The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING

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F.S. 61.502

61.502 Purposes of part; construction of provisions.—The general purposes of this part are to:

(1) Avoid jurisdictional competition and conflict with courts of other states in matters of child custody which have in the past resulted in the shifting of children from state to state with harmful effects on their well-being.

(2) Promote cooperation with the courts of other states to the end that a custody decree is rendered in the state that can best decide the case in the interest of the child.

(3) Discourage the use of the interstate system for continuing controversies over child custody.

(4) Deter abductions.

(5) Avoid relitigating the custody decisions of other states in this state.

(6) Facilitate the enforcement of custody decrees of other states.

(7) Promote and expand the exchange of information and other forms of mutual assistance between the courts of this state and those of other states concerned with the same child.

(8) Make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this part among the states enacting it.

History.—s. 5, ch. 2002-65.

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Amendments to 61.502

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 61.502

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 61.502.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

N. B. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN OF FAMILIES,, 274 So. 3d 1163 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . Rptr. 3d 550, 555 (2013) (citation omitted); see § 61.502, Fla. Stat. (2018). . . .

BAKER, v. TUNNEY,, 201 So. 3d 1235 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . The UCCJEA governs jurisdiction over child custody matters and is set forth in sections 61.502 through . . .

MAKAROS, v. CICHOCKI, 159 So. 3d 957 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . child under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (“UCCJEA”), codified at section 61.502 . . .

McINDOO, v. ATKINSON,, 159 So. 3d 227 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . Torres, 941 So.2d 451, 454 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) (citing § 61.502, Fla. Stat. (2005)). . . . .

M. A. C. v. M. D. H., 88 So. 3d 1050 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . .; see also § 61.502 (stating the general purposes of the UC-CJEA). . . .

K. I. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,, 70 So. 3d 749 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . .” § 61.502(1), Fla. Stat. (2010). . . .

J. SCHAFFER, v. S. LING,, 76 So. 3d 940 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . .” § 61.502(1), Fla. Stat. (2010). . . .

HINDLE, v. FUITH,, 33 So. 3d 782 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . matters is governed by the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act (“UCCJEA”), sections 61.502 . . . jurisdictional competition and conflict with courts of other states in matters of child custody.” § 61.502 . . .

D. DYCE, v. CHRISTIE,, 17 So. 3d 892 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . . § 61.502, Fla. Stat. . . .

KARAM, v. KARAM,, 6 So. 3d 87 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . .” § 61.502(1). . . .

SNAZA, v. CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA,, 548 F.3d 1178 (8th Cir. 2008)

. . . Code § 61.502. . . . planning commission had nevertheless approved Bernard’s application for a conditional use permit under § 61.502 . . . modified in order to approve the permit application and decided not to exercise its discretion under § 61.502 . . . err in concluding that the commission’s choice to refrain from exercising its discretion under Code § 61.502 . . .

ARJONA a k a v. TORRES a k a, 941 So. 2d 451 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . . § 61.502, Fla. Stat. (2005). . . .

B. STAATS, v. E. McKINNON, f k a E., 924 So. 2d 82 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . decree is rendered in the state that can best decide the case in the interest of the child,” section 61.502 . . . Tennessee Code Annotated, and to “[f]acilitate the enforcement of custody decrees of other states,” section 61.502 . . . See § 61.502(6), Fla. Stat. . . .