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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. 61.528
61.528 Registration of child custody determination.
(1) A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this state, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the circuit court of the county where the petitioner or respondent resides or where a simultaneous request for enforcement is sought:
(a) A letter or other document requesting registration;
(b) Two copies, including one certified copy, of the determination sought to be registered and a statement under penalty of perjury that, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration, the order has not been modified; and
(c) Except as otherwise provided in s. 61.522, the name and address of the person seeking registration and any parent or person acting as a parent who has been awarded custody or visitation in the child custody determination sought to be registered.
(2) On receipt of the documents required by subsection (1), the registering court shall:
(a) Cause the determination to be filed as a foreign judgment, together with one copy of any accompanying documents and information, regardless of their form; and
(b) Serve notice upon the persons named pursuant to paragraph (1)(c) and provide them with an opportunity to contest the registration in accordance with this section.
(3) The notice required by paragraph (2)(b) must state that:
(a) A registered determination is enforceable as of the date of the registration in the same manner as a determination issued by a court of this state;
(b) A hearing to contest the validity of the registered determination must be requested within 20 days after service of notice; and
(c) Failure to contest the registration will result in confirmation of the child custody determination and preclude further contest of that determination with respect to any matter that could have been asserted.
(4) A person seeking to contest the validity of a registered order must request a hearing within 20 days after service of the notice. At that hearing, the court shall confirm the registered order unless the person contesting registration establishes that:
(a) The issuing court did not have jurisdiction under ss. 61.514-61.523;
(b) The child custody determination sought to be registered has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so under ss. 61.514-61.523; or
(c) The person contesting registration was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of s. 61.509 in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which registration is sought.
(5) If a timely request for a hearing to contest the validity of the registration is not made, the registration is confirmed as a matter of law and the person requesting registration and all persons served must be notified of the confirmation.
(6) Confirmation of a registered order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.
History.s. 5, ch. 2002-65.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 61.528
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Cases Citing Statute 61.528

Total Results: 7

Bravo v. Johnson F/K/A Donlan

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-11-13

Snippet: enforce his timesharing rights. See §§ 61.506, 61.528, 61.531, Fla. Stat. (providing for international

Mattingly, Mattingly v. Hatfield

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-07-03

Snippet: but “register” is a more appropriate term. See § 61.528, Fla. Stat.

Mattingly, Mattingly v. Hatfield

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-02-28

Snippet: but “register” is a more appropriate term. See § 61.528, Fla. Stat.

Nadine Mcindoo v. Ashley Atkinson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-02-18

Citation: 159 So. 3d 227, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 2151

Snippet: by the mother, pursuant to sections 61.526 and 61.528, respectively, are expressly not included as “child

Dyce v. Christie

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-09-16

Citation: 17 So. 3d 892, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 13747, 2009 WL 2949381

Snippet: judgment requested relief available under sections 61.528 and 61.531, Florida Statutes.[1] Both statutes

Orsi v. Bollella

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-10-17

Citation: 939 So. 2d 254, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 17294, 2006 WL 2959151

Snippet: Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, section 61.528(1), Florida Statutes (2006), which provides: A

Transportation Management Corp. v. Florida Industrial Commission

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1961-11-28

Citation: 135 So. 2d 469, 1961 Fla. App. LEXIS 3894

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Petition denied.