Florida Statute 742.105 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 742
DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE

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742.105 Effect of a determination of paternity from a foreign jurisdiction.—A final order of paternity entered in a foreign jurisdiction, whether resulting from a voluntary acknowledgment or an administrative or judicial process, or an affidavit acknowledging paternity signed in any other state according to its procedures, shall be given the same legal effect as if such final order was entered or affidavit was signed pursuant to this chapter. In any proceeding in this state, a certified copy of the final order of paternity from a foreign jurisdiction shall be conclusive evidence of paternity.

History.—s. 9, ch. 94-318; s. 71, ch. 97-170.

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E.K. v. Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs., 874 So. 2d 720 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 8019, 2004 WL 1252690

...Thus, should the Department or the mother desire to establish E.K’s paternity, it appears that they must go to the courts of Pennsylvania and institute a paternity or support action there. If any orders as to E.K’s parentage are ultimately entered, section 742.105 provides that they “shall be given the same legal effect as if such final order was entered ......