Florida Statute 88.3011 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 88
UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

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88.3011 Proceedings under this act.—

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, this part applies to all proceedings under this act.

(2) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this act by filing a petition or a comparable pleading in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 18, ch. 97-170; s. 16, ch. 2011-92.

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Sootin v. Sootin, 41 So. 3d 993 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 11276, 2010 WL 3023361

...Under UIFSA, the Miami-Dade court has "continuing exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation." § 88.2051(6) (emphasis added). The correct procedure under UIFSA is to register the spousal support judgment in another state for enforcement there. § 88.3011(2)(c)....

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McMahon v. Marshall, 881 So. 2d 44 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 12082, 2004 WL 1837887

...We find that the trial court erred in denying McMahon’s contest to the validity or enforcement of the foreign order on review. The UIFSA applies to the application, registration, modification, or enforcement of child or spousal support orders of another state. See § 88.3011, Fla....

...lief.” § 88.1011(21). Here, the Pennsylvania Superior Court’s conclusion that McMahon’s payment obligation to the former wife was pursuant to an agreement, and not a court order, precluded the application of the UIFSA to the instant case. See § 88.3011....

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