Florida Statute 61.511 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING

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61.511 Communication between courts.—

(1) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this part.

(2) The court shall allow the parties to participate in the communication. If the parties elect to participate in the communication, they must be given the opportunity to present facts and legal arguments before a decision on jurisdiction is made.

(3) Communication between courts on schedules, calendars, court records, and similar matters may occur without informing the parties. A record need not be made of the communication.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a record must be made of a communication under this section. The parties must be informed promptly of the communication and granted access to the record.

(5) For purposes of this section, the term “record” means a form of information, including, but not limited to, an electronic recording or transcription by a court reporter which creates a verbatim memorialization of any communication between two or more individuals or entities.

History.—s. 5, ch. 2002-65.

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Cases Citing Statute 61.511

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KI v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 70 So. 3d 749 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 15738, 2011 WL 4578271

...ding the basis for concluding that jurisdiction in a sister state is appropriate.'" Poliandro v. Springer, 899 So.2d 441, 444 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005) (quoting McDaniel v. Burton, 748 So.2d 1072, 1076 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999) (emphasis in original)); see also § 61.511(2), Fla....

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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

summons in either New York action.5 Pursuant to section 61.511(2),6 and section 61.519,7 Col. Johnson moved

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Haugabook v. Jeffcoat-Hultberg, 219 So. 3d 65 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2016 WL 8303559, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 19023

arguments before a decision on jurisdiction is made.” § ■61.511(2), Fla. Stat. (2016). Further, the statute states

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Slowinski v. Sweeney, 117 So. 3d 73 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 3215232, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 10236

entitled to participate in this communication. § 61.511(2), Fla. Stat. . Pennsylvania's codification

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Kilcrease v. Brown (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2024).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

between the two courts under this provision. See § 61.511(4), Fla. Stat. Despite the mother’s disclosure

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McCormick v. Oakes, 899 So. 2d 393 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 4363, 2005 WL 713243

court of the other state. Additionally, under section 61.511(3), Florida Statutes, communications between

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Kelly Lunsford v. Kara Engle & Jake Phillips (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

UCCJEA’s “Communication Between Courts” statute, section 61.511, Florida Statutes (2015), contains mandatory

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Kelly Lunsford v. Kara Engle & Jake Phillips (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

UCCJEA’s “Communication Between Courts” statute, section 61.511, Florida Statutes (2015), contains mandatory

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Loring E. Just. v. Linn Marie Guerrero-Just. (Fla. 3d DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

interpret the trial court’s obligations under section 61.511, Florida Statutes—part of the Uniform Child

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Earney v. Quiloan, 206 So. 3d 147 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 18211

517(4), Fla. Stat. (emphasis added). Further, section 61.511(4), Florida Statutes (2016), states that “a

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Schmitt v. Maile, 946 So. 2d 60 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 3733778

...Specifically the order read: THIS CAUSE, having come before this Court to determine this Court's jurisdiction to modify the Final Judgment regarding child custody issued by the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, and, in accordance with Florida Statute § 61.511, this Court having communicated by telephone with the Honorable T....

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Homer Mcabee, III v. Alicia Marie Mcabee, 259 So. 3d 134 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

parties of the communication, as required by section 61.511(4), Fla. Stat. (2017).

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