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Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 88.0011-88.1041)
88.0011 - Short title. - History.—s. 1, ch. 96-189.
88.1011 - Definitions. - (1) “Child” means an individual, whether over or under the...
88.1021 - State tribunal and support enforcement agency. - (1) The circuit court or other appropriate court, administrative agency,...
88.1031 - Remedies cumulative. - (1) Remedies provided by this act are cumulative and do...
88.1041 - Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding. - (1) A tribunal of this state shall apply parts I...
Part II - Jurisdiction (Ss. 88.2011-88.2111)
88.2011 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. - (1) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support...
88.2021 - Duration of personal jurisdiction. - History.—s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 6, ch. 2011-92.
88.2031 - Initiating and responding tribunal of state. - History.—s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 15, ch. 97-170; s. 7,...
88.2041 - Simultaneous proceedings in another state. - (1) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to...
88.2051 - Continuing exclusive jurisdiction. - (1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a...
88.2061 - Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. - (1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a...
88.2071 - Determination of controlling child support order. - (1) If a proceeding is brought under this act and...
88.2081 - Child support orders for two or more obligees. - History.—s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 12, ch. 2011-92.
88.2091 - Credit for payments. - History.—s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 13, ch. 2011-92.
88.2101 - Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. - History.—s. 14, ch. 2011-92.
88.2111 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order. - (1) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support...
Part III - Civil Provisions of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)
88.3011 - Proceedings under this act. - (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, this part...
88.3021 - Proceeding by minor parent. - History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 17, ch. 2011-92.
88.3031 - Application of law of state. - (1) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to...
88.3041 - Duties of initiating tribunal. - (1) Upon the filing of a petition or comparable pleading...
88.3051 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal. - (1) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a...
88.3061 - Inappropriate tribunal. - History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 22, ch. 97-170; s. 21,...
88.3071 - Duties of support enforcement agency. - (1) In a proceeding under this act, a support enforcement...
88.3081 - Duty of Governor and Cabinet. - (1) If the Governor and Cabinet determine that the support...
88.3091 - Private counsel. - History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189.
88.3101 - Duties of state information agency. - (1) The Department of Revenue is the state information agency...
88.3111 - Pleadings and accompanying documents. - (1) In a proceeding under this act, a petitioner seeking...
88.3121 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. - History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 26, ch. 2011-92.
88.3131 - Costs and fees. - (1) The petitioner may not be required to pay a...
88.3141 - Limited immunity of petitioner. - (1) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this...
88.3151 - Nonparentage as defense. - History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189.
88.3161 - Special rules of evidence and procedure. - (1) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is...
88.3171 - Communications between tribunals. - History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 30, ch. 2011-92.
88.3181 - Assistance with discovery. - (1) Request a tribunal outside this state to assist in...
88.3191 - Receipt and disbursement of payments. - (1) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state...
Part IV - Establishment of Support Order (Ss. 88.4011, 88.4021)
88.4011 - Establishment of support order. - (1) If a support order entitled to recognition under this...
88.4021 - Proceeding to determine parentage. - History.—s. 34, ch. 2011-92.
Part V - Enforcement of Support Order of Another State Without Registration (Ss. 88.5011-88.5071)
88.5011 - Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state. - History.—s. 5, ch. 96-189; s. 24, ch. 97-170; s. 36,...
88.50211 - Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state. - (1) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor’s employer...
88.5031 - Employer’s compliance with two or more income-withholding orders. - History.—s. 26, ch. 97-170; s. 38, ch. 2011-92.
88.5041 - Immunity from civil liability. - History.—s. 27, ch. 97-170; s. 39, ch. 2011-92.
88.5051 - Penalties for noncompliance. - History.—s. 28, ch. 97-170; s. 40, ch. 2011-92.
88.5061 - Contest by obligor. - (1) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of...
88.5071 - Administrative enforcement of orders. - (1) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce...
Part VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order (Ss. 88.6011-88.6161)
Subpart A - Registration and Enforcementof Support Order
88.6011 - Registration of order for enforcement. - History.—s. 6, ch. 96-189; s. 44, ch. 2011-92.
88.6021 - Procedure to register order for enforcement. - (1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 88.7061, a support...
88.6031 - Effect of registration for enforcement. - (1) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another...
88.6041 - Choice of law. - (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), the law...
Subpart B - Contest of Validity or Enforcement
88.6051 - Notice of registration of order. - (1) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in...
88.6061 - Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered order. - (1) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or...
88.6071 - Contest of registration or enforcement. - (1) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a...
88.6081 - Confirmed order. - History.—s. 6, ch. 96-189; s. 51, ch. 2011-92.
Subpart C - Registration and Modification ofChild Support Order of Another State
88.6091 - Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification. - History.—s. 6, ch. 96-189; s. 52, ch. 2011-92.
88.6101 - Effect of registration for modification. - History.—s. 6, ch. 96-189.
88.6111 - Modification of child support order of another state. - (1) If s. 88.6131 does not apply, upon petition, a...
88.6121 - Recognition of order modified in another state. - (1) May enforce the order that was modified only as...
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...
88.6141 - Notice to issuing tribunal of modifications. - History.—s. 36, ch. 97-170.
Subpart D - Registration and Modificationof Foreign Child Support Order
88.6151 - Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country. - (1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 88.7111, if a...
88.6161 - Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification. - History.—s. 56, ch. 2011-92.
Part VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (Ss. 88.70111-88.7131)
88.70111 - Definitions. - (1) “Application” means a request under the convention by an...
88.7021 - Applicability. - History.—s. 60, ch. 2011-92.
88.7031 - Relationship of Department of Revenue to United States central authority. - History.—s. 61, ch. 2011-92.
88.7041 - Initiation by Department of Revenue of support proceeding under convention. - (1) In a support proceeding under this part, the Department...
88.7051 - Direct request. - (1) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment...
88.7061 - Registration of convention support order. - (1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a party...
88.7071 - Contest of registered convention support order. - (1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, ss. 88.6051-88.6081...
88.7081 - Recognition and enforcement of convention support order. - (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a tribunal...
88.7091 - Partial enforcement. - History.—s. 67, ch. 2011-92.
88.7101 - Foreign support agreement. - (1) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4), a...
88.7111 - Modification of convention child support order. - (1) A tribunal of this state may not modify a...
88.7121 - Personal information; limit on use. - History.—s. 70, ch. 2011-92.
88.7131 - Record in original language; English translation. - History.—s. 71, ch. 2011-92.
Part VIII - Interstate Rendition (Ss. 88.8011, 88.8021)
88.8011 - Grounds for rendition. - (1) For purposes of this article, “Governor” includes an individual...
88.8021 - Conditions of rendition. - (1) Before making demand that the Governor of another state...
Part IX - Miscellaneous Provisions (Ss. 88.9011-88.9031)
88.9011 - Uniformity of application and construction. - History.—s. 9, ch. 96-189; s. 73, ch. 2011-92.
88.9021 - Transitional provision. - History.—s. 74, ch. 2011-92.
88.9031 - Severability. - History.—s. 9, ch. 96-189; s. 75, ch. 2011-92.