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Fla. Stat. § 88.6021 (2025)
Procedure to register order for enforcement.
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88.6021 Procedure to register order for enforcement.—
(1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 88.7061, a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in this state:
(a) A letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement.
(b) Two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order.
(c) A sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage.
(d) The name of the obligor and, if known:
1. The obligor’s address and social security number.
2. The name and address of the obligor’s employer and any other source of income of the obligor.
3. A description and the location of property of the obligor in this state not exempt from execution.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in s. 88.3121, the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom support payments are to be remitted.
(2) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order, together with one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.
(3) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must be affirmatively sought under other law of this state may be filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for the remedy sought.
(4) If two or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration shall:
(a) Furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section;
(b) Specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and
(c) Specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.
(5) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 2003–2015 · leading case: Trissler v. Trissler, 987 So. 2d 209 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008).
Trissler v. Trissler, 987 So. 2d 209 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008). “Under section 88.6021, Florida Statutes (2007), a child support order of another state may be registered in Florida by sending two copies of the order, one of them certified, to the appropriate Florida court with a letter of transmittal requesting registration and enforcement.”
Dep't of Revenue v. Steinle, 837 So. 2d 1072 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003). “(1991), with § 88.6021, Fla. Stat. (2000). The Frazier court remarked that the URESA registration process was rarely used.”
Dep't of Revenue v. Cuevas, 862 So. 2d 810 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). “Section 88.6021 requires an initiating state to transmit copies of the order sought to be enforced together with a *811 sworn affidavit containing information regarding the obligor.”
Houston v. Maglio, 845 So. 2d 971 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). “§ 88.6021, Fla. Stat. (1997). Maglio objected on the grounds the Michigan court had lacked personal jurisdiction over him to enter its support order.”
Dep't of Revenue v. Davis, 173 So. 3d 1043 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015). “See § 88.6021, Fla. Stat. (2008). The former husband timely filed a notice of contest and requested a hearing to challenge the validity of the support arrearage; however, no hearing was ever held.”
— 88.6021(1)(a) — 1 case
Trissler v. Trissler, 987 So. 2d 209 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008). “Under section 88.6021, Florida Statutes (2007), a child support order of another state may be registered in Florida by sending two copies of the order, one of them certified, to the appropriate Florida court with a letter of transmittal requesting registration and enforcement.”
— 88.6021(1)(c) — 1 case
Trissler v. Trissler, 987 So. 2d 209 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008). “Under section 88.6021, Florida Statutes (2007), a child support order of another state may be registered in Florida by sending two copies of the order, one of them certified, to the appropriate Florida court with a letter of transmittal requesting registration and enforcement.”
— 88.6021(2) — 1 case
Dep't of Revenue v. Cuevas, 862 So. 2d 810 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). “Section 88.6021 requires an initiating state to transmit copies of the order sought to be enforced together with a *811 sworn affidavit containing information regarding the obligor.”
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