Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 88.6011 (2025)

Registration of order for enforcement.

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88.6011 Registration of order for enforcement.—A support order or an income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state for enforcement.

History.—s. 6, ch. 96-189; s. 44, ch. 2011-92.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2024 · leading case: Spalding v. Spalding, 886 So. 2d 1075 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004).

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Spalding v. Spalding, 886 So. 2d 1075 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). · cites it 2× “The effect of registration for enforcement *1078 purposes is that a registered order issued by a court in another state is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a court of this state.”

Pulkkinen v. Pulkkinen, 127 So. 3d 738 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). “See §§ 88.6011-.6071, Fla. Stat. (2010). . In the prefatory note and comments to the UIFSA, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws refers to these requirements as defining a state's "modification jurisdiction.”

Vinnik v. Vinnik, 831 So. 2d 1271 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002). · cites it 2× “§ 88.6011, Fla. Stat. (2001); see Laura W.”

Dep't of Revenue v. Ortiz, 84 So. 3d 1206 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012). · cites it 2× “The Department of Revenue (“DOR”) argues the trial court erred in vacating the Puerto Rican judgment of dissolution and child support, which had been registered in Florida under section 88.6011, Florida Statutes (2010).”

Bravo v. Johnson F/K/A Donlan (Fla. 1st DCA 2024). · cites it 2× “§ 88.6011, Fla. Stat. 3 But while UCCJEA and UIFSA broadly allow Florida courts to register and enforce foreign custody and support orders, Florida courts may modify foreign orders only in limited circumstances.”

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