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Fla. Stat. § 88.6131

Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state

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**88.6131 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state.**—(1) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child support order in a proceeding to register that order. (2) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of parts I and II, this part and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Parts III-V, VII, and VIII do not apply. History.—s. 35, ch. 97-170.

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