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2017 Florida Statutes
SECTION 6031
Effect of registration for enforcement.
Effect of registration for enforcement.
88.6031 Effect of registration for enforcement.—
(1) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.
(2) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
History.—s. 6, ch. 96-189; s. 46, ch. 2011-92.