769.303 – Application of law of this state.
769.303 Application of law of this state. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall do all of the following: (1) Apply the procedural and substantive law, including the rules on choice of law, generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and […]
769.304 – Duties of initiating tribunal.
769.304 Duties of initiating tribunal. (1) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state, or, if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the […]
769.206 – Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.
769.206 Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. (1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce any of the following: (a) The order, if the order is the […]
769.207 – Determination of controlling child support order.
769.207 Determination of controlling child support order. (1c) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the child support order of that tribunal is controlling and must be recognized. (1m) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter, and 2 or more child support orders […]
769.208 – Child support orders for 2 or more obligees.
769.208 Child support orders for 2 or more obligees. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of 2 or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a […]
769.201 – Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.
769.201 Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (1m) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual, or the individual’s guardian or conservator, if any of the following applies: (a) The individual is personally served […]
769.202 – Duration of personal jurisdiction.
769.202 Duration of personal jurisdiction. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order […]
769.203 – Initiating and responding tribunal of this state.
769.203 Initiating and responding tribunal of this state. Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country. History: 1993 a. 326; 2009 a. 321; 2015 a. […]
769.204 – Simultaneous proceedings.
769.204 Simultaneous proceedings. (1) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if all of the following apply: (a) The petition or comparable pleading in this […]
769.205 – Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order.
769.205 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order. (1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and any of the following applies: […]