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Florida Statute 88.4011 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 88.4011 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 88.4011 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
88.4011 Establishment of support order.
(1) If a support order entitled to recognition under this act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:
(a) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or
(b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.
(2) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:
(a) A presumed father of the child;
(b) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
(c) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;
(d) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
(e) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
(f) An acknowledged father as provided in s. 382.013, s. 382.016, or s. 742.10;
(g) The mother of the child; or
(h) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
(3) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to s. 88.3051.
History.s. 4, ch. 96-189; s. 33, ch. 2011-92.

Cases Citing F.S. 88.4011

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State of Florida, Dep't of etc. v. Autumn Danielle Pare, 177 So. 3d 663 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...Although there is no formal order determining paternity in this case, Pare admits that Donsen is the biological father of the child and the record shows that his paternity has been confirmed by DNA testing. The Act does not require a formal order of paternity in order to seek support. See § 88.4011(1), Fla....

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