Florida Statute 88.3011 - 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. 88.3011

88.3011 Proceedings under this act.—

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, this part applies to all proceedings under this act.

(2) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this act by filing a petition or a comparable pleading in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 18, ch. 97-170; s. 16, ch. 2011-92.

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Cases Citing Statute 88.3011

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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

judgment in another state for enforcement there. § 88.3011(2)(c). Even after registration, however, the foreign

McMahon v. Marshall

881 So. 2d 44, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 12082, 2004 WL 1837887

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 18, 2004 | Docket: 64832375

Published

spousal support orders of another state. See § 88.3011, Fla. Stat. (2003). Under UIFSA, a “support order”