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Fla. Stat. § 742.06 (2025)
Jurisdiction retained for future orders.
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742.06 Jurisdiction retained for future orders.—The court shall retain jurisdiction of the cause for the purpose of entering such other and further orders as changing circumstances of the parties may in justice and equity require. Modifications and enforcement of child support, time-sharing, and support for a dependent adult child are determined under chapter 61.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases, 1954–2012 · leading case: Brown v. Bray, 300 So. 2d 668 (Fla. 1974).
Brown v. Bray, 300 So. 2d 668 (Fla. 1974). “Section 742.06, F.S.A. provides: "742.06 Same; jurisdiction retained for future orders.”
P.A.G. v. A.F., 602 So. 2d 1259 (Fla. 1992). “The jurisdiction to modify paternity orders derives from section 742.06, Florida Statutes (1989). Therefore, if it exists, the authority to award attorney’s fees in connection with the modification of paternity orders lies within chapter 742.”
D.J.S. v. W.R.R., 99 So. 3d 991 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012). “As to jurisdiction in paternity actions, section 742.06 provides, “The court shall retain jurisdiction of the cause for the purpose of entering such other and further orders as changing circumstances of the parties may in justice and equity require.”
P.A.G. v. A.F., 564 So. 2d 266 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990). “Section 742.06 then provides for the retention of jurisdiction “for the purpose of entering such other and further orders as changing circumstances of the parties may in justice and equity require.”
Kochinsky v. Moore, 698 So. 2d 397 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). “031 and section 742.06. It determined that those statutes authorized a custody order as the equity and justice of the matter may require, "inasmuch as a child in a Chapter 742 situation is similarly a ward of the court as in the case of a child in a dissolution of marriage…”
D. R.-t. v. O. M., 244 So. 2d 752 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971). “This is not a case where the appellee asked that the Florida Court establish the judgment of the foreign Court as a local judgment and enforce its provisions on the basis of comity, but one in which she requested that the decree be established as a local decree respecting future…”
Pag v. Af, 602 So. 2d 1259 (Fla. 1992). “The jurisdiction to modify paternity orders derives from section 742.06, Florida Statutes (1989). Therefore, if it exists, the authority to award attorney's fees in connection with the modification of paternity orders lies within chapter 742.”
Mocher v. Rasmussen-Taxdal, 180 So. 2d 488 (Fla. 2d DCA 1965). “Once established, the chancellor has jurisdiction to modify the decree by way of supersession of its terms and provisions in accordance with Section 742.06, Fla.Stats., F.S.A. (II) We are now led to the question whether the averments and prayers of the complaint are sufficient…”
Crosby ex rel. Crosby v. Calhoun, 76 So. 2d 297 (Fla. 1954). “Several months after this decree was entered, application was made for a reduction of the amount of the weekly maintenance under Section 742.06, F.S.1951, F.S.A. A hearing was had on the petition and as a consequence thereof an order was entered reducing the amount to per…”
Eller v. Thomas, 586 So. 2d 480 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991). “Appel-lee relies on Section 742.06, which states: the court [which determines paternity] shall retain jurisdiction of the cause for the purpose of entering such other and further orders as changing circumstances of the parties may in justice and equity require.”
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