Florida Statutes Part III - Civil Provisions Of General Application (Ss. 88.3011-88.3191)

• 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...
• 88.3021 - Proceeding By Minor Parent.
  A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit...
• 88.3031 - Application Of Law Of State.
  Except as otherwise provided in this act, a responding tribunal of this state shall:(1) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating...
• 88.3041 - Duties Of Initiating Tribunal.
  (1) Upon the filing of a petition or comparable pleading authorized by this act, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its...
• 88.3051 - Duties And Powers Of Responding Tribunal.
  (1) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to s. 88.3011(2), it shall...
• 88.3061 - Inappropriate Tribunal.
  If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to...
• 88.3071 - Duties Of Support Enforcement Agency.
  (1) In a proceeding under this act, a support enforcement agency of this state, upon request:(a) Shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state;(b) Shall provide...
• 88.3081 - Duty Of Governor And Cabinet.
  (1) If the Governor and Cabinet determine that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Governor and Cabinet...
• 88.3091 - Private Counsel.
  An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this act.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-189.
• 88.3101 - Duties Of State Information Agency.
  (1) The Department of Revenue is the state information agency under this act.(2) The state information agency shall:(a) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the...
• 88.3111 - Pleadings And Accompanying Documents.
  (1) In a proceeding under this act, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify...
• 88.3121 - Nondisclosure Of Information In Exceptional Circumstances.
  If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be...
• 88.3131 - Costs And Fees.
  (1) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.(2) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess...
• 88.3141 - Limited Immunity Of Petitioner.
  (1) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this act before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by...
• 88.3151 - Nonparentage As Defense.
  A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a...
• 88.3161 - Special Rules Of Evidence And Procedure.
  (1) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or...
• 88.3171 - Communications Between Tribunals.
  A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record, or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to...
• 88.3181 - Assistance With Discovery.
  A tribunal of this state may:(1) Request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery.(2) Upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction...
• 88.3191 - Receipt And Disbursement Of Payments.
  (1) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order....

Last modified: September 23, 2016