§ 88.4011, Fla. Stat. · Part IV. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
Establishment of support order.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) If a support order entitled to recognition under this act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:
(a) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or
(b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.
(2) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:
(a) A presumed father of the child;
(b) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
(c) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;
(d) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
(e) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
(f) An acknowledged father as provided in s. 382.013, s. 382.016, or s. 742.10;
(g) The mother of the child; or
(h) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
(3) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to s. 88.3051.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 4, ch. 96-189; s. 33, ch. 2011-92.
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The Florida Statutes
- § 88.3051, Fla. Stat.Duties and powers of responding tribunal.Printed as s. 88.3051
- § 382.013, Fla. Stat.Birth registration.Printed as s. 382.013
- § 382.016, Fla. Stat.Amendment of records.Printed as s. 382.016
- § 742.10, Fla. Stat.Establishment of paternity for children born out of wedlock.Printed as s. 742.10
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