Florida Statute 61.526 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING

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F.S. 61.526

61.526 Duty to enforce.—

(1) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised jurisdiction in substantial conformity with this part or the determination was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdictional standards of this part and the determination has not been modified in accordance with this part.

(2) A court of this state may use any remedy available under other laws of this state to enforce a child custody determination made by a court of another state. The remedies provided by ss. 61.524-61.540 are cumulative and do not affect the availability of other remedies to enforce a child custody determination.

History.—s. 5, ch. 2002-65.

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Amendments to 61.526

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 61.526

Total Results: 5

Ruth D. Ledoux-Nottingham v. Jennifer Joy Downs, etc.

210 So. 3d 1217, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 195, 2017 WL 633767, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 336

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 16, 2017 | Docket: 4586138

Cited 4 times | Published

well as section 61.526, Florida Statutes. See [Baker, 522 U.S. at 232-33, 118 S.Ct. 657]; § 61.526(1), Fla

Ledoux-Nottingham v. Downs

163 So. 3d 560, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 4748, 2015 WL 1470080

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 2, 2015 | Docket: 60247710

Cited 2 times | Published

Credit Clause as well as section 61.526, Florida Statutes. See id.; § 61.526(1), Fla. Stat. (2013) (“A

Betty Caitlin Nicole Smith v. Zachary Taylor Daniel

246 So. 3d 1279

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 4, 2018 | Docket: 7024346

Cited 1 times | Published

741.315(2), Florida Statutes (2016). 2 See also § 61.526(1), Fla. Stat. (2016). 3 Significantly, the Order

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

governing domestication of a foreign judgment (section 61.526) and registration of a judgment (section 61

Downs v. Ledoux-Nottingham

219 So. 3d 244, 2017 WL 2200229, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 7179

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 19, 2017 | Docket: 6066361

Published

Enforcement Act (UC-CJEA), as set forth, in part, in section 61.526(1), Florida Statutes (2013). The Florida Supreme