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Fla. Stat. § 88.3051 (2025)

Duties and powers of responding tribunal.

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88.3051 Duties and powers of responding tribunal.—

(1) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to s. 88.3011(2), it shall cause the petition or comparable pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.

(2) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:

(a) Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order, or determine parentage of a child.

(b) Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance.

(d) Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment.

(e) Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both.

(f) Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order.

(g) Place liens and order execution on the obligor’s property.

(h) Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor’s current residential address, electronic mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment.

(i) Issue a bench warrant, capias, or writ of bodily attachment for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant, capias, or writ of bodily attachment in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants.

(j) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods.

(k) Award reasonable attorney’s fees and other fees and costs.

(l) Grant any other available remedy.

(3) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under this act, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.

(4) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this act upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.

(5) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this act, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.

(6) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment, or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.

History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 21, ch. 97-170; s. 20, ch. 2011-92.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1999–2015 · leading case: State, Dept. of Revenue Ex Rel. Rochell v. Morris, 736 So. 2d 41 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999).

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State, Dept. of Revenue Ex Rel. Rochell v. Morris, 736 So. 2d 41 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999). · cites it 2× “The trial court based its ruling solely on the finding that Rochelle, the natural mother and custodial parent of the children for whom child support was ordered, obstructed visitation by George Morris, the appellee and natural father. We reverse. It is well-established that a…”

Dep't of Revenue v. Marchines, 974 So. 2d 1085 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007). · cites it 2× “1021, followed the protocol set out in section 88.3051 and notified Mr. Mar-chines of the registration of the Pennsylvania order and his rights.”

State of Florida, Dep't of etc. v. Autumn Danielle Pare, 177 So. 3d 663 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015). · cites it 2× “§ 88.3051(4), Fla. Stat. (2014) (“A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this act upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.”

— 88.3051(1) — 1 case

Dep't of Revenue v. Marchines, 974 So. 2d 1085 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007). “1021, followed the protocol set out in section 88.3051 and notified Mr. Mar-chines of the registration of the Pennsylvania order and his rights.”

— 88.3051(4) — 2 cases

State, Dept. of Revenue Ex Rel. Rochell v. Morris, 736 So. 2d 41 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999). “The trial court based its ruling solely on the finding that Rochelle, the natural mother and custodial parent of the children for whom child support was ordered, obstructed visitation by George Morris, the appellee and natural father. We reverse. It is well-established that a…”

State of Florida, Dep't of etc. v. Autumn Danielle Pare, 177 So. 3d 663 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015). “§ 88.3051(4), Fla. Stat. (2014) (“A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this act upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.”

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