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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 88
UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
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F.S. 88.6131
88.6131 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state.—
(1) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child support order in a proceeding to register that order.
(2) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of parts I and II, this part and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Parts III-V, VII, and VIII do not apply.
History.—s. 35, ch. 97-170.

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Cases Citing Statute 88.6131

Total Results: 4

Wagner v. Wagner

885 So. 2d 488, 2004 WL 2482436

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 5, 2004 | Docket: 1286995

Cited 9 times | Published

appropriate substantive law is that of Florida. See § 88.6131, Fla. Stat. (2002) (a part of UIFSA stating that

Trissler v. Trissler

987 So. 2d 209, 2008 WL 2851566

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 25, 2008 | Docket: 1724302

Cited 7 times | Published

order. § 88.6111(1), Fla. Stat. (2007); see also § 88.6131, Fla. Stat. (2007). However, as is the case here

Spalding v. Spalding

907 So. 2d 1270, 2005 WL 1842603

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 5, 2005 | Docket: 468415

Cited 2 times | Published

substantive law of this state to the proceeding. § 88.6131. Following registration of the support order in

Elizabeth Kessinger, Former Wife v. Clifton J. Kessinger, Former Husband

228 So. 3d 1201, 2017 WL 5076912

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 6, 2017 | Docket: 6217564

Published

modify out-of-state child support judgments. Section 88.6131, Florida Statutes, allows modifications, but