Florida Statute 88.2061 - 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. 88.2061

88.2061 Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.—

(1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:

(a) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or

(b) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.

(2) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

History.—s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 10, ch. 2011-92.

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Cases Citing Statute 88.2061

Total Results: 2

Sootin v. Sootin

41 So. 3d 993, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 11276, 2010 WL 3023361

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 4, 2010 | Docket: 1239095

Cited 4 times | Published

court to consider any modification of the order. § 88.2061(2) ("A tribunal of this state having continuing

Spalding v. Spalding

886 So. 2d 1075, 2004 WL 2623956

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 19, 2004 | Docket: 1380081

Cited 2 times | Published

who opposed any reduction, argued that under section 88.2061(3), Florida Statutes (2003), the Commonwealth