If you have a Custody or Child Support Order which were entered in another state, you will need to have the order accepted by a Florida Court before Florida can enforce the order for you. Florida Courts will recognize foreign orders, or orders of other states, once the foreign order has been domesticated in a Florida Court.

Once this is done, the Florida Court system will recognize the Order and can enforce any orders in the original judgment. Many factors, including where children reside, where the parents reside now and at the time initial pleadings were filed, will affect any issues regarding parental responsibility and time sharing in Florida Family Law Cases.

See Pulkkinen v. Pulkkinen, 36 Fla. L. Weekly D2228.

Patricia Dills is an Attorney with Martin Law Firm, P.L., whose practice
focuses in Divorce, Child Support, Family Law, and Civil Litigation. She
primarily practices in Naples, Collier County, and Fort Myers, Lee County Florida.