Florida Statute 88.6131 | 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. 88.6131

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: 6

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-11-06

Citation: 228 So. 3d 1201

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

Arquette v. Rutter

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-11-21

Citation: 150 So. 3d 1259, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 19081, 2014 WL 6488784

Snippet: of this state may modify that order only if s. 88.6131 does not apply and after notice and hearing it

Pulkkinen v. Pulkkinen

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-11-26

Citation: 127 So. 3d 738, 2013 WL 6171269, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 18794

Snippet: “jurisdiction to modify.”4 See, e.g., §§ 88.6111(l)(b), 88.6131(1), 88.2051(2). Those requirements include the

Trissler v. Trissler

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-07-25

Citation: 987 So. 2d 209, 2008 WL 2851566

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

Spalding v. Spalding

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-08-05

Citation: 907 So. 2d 1270, 2005 WL 1842603

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

Wagner v. Wagner

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-11-05

Citation: 885 So. 2d 488, 2004 WL 2482436

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