Florida Statute 88.3071 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 88
UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

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F.S. 88.3071

88.3071 Duties of support enforcement agency.—

(1) In a proceeding under this act, a support enforcement agency of this state, upon request:

(a) Shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state;

(b) Shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in s. 88.1011(5)(a) or (d); and

(2) A support enforcement agency that is providing services to the petitioner as appropriate shall:

(a) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal in this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent.

(b) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing.

(c) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties.

(d) Within 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written notice from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner.

(e) Within 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written communication from the respondent or the respondent’s attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner.

(f) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.

(3) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:

(a) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or

(b) If two or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.

(4) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.

(5) A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to s. 88.3191.

(6) This act does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.

History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 23, ch. 97-170; s. 22, ch. 2011-92.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 88.3071

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 88.3071.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 88.3071

Total Results: 5

Williams v. Beagle Ex Rel. Beagle

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-02-22T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 777 So. 2d 1213

Snippet: the income and property of the parties." § 88.3071(2)(c), Fla.Stat. (2000). Though DOR provided income

Liebert v. State, Department of Revenue ex rel. Liebert

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-12-10T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 748 So. 2d 344, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 16633, 1999 WL 1127719

Snippet: case of a foreign child support order, section 88.3071, Florida Statutes (1997), provides that DOR shall

Beeman v. Island Breakers

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-12-24T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 591 So. 2d 1031, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 15574, 1991 WL 303423

Snippet: otherwise unchanged. It is so ordered. No. 88-3071 District Court of Appeal of Florida fladistctapp

Beeman v. Island Breakers

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-06-26T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 577 So. 2d 1341

Snippet: CONDOMINIUM, INC., Appellee/Cross-Appellant. No. 88-3071. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District…One, Inc., 438 So.2d 354 (Fla. 1983). 88-3071 District Court of Appeal of Florida fladistctapp

City Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Cushman & Wakefield of Pennsylvania, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-01-27T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 537 So. 2d 689, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 289, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 298, 1989 WL 5242

Snippet: and HALL and ALTENBERND, JJ„ concur. No. 88-3071 District Court of Appeal of Florida fladistctapp