Fla. Stat. 88.1041
Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding

(1)

A tribunal of this state shall apply parts I through VI of this chapter, and, as applicable, part VII of this chapter, to a support proceeding involving:A foreign support order;A foreign tribunal; orAn obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.

(a)

A foreign support order;

(b)

A foreign tribunal; or

(c)

An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.

(2)

A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of parts I through VI of this chapter.

(3)

Part VII of this chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of part VII of this chapter is inconsistent with parts I through VI of this chapter, part VII of this chapter controls.

Source: Section 88.1041 — Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0088.­1041 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

Current through Fall 2025

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