published

Florida would be a more convenient forum. See § 61.516(1), Fla. Stat. (2003); see also Lamon v. Rewis