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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. 61.526
61.526 Duty to enforce.
(1) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised jurisdiction in substantial conformity with this part or the determination was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdictional standards of this part and the determination has not been modified in accordance with this part.
(2) A court of this state may use any remedy available under other laws of this state to enforce a child custody determination made by a court of another state. The remedies provided by ss. 61.524-61.540 are cumulative and do not affect the availability of other remedies to enforce a child custody determination.
History.s. 5, ch. 2002-65.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 61.526
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 61.526.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

SMITH, v. DANIEL,, 246 So. 3d 1279 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . See also § 61.526(1), Fla. Stat. (2016). . . . Section 61.526(1), Fla. Stat. . . .

DOWNS v. D. LEDOUX- NOTTINGHAM,, 219 So. 3d 244 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UC-CJEA), as set forth, in part, in section 61.526 . . . Furthermore, section 61.526, titled “Duty to enforce,” authorizes the award of “any remedy” to enforce . . . another state’s child custody determination. § 61.526, Fla. . . .

D. LEDOUX- NOTTINGHAM, v. DOWNS,, 210 So. 3d 1217 (Fla. 2017)

. . . 2] it became enforceable in Florida pursuant to the Full Faith and Credit Clause as well as section 61.526 . . . See [Baker, 522 U.S. at 232-33, 118 S.Ct. 657]; § 61.526(1), Fla. . . .

D. LEDOUX- NOTTINGHAM, v. DOWNS, 163 So. 3d 560 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . ), it became enforceable in Florida pursuant to the Full Faith and Credit Clause as well as section 61.526 . . . See id.; § 61.526(1), Fla. . . .

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

. . . domestication of foreign judgment and notice of registration filed by the mother, pursuant to sections 61.526 . . . To the contrary, both the statute governing domestication of a foreign judgment (section 61.526) and . . . bar the trial court’s jurisdiction to entertain the mother’s petition to domesticate under section 61.526 . . . Section 61.526 states: A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination . . . standards of this part and the determination has not been modified in accordance with this part. § 61.526 . . .