Florida Statute 88.5061 - 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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88.5061 Contest by obligor.—

(1) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in part VI of this chapter, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.

(2) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:

(a) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;

(b) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and

(c) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order, or if no person is designated, to the obligee.

History.—s. 29, ch. 97-170; s. 41, ch. 2011-92.

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Hedge v. Hedge

816 So. 2d 241, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 6594, 2002 WL 985502

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 15, 2002 | Docket: 64815089

Published

enforcement of the wage garnishment as provided in section 88.5061, Florida Statutes (1997). REVERSED AND REMANDED

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