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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING
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F.S. 61.516
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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Cases Citing Statute 61.516

Total Results: 20

Kilcrease v. Brown

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-03-06T00:00:00-08:00

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

Mattingly, Mattingly v. Hatfield

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-02-28T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: 7 Section 61.516, Florida Statutes, reads as follows: Except…custody determination,” for the purpose of section 61.516, is defined in section 61.503(3), Florida Statutes…constitute a “child custody determination” under section 61.516, which a court of this state may not modify without… is a “person acting as a parent” under section 61.516(2). And because the Grandmother lives in Kentucky…does not apply. Because no exception to section 61.516’s preclusion of modification exists, the Florida

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

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-10-13T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: Comp. Stat. 36/202 (2022). In addition, section 61.516 allows a Florida court to modify the custody determination… do not presently reside in the other state.” § 61.516, Fla. Stat. (2022). Construing subsection (1)(b…that subsection and subsection (1)(a) and section 61.516, would undermine the purposes of the UCCJEA, and

K.D. v. IN RE: IN THE INTEREST OF P.P., R.P., and L.P.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-03-23T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: state having jurisdiction under ss. 61.514–61.516, a child custody determination made under…of a state having jurisdiction under ss. 61.514–61.516. If a child custody proceeding has not been…of a state having jurisdiction under ss. 61.514–61.516, a child custody determination made under

WAED JAMIL AWAD v. BASHIR M. NOUFAL

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-09-13T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: exercising jurisdiction under ss. 61.514-61.516, upon being informed that a child custody

HOMER MCABEE, III v. ALICIA MARIE MCABEE

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-12-11T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: state having jurisdiction under ss. 61.514–61.516, shall immediately communicate with the other

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

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-11-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 228 So. 3d 1201

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

Earney v. Quiloan

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-12-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 206 So. 3d 147

Snippet: of a state having jurisdiction under ss. 61.5J.4-61.516, shall immediately communicate with the other court

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

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-03-26T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: __ Pursuant to the UCCJEA, specifically section 61.516, Florida Statutes, this Court has jurisdiction

Nadine Mcindoo v. Ashley Atkinson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-02-18T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 159 So. 3d 227

Snippet: modification of a domesticated order. See § 61.516, Fla. Stat. (2013). 4D13-3374 District

Durham v. Butler

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-05-30T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 89 So. 3d 1023

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

KI v. Department of Children and Families

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-10-05T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 70 So. 3d 749

Snippet: which is exercising jurisdiction under ss. 61.514-61.516, upon being informed that a child custody proceeding

In Re Amendments to Florida Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2011-09-28T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 73 So. 3d 213

Snippet: __ Pursuant to the UCCJEA, specifically section 61.516, Florida Statutes, this Court has jurisdiction

In Re Amend. to the Fla. Family Law Forms

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2010-12-15T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 59 So. 3d 792

Snippet: __ Pursuant to the UCCJEA, specifically section 61.516, Florida Statutes, this Court has jurisdiction

London v. London

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-10-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 32 So. 3d 107

Snippet: section 61.516, Florida Statutes (2007), to determine the Florida court's jurisdiction. 61.516. Jurisdiction…satisfy all of section 61.516's jurisdictional requirements. Section 61.516's first requirement…pursuant to section 61.516. However, our analysis does not end here. Section 61.516 must be read in pari…61.514(1)(a) is satisfied. Additionally, section 61.516(2) is satisfied because the French court previously…(Fla. 1st DCA 2007) (emphasis added) (quoting § 61.516, Fla. Stat. (2005)). [6] The UCCJEA defines the

Amendments to Approved Family Law Forms

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2009-03-26T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 20 So. 3d 173

Snippet: __ Pursuant to the UCCJEA, specifically section 61.516, Florida Statutes, this Court has jurisdiction

McGhee v. Biggs

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 974 So. 2d 524

Snippet: resident of North Carolina. Section 61.516, Fla. Stat. provides: 61.516. Jurisdiction to modify a determination…section 61.516(1) does not apply. And, because the mother resides in North Carolina, section 61.516(2) is…is not applicable. Although section 61.516 also authorizes modification if Florida has initial jurisdiction

Norris v. Heckerman

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-01-28T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 972 So. 2d 1098

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

In Re DNHW

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-05-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 955 So. 2d 1236

Snippet: of a state having jurisdiction under ss. 61.514-61.516, a child custody determination made under this …of a state having jurisdiction under ss. 61.514-61.516. If a child custody proceeding has not been or …of a state having jurisdiction under ss. 61.514-61.516, a child custody determination made under this

N.W.T. v. L.H.D.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-05-11T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 955 So. 2d 1236

Snippet: of a state having jurisdiction under ss. 61.514-61.516, a child custody determination made under this …of a state having jurisdiction under ss. 61.514-61.516. If a child custody proceeding has not been or …of a state having jurisdiction under ss. 61.514-61.516, a child custody determination made under this