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Chapter 61

Fla. Stat. ch. 61

Dissolution of Marriage; Support; Custody

61.001Purpose of chapter 61.011Dissolution in chancery 61.021Residence requirements 61.031Dissolution of marriage to be a vinculo 61.0401Application of the law of a foreign country in courts relating to matters arising out of or relating to this chapter and chapter 88 61.043Commencement of a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for alimony and child support; dissolution questionnaire 61.044Certain existing defenses abolished 61.046Definitions 61.052Dissolution of marriage 61.061Proceedings against nonresidents 61.071Alimony pendente lite; suit money 61.075Equitable distribution of marital assets and liabilities 61.076Distribution of retirement plans upon dissolution of marriage 61.077Determination of entitlement to setoffs or credits upon sale of marital home 61.079Premarital agreements 61.08Alimony 61.09Alimony and child support unconnected with dissolution 61.10Adjudication of obligation to support spouse or minor child unconnected with dissolution; parenting plan 61.11Writs 61.121Rotating custody 61.12Attachment or garnishment of amounts due for alimony or child support 61.122Parenting plan recommendation; presumption of psychologist’s good faith; prerequisite to parent’s filing suit; award of fees, costs, reimbursement 61.125Parenting coordination 61.13Support of children; parenting and time-sharing; powers of court 61.13001Parental relocation with a child 61.13017Withholding refund of motor vehicle impact fee 61.1302Short title 61.13002Temporary time-sharing modification and child support modification due to military service 61.1304Purposes of act; construction of provisions 61.1306Definitions relating to Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act 61.13003Court-ordered electronic communication between a parent and a child 61.1301Income deduction orders 61.1308Jurisdiction 61.13015Petition for suspension or denial of professional licenses and certificates 61.131Notice and opportunity to be heard 61.13016Suspension of driver licenses and motor vehicle registrations 61.1312Notice to persons outside this state; submission to jurisdiction 61.1354Sharing of information between consumer reporting agencies and the IV-D agency 61.14Enforcement and modification of support, maintenance, or alimony agreements or orders 61.1314Simultaneous proceedings in other states 61.16Attorney’s fees, suit money, and costs 61.1316Inconvenient forum 61.17Alimony and child support; additional method for enforcing orders and judgments; costs, expenses 61.1318Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct 61.18Alimony and child support; default in undertaking of bond posted to ensure payment 61.132Information under oath to be submitted to the court 61.181Depository for alimony transactions, support, maintenance, and support payments; fees 61.1322Additional parties 61.1324Appearance of parties and the child 61.1811Clerk of the Court Child Support Enforcement Collection System Trust Fund 61.1326Binding force and res judicata effect of custody decree 61.1812Child Support Incentive Trust Fund 61.1328Recognition of out-of-state custody decrees 61.1814Child Support Enforcement Application and Program Revenue Trust Fund 61.133Modification of custody decree of another state 61.1816Child Support Clearing Trust Fund 61.1332Filing and enforcement of custody decree of another state 61.1824State Disbursement Unit 61.1334Registry of out-of-state custody decrees and proceedings 61.1825State Case Registry 61.1336Certified copies of custody decree 61.1826Procurement of services for State Disbursement Unit and the non-Title IV-D component of the State Case Registry; contracts and cooperative agreements; penalties; withholding payment 61.1338Taking testimony in another state 61.1827Identifying information concerning applicants for and recipients of child support services 61.134Hearings and studies in another state; orders to appear 61.183Mediation of certain contested issues 61.19Entry of judgment of dissolution of marriage, delay period 61.1342Assistance to courts of other states 61.191Application 61.1344Preservation of documents for use in other states 61.20Social investigation and recommendations regarding a parenting plan 61.1346Request for court records of another state 61.21Parenting course authorized; fees; required attendance authorized; contempt 61.1348International application 61.29Child support guidelines; principles 61.30Child support guidelines; retroactive child support 61.401Appointment of guardian ad litem 61.402Qualifications of guardians ad litem 61.403Guardians ad litem; powers and authority 61.404Guardians ad litem; confidentiality 61.405Guardians ad litem; immunity 61.45Court-ordered parenting plan; risk of violation; bond 61.501Short title 61.502Purposes of part; construction of provisions 61.182Child Support Depository Trust Fund 61.503Definitions 61.504Proceedings governed by other law 61.505Application to Indian tribes 61.506International application of part 61.507Effect of child custody determination 61.508Priority 61.509Notice to persons outside the state 61.510Appearance and limited immunity 61.511Communication between courts 61.512Taking testimony in another state 61.513Cooperation between courts; preservation of records 61.514Initial child custody jurisdiction 61.515Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction 61.516Jurisdiction to modify a determination 61.517Temporary emergency jurisdiction 61.518Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder 61.519Simultaneous proceedings 61.520Inconvenient forum 61.521Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct 61.522Information to be submitted to the court 61.523Appearance of parties and child 61.524Definitions 61.525Enforcement under the Hague Convention 61.526Duty to enforce 61.527Temporary visitation 61.528Registration of child custody determination 61.529Enforcement of registered determination 61.530Simultaneous proceedings 61.531Expedited enforcement of child custody determination 61.532Service of petition and order 61.533Hearing and order 61.534Warrant to take physical custody of child 61.535Costs, fees, and expenses 61.536Recognition and enforcement 61.537Appeals 61.538Role of state attorney 61.539Role of law enforcement officers 61.540Costs and expenses 61.541Application and construction 61.542Transitional provision 61.55Purpose 61.56Definitions 61.57Beginning, concluding, and terminating a collaborative law process 61.58Confidentiality of a collaborative law communication 61.703Definitions 61.705Remedies for noncompliance 61.707Jurisdiction 61.709Notice requirement for deploying parent 61.711Duty to notify of change of address 61.713General consideration in custody proceeding of parent’s service 61.721Form of temporary custodial responsibility agreement 61.723Nature of authority created by temporary custodial responsibility agreement 61.725Modification of agreement 61.727Power of attorney 61.729Filing custodial responsibility agreement or power of attorney with court 61.733Proceeding for temporary custody order 61.735Testimony by electronic means 61.737Effect of prior judicial order or agreement 61.739Grant of temporary caretaking authority to nonparent 61.741Grant of limited contact 61.743Nature of authority created by temporary custody order 61.745Content of temporary custody order 61.747Order for child support 61.749Modifying or terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility or limited contact to nonparent 61.761Procedure for terminating temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility 61.763Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility 61.771Relation to electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act 61.773Applicability