Florida Statute 88.3131 | 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. 88.3131

88.3131 Costs and fees.—

(1) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.

(2) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee’s witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or the responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney’s fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney’s own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs, and expenses.

(3) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney’s fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay. In a proceeding under part VI, a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change.

History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 27, ch. 2011-92.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 88.3131

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 88.3131.

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Cases Citing Statute 88.3131

Total Results: 1

Yoris v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1991-01-23

Citation: 573 So. 2d 197, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 455, 1991 WL 6293

Snippet: PER CURIAM. We affirm defendant’s conviction for first degree murder. We have carefully considered defendant’s various contentions on appeal and do not conclude that there was reversible error. See Heiney v. State, 447 So.2d 210 (Fla.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 920, 105 S.Ct. 303, 83 L.Ed.2d 237 (1984); Benson v. State, 526 So.2d 948, 954 (Fla. 2d DCA), review denied, 536 So.2d 243 (Fla. 1988), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1069, 109 S.Ct. 1349, 103 L.Ed.2d 817 (1989) (quoting Dirring v. United States, 328