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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING
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61.501 Short title.This part may be cited as the “Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.”
History.s. 5, ch. 2002-65.

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Cases Citing Statute 61.501

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Essex v. Davis, 116 So. 3d 445 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 2015419, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 9073

...ed on a temporary relocation of the child to Louisiana. 4 See § 61.13001(2), Fla. Stat. Reversed and remanded. WARNER and DAMOORGIAN, JJ., concur. . “UCCJEA” is the acronym for the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act, codified at section 61.501 et....
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Kidwell v. Kidwell, 181 So. 3d 1190 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 17816, 2015 WL 7686949

...ild that adjudicated issues of child support and parental responsibility. Kidwell asserts that the trial court lacked jurisdiction over the couple's child, pursuant to the Florida Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Fla. Stat. § 61.501 - 61.542 (2014)....
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Cassidy S. Miller v. Alex v. Mitchell (Fla. 3d DCA 2021).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...jurisdiction over her minor child in a paternity action filed by the father, Alex V. Mitchell. She contends New Jersey is the child’s home state for purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (“UCCJEA”), as codified in section 61.501 et seq., Florida Statutes, thus jurisdiction lies in the New Jersey family court in which an action over custody of the child was previously filed....
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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

...Section 39.502(7) specifically provides that “service of the summons and service of pleadings ... on persons outside this state must be made pursuant to s. 61.509 [formerly § 61.1312.],” which is part of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), section 61.501-.542, Florida Statutes (2003)....
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N.B. v. Dep't of Child. of Families, 274 So. 3d 1163 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...sequent acceptance of the case, was in substantial conformity with the requirements of the UCCJEA. 10 Accordingly, we affirm the final judgment under review. Affirmed. In 2002, the Florida Legislature adopted provisions of the UCCJEA, as codified in section 61.501 et seq., Florida Statutes (2018)....
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N.B. v. Dep't of Child. of Families, 274 So. 3d 1163 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...sequent acceptance of the case, was in substantial conformity with the requirements of the UCCJEA. 10 Accordingly, we affirm the final judgment under review. Affirmed. In 2002, the Florida Legislature adopted provisions of the UCCJEA, as codified in section 61.501 et seq., Florida Statutes (2018)....
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Washington v. Florida Dep't of Child. & Families, 595 F. Supp. 2d 1291 (M.D. Fla. 2009).

Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5689, 2009 WL 210867

...The latter is the proper name for this agency and that is how it is identified herein. [3] Officer Mike Lease is incorrectly referred to as Mike Leafe in the Complaint. [4] The UCCJEA is a uniform act adopted by both Florida and Ohio. See Fla. Stat. § 61.501 et seq....

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