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Fla. Stat. § 88.3011 (2025)
Proceedings under this act.
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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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2004–2010 · leading case: Sootin v. Sootin, 41 So. 3d 993 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010).
Sootin v. Sootin, 41 So. 3d 993 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010). “§ 88.3011(2)(c). Even after registration, however, the foreign court must send the case back to the Florida court to consider any modification of the order.”
McMahon v. Marshall, 881 So. 2d 44 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). “See § 88.3011, Fla. Stat. (2003). Under UIFSA, a “support order” is defined as “a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care,…”
— 88.3011(2)(c) — 1 case
Sootin v. Sootin, 41 So. 3d 993 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010). “§ 88.3011(2)(c). Even after registration, however, the foreign court must send the case back to the Florida court to consider any modification of the order.”
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