Florida Statute 61.508 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING

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61.508 Priority.—If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this part is raised in a child custody proceeding, the question, upon request of a party, must be given priority on the calendar and handled expeditiously.

History.—s. 5, ch. 2002-65.

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Cases Citing Statute 61.508

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Sarpel v. Eflanli, 65 So. 3d 1080 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 8086, 2011 WL 2135575

the commencement of a child custody proceeding.” § 61.508(7), Fla. Stat. A “period of temporary absence”

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Johnson v. Johnson, 88 So. 3d 335 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 1605469, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 7200

jurisdiction over the child pursuant to the UCCJEA. See § 61.508.8 The child’s “home state” determines jurisdiction

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Scudder v. Scudder, 228 So. 3d 703 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2017 WL 4700100

oh Ms. Scudder’s jurisdictional challenge. See § 61.508 (“If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction

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Burgos v. Sequeira, Vargas (Fla. 2d DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

UCCJEA Evidentiary Hearing Pursuant to Florida Statute 61.508 and unsuccessfully attempted to set the

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Jacques Junior Armand v. Ginou Armand Amisy (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”); see also § 61.508, Fla. Stat. (2020) (“If a question of existence

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