Florida Statute 88.2011 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 88
UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

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F.S. 88.2011

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;

(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.

History.—s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 5, ch. 2011-92.

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Amendments to 88.2011

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 88.2011

Total Results: 6

Department of Revenue v. Cascella

751 So. 2d 1273, 2000 WL 282320

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 17, 2000 | Docket: 1712570

Cited 3 times | Published

Florida's Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, section 88.2011, et seq., which replaced URESA. § 88.0011,

Bouquety v. Bouquety

933 So. 2d 610, 2006 WL 1751752

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 28, 2006 | Docket: 1308495

Cited 1 times | Published

there was notice, and the court was competent"); § 88.2011(1), Fla. Stat. (2000) (providing for broad jurisdiction

Carl Fredrik Gustafasson v. The Matter of Catherine Levine

186 So. 3d 562, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 18020, 2015 WL 7752887

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 2, 2015 | Docket: 3017414

Published

the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, section 88.2011, Florida Statutes (2014). Furthermore, while

Carr v. Sharkey

909 So. 2d 482, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 13397, 2005 WL 2043050

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 26, 2005 | Docket: 64840164

Published

had personal jurisdiction over Carr under section 88.2011(5) of the Florida Statutes because he had agreed

E.K. v. Department of Children & Family Services

874 So. 2d 720, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 8019, 2004 WL 1252690

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 9, 2004 | Docket: 64830953

Published

proceedings to determine parentage. However, section 88.2011 lists eight bases for jurisdiction over nonresidents

Wright v. Lewis

849 So. 2d 379, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 8286, 2003 WL 21275172

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 4, 2003 | Docket: 64823943

Published

to personal jurisdiction under the UCCJA, section 88.2011(5), Florida Statutes (2000). It provides that