The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 88
UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

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F.S. 88.6051

88.6051 Notice of registration of order.—

(1) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.

(2) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:

(a) That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.

(b) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within 20 days after the date of mailing or personal service of the notice, unless the registered order is under s. 88.7071.

(c) That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages and precludes further contest of that order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted.

(d) Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.

(3) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:

(a) Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;

(b) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;

(c) State that the procedures provided in subsection (2) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and

(d) State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.

(4) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor’s employer pursuant to chapter 61 or other income deduction law of this state.

History.—s. 6, ch. 96-189; s. 31, ch. 97-170; s. 48, ch. 2011-92.

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Amendments to 88.6051

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 88.6051

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 88.6051.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

J. R. B. v. J. L. B. J. A. B. M. B. B., 85 So. 3d 1167 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . moved to Florida, the grandparents had the Minnesota order registered in Florida pursuant to section 88.6051 . . .

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE o b o FLORES, v. ORTIZ,, 84 So. 3d 1206 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . validity or enforcement of the UIFSA registration of the child support order as required by sections 88.6051 . . .

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE o b o MARCHINES, v. A. MARCHINES,, 974 So. 2d 1085 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . The fact that registration is already accomplished is underscored by the language of section 88.6051: . . . The language in sections 88.6031, 88.6051, and 88.6061 that we emphasized above supports the conclusion . . .

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, o b o v. CUEVAS,, 862 So. 2d 810 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . .” § 88.6051(1), Fla. Stat. (2002) (emphasis added). . . . See § 88.6051(2)(a) & (b). . . . See § 88.6051(2)(c). . . . sent a notice of registration to the respondent father, the nonregister-ing party, pursuant to section 88.6051 . . . Notice pursuant to section 88.6051 does not affect registration but is required to cut off the responding . . .