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1. Balestrieri v. Maliska 622 So. 2d 561 · 4D93-1503 · 4th DCA 1993

   This opinion cites § 61.1304 2 times, the section generally

   · cited by 10 in all courts

   …in matters of child custody," and to have custody litigation take place in the state where the child and his family have the "closest connection." Section 61.1304(1) and (3), Fla. Stat. (1991). Requiring personal jurisdiction would not only be directly contrary to the provisions of the act authorizing long-arm service, but…

2. Johnson v. Denton 542 So. 2d 447 · 5D88-1871 · 5th DCA 1989

   This opinion cites § 61.1304 2 times, the section generally

   · cited by 5 in all courts

   …Florida Statutes (1987). Nothing in the record reflects that the court considered the application of the UCCJA to this case, as required by section 61.1304(3), Florida Statutes (1987), or that the parties were required to comply with its provisions. There is no indication in the record that the father was ever…

3. Fowler v. Weeks 467 So. 2d 1106 · DCA83-1215 · District Court of Appeal 1985

   This opinion cites § 61.1304 2 times, the section generally

   · cited by 1 in all courts

   …related purposes of the act are to avoid relitigation of custody decisions of other states and, likewise, to facilitate the enforcement of foreign decrees. § 61.1304(6), (7); § 5342(a)(6), (7). The act essentially provides that a court of this state shall recognize a custody decree of another state which acquires jurisdiction…

4. In re D.N. 858 So. 2d 1087 · 2D03-844 · 2nd DCA 2003

   Affirmed This opinion cites § 61.1304 1 time, the section generally

   · cited by 3 in all courts

   Order returning the children to their Hawaii father affirmed because the UCCJA and PKPA required enforcing his custody order; the ICPC did not override it.

   …and the PKPA, the Florida court had absolutely no authority to entertain the Department's efforts to ignore or modify the Hawaii custody order. Section 61.1304(1) states that the purposes of the UCCJA are, among other things, to avoid jurisdictional conflict with other states in matters of child custody, to assure that…

5. Kochinsky v. Moore 698 So. 2d 397 · 4D97-1034 · 4th DCA 1997

   This opinion cites § 61.1304 1 time, the section generally

   · cited by 3 in all courts

   …was adopted in Florida and most other states to prevent jurisdictional competition and conflict between the courts of other states in child custody matters. § 61.1304(1), Fla. Stat. (1995). When the court of another state enters a decree in conformity with the UCCJA, it is entitled to full recognition and enforcement in this…

6. Yon v. Fleming 595 So. 2d 573 · 4D91-1731 · 4th DCA 1992

   This opinion cites § 61.1304 1 time, the section generally

   · cited by 12 in all courts

   …section 61.1328 makes it specifically so. One of the expressed purposes of the UCCJA was to "facilitate the enforcement of custody decrees of other states." § 61.1304(7), Fla. Stat. (1991). Under section 61.1328, we are required to honor and enforce such decrees even though, as here, there is some theoretical basis under UCCJA…

7. Walt v. Walt 574 So. 2d 205 · 1D89-3026 · 1st DCA 1991

   This opinion cites § 61.1304 1 time, the section generally

   · cited by 21 in all courts

   …with the question of the child's custody, a matter already being considered by the Mississippi court, flies in the face of the purposes of the UCCJA. Section 61.1304, Florida Statutes (1989). It was exactly this kind of conflict that the act was intended to eliminate. NOTES [1] The father testified that he told his…

8. Williams v. Starnes 522 So. 2d 469 · 2D87-3346 · 2nd DCA 1988

   This opinion cites § 61.1304 1 time, the section generally

   · cited by 10 in all courts

   …avoid relitigation of child custody decisions; and facilitate enforcement of child custody decrees. [Footnote omitted.] 378 So.2d at 814 . See also § 61.1304, Fla. Stat. (1987). These same considerations and policies are equally present in intrastate custody disputes, as evidenced by the present case and the…

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