The Florida Senate

¹88.191  Further duties of court and officials in the responding state.--

(1)  If, because of inaccuracies in the motion or otherwise, the court cannot obtain jurisdiction, the petitioner's representative shall inform the court of what it has done and request the court to continue the case pending receipt of more accurate information or an amended motion from the initiating court.

(2)  If the respondent or the respondent's property is not found in the circuit, and the petitioner's representative discovers that the respondent or the respondent's property may be found in another circuit of this state or in another state, it shall so inform the court. Thereupon, the petitioner's representative shall forward the documents received from the initiating state to the other circuit or to the information agency or other proper official of the other state with a request that the documents be forwarded to the proper court. All powers and duties provided by this act apply to the recipient of the documents so forwarded. If the petitioner's representative of this state forwards documents to another court, he or she shall forthwith notify the initiating court.

(3)  If the petitioner's representative has no information as to the location of the respondent or the respondent's property, it shall so inform the initiating court.

History.--s. 19, ch. 29901, 1955; s. 20, ch. 79-383; s. 133, ch. 86-220; s. 11, ch. 87-95; s. 466, ch. 95-147; s. 10, ch. 96-189.

¹Note.--Repealed July 1, 1997, by s. 10, ch. 96-189.