Entries by Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-Law

Section 61.527, Florida Statutes

Temporary visitation.— (1)A court of this state which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing: (a)A visitation schedule made by a court of another state; or (b)The visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state which does not provide for a specific visitation schedule. […]

Section 61.526, Florida Statutes

Duty to enforce.— (1)A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised jurisdiction in substantial conformity with this part or the determination was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdictional standards of this part and the determination has not been […]

Section 61.524, Florida Statutes

Definitions.— As used in ss. 61.524-61.540, the term: (1)“Petitioner” means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody determination. (2)“Respondent” means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced for enforcement […]

Section 61.522, Florida Statutes

Information to be submitted to the court.— (1)Subject to Florida law providing for the confidentiality of procedures, addresses, and other identifying information in a child custody proceeding, each party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall give information, if reasonably ascertainable, under oath as to the child’s present address or whereabouts, the […]

Section 61.521, Florida Statutes

Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct.— (1)Except as otherwise provided in s. 61.517 or by other law of this state, if a court of this state has jurisdiction under this part because a person seeking to invoke its jurisdiction has engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court shall decline to exercise its jurisdiction unless: (a)The parents […]

Section 61.519, Florida Statutes

Simultaneous proceedings.— (1)Except as otherwise provided in s. 61.517, a court of this state may not exercise its jurisdiction under ss. 61.514-61.524 if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a proceeding concerning the custody of the child had been commenced in a court of another state having jurisdiction substantially in conformity with […]