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Fla. Stat. § 88.2061 (2025)
Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.
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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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2004–2010 · leading case: Spalding v. Spalding, 886 So. 2d 1075 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004).
Spalding v. Spalding, 886 So. 2d 1075 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). “The Former Wife, who opposed any reduction, argued that under section 88.2061(3), Florida Statutes (2003), the Commonwealth of Massachusetts retained exclusive jurisdiction over the alimony order.”
Sootin v. Sootin, 41 So. 3d 993 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010). “§ 88.2061(2) (“A tribunal of this state having continuing exclusive jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce or modify the order.”
— 88.2061(2) — 1 case
Sootin v. Sootin, 41 So. 3d 993 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010). “§ 88.2061(2) (“A tribunal of this state having continuing exclusive jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce or modify the order.”
— 88.2061(3) — 1 case
Spalding v. Spalding, 886 So. 2d 1075 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). “The Former Wife, who opposed any reduction, argued that under section 88.2061(3), Florida Statutes (2003), the Commonwealth of Massachusetts retained exclusive jurisdiction over the alimony order.”
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