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Fla. Stat. § 88.2011 (2025)
Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.
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88.2011 Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.—
(1) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if:
(a) The individual is personally served with citation, summons, or notice within this state;
(b) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
(c) The individual resided with the child in this state;
(d) The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(e) The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;
(f) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
(g) The individual asserted parentage of a child in a tribunal or in a putative father registry maintained in this state by the appropriate agency; or
(h) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
(2) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (1) or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of s. 88.6111 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of s. 88.6151 are met.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 2000–2015 · leading case: Carr v. Sharkey, 909 So. 2d 482 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005).
Carr v. Sharkey, 909 So. 2d 482 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005). “Section 88.2011 lists eight bases for jurisdiction over nonresidents, all of which require some connection with this state, unless the individual voluntarily submits to the jurisdiction of the Florida courts.”
Dep't of Revenue v. Cascella, 751 So. 2d 1273 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000). “This statute became effective on July 1, 1997, in Florida and is part of Florida's Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, section 88.2011, et seq., which replaced URESA.”
Carl Fredrik Gustafasson v. The Matter of Catherine Levine, 186 So. 3d 562 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015). “193, Florida Statutes (2014), or the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, section 88.2011, Florida Statutes (2014).”
Bouquety v. Bouquety, 933 So. 2d 610 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006). “…(2000). The parties do not dispute the trial court had jurisdiction to enter the Florida child support order. See § 88.2011, Fla. Stat. (2000).”
E.K. v. Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs., 874 So. 2d 720 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004). “However, section 88.2011 lists eight bases for jurisdiction over nonresidents, all of which require some connection with this state unless the individual submits to the jurisdiction of the Florida courts and none of which apply to E.”
Wright v. Lewis, 849 So. 2d 379 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). “The trial court, without holding an evi-dentiary hearing to resolve the factual disputes, concluded that the father’s failure to pay child support and his “decision to leave the child” in Florida subjected him to personal jurisdiction under the UCCJA, section 88.2011(5), Florida…”
— 88.2011(1) — 1 case
Bouquety v. Bouquety, 933 So. 2d 610 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006). “…(2000). The parties do not dispute the trial court had jurisdiction to enter the Florida child support order. See § 88.2011, Fla. Stat. (2000).”
— 88.2011(5) — 2 cases
Carr v. Sharkey, 909 So. 2d 482 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005). “Section 88.2011 lists eight bases for jurisdiction over nonresidents, all of which require some connection with this state, unless the individual voluntarily submits to the jurisdiction of the Florida courts.”
Wright v. Lewis, 849 So. 2d 379 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). “The trial court, without holding an evi-dentiary hearing to resolve the factual disputes, concluded that the father’s failure to pay child support and his “decision to leave the child” in Florida subjected him to personal jurisdiction under the UCCJA, section 88.2011(5), Florida…”
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