(1) The Department of Revenue is the state information agency under this act.
(2) The state information agency shall:
(a) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state which have jurisdiction under this act and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state.
(b) Maintain a register of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states.
(c) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the place in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor’s property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this act received from another state or a foreign country.
(3) Obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor’s property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor’s address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver licenses, and social security.
History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 24, ch. 2011-92.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure
Chapter 88 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)
88.3011 - Proceedings under this act.
88.3021 - Proceeding by minor parent.
88.3031 - Application of law of state.
88.3041 - Duties of initiating tribunal.
88.3051 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
88.3061 - Inappropriate tribunal.
88.3071 - Duties of support enforcement agency.
88.3081 - Duty of Governor and Cabinet.
88.3101 - Duties of state information agency.
88.3111 - Pleadings and accompanying documents.
88.3121 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.
88.3141 - Limited immunity of petitioner.
88.3151 - Nonparentage as defense.
88.3161 - Special rules of evidence and procedure.
88.3171 - Communications between tribunals.