{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-88.3071","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 88.3071","heading":"Duties of support enforcement agency.","body":"(1) In a proceeding under this act, a support enforcement agency of this state, upon request:\n(a) Shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state;\n(b) Shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in s. 88.1011(5)(a) or (d); and\n(c) May provide services to a petitioner who is an individual not residing in a state.\n(2) A support enforcement agency that is providing services to the petitioner as appropriate shall:\n(a) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal in this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent.\n(b) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing.\n(c) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties.\n(d) Within 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written notice from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner.\n(e) Within 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written communication from the respondent or the respondent’s attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner.\n(f) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.\n(3) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:\n(a) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or\n(b) If two or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.\n(4) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.\n(5) A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to s. 88.3191.\n(6) This act does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.\nHistory.—s. 3, ch. 96-189; s. 23, ch. 97-170; s. 22, ch. 2011-92.","path":["CHAPTER 88 UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0000-0099/0088/0088.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:58:43Z","sha256":"908cd18bf27ff25c14d5da47ef5e1590dd873af2e7cab3a415b66586609de93b","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-88.3061","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-88.3081"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}