Dependency Law Finder

1. D.S. v. Department of Children & Families 888 So. 2d 85 · 5D03-3491 · 5th DCA 2004

   Reversed & remanded This opinion cites § 61.1314 3 times, the section generally

   · cited by 2 in all courts

   Termination judgment void because Connecticut remained the home state and had not relinquished jurisdiction; Florida had only emergency jurisdiction for shelter.

   … (1996) and cases cited therein at 949, n. 5. Thus, the jurisdiction of the Connecticut court continues until it is relinquished by the Connecticut court. 61.1314, Fla. Stat. (2001); Yurgel v. Yurgel, 572 So.2d 1327 (Fla.1990). Here, although the lower court found that the Connecticut court had refused to accept…

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

   This opinion cites § 61.1314 2 times, the section generally

   · cited by 12 in all courts

   …to confer and communicate with regard to a decision as to which of them is the more appropriate forum to wage the custody/support contest. Similarly, section 61.1314 requires a court, upon learning of simultaneous proceedings in another state, to confer with the other court and, in some circumstances, to stay its own…

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

   Affirmed This opinion cites § 61.1314 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.

   …Act (UCCJA), §§ 61.1302-.1348, Fla. Stat. (2001), which controls disputes between states concerning child custody orders. D.N. specifically cited section 61.1314, which states in pertinent part: A court of this state shall not exercise its jurisdiction under this act if, at the time the petition is filed, a…

4. D.M. v. J.D.M. ex rel. C.F. 814 So. 2d 1112 · 4D01-4553 · 4th DCA 2002

   Reversed This opinion cites § 61.1314 1 time, the section generally

   Denial of transfer of the dependency case to the child's home county reversed as an abuse of discretion because of the mother's forum shopping after ten years of custody litigation.

   …filed, a proceeding concerning the custody of the child is pending in another state exercising jurisdiction substantially in conformance with the act. See § 61.1314(1), Fla. Stat. (2001). The UCCJA expresses a principle of priority whose purpose is to prevent forum-shopping and the constant flight of children to…

5. D.M. v. J.D.M. ex rel. C.F. 814 So. 2d 1112 · 4D01-4553-2 · 4th DCA 2002

   Reversed This opinion cites § 61.1314 1 time, the section generally

   · cited by 7 in all courts

   Denial of transfer of the dependency case to the child's home county reversed as an abuse of discretion because of the mother's forum shopping after ten years of custody litigation.

   …filed, a proceeding concerning the custody of the child is pending in another state exercising jurisdiction substantially in conformance with the act. See § 61.1314(1), Fla. Stat. (2001). The UC-CJA expresses a principle of priority whose purpose is to prevent forum-shopping and the constant flight of children to…

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

   This opinion cites § 61.1314 1 time, the section generally

   · cited by 5 in all courts

   …father filed the emergency petition in Arkansas, the Florida court had not exercised jurisdiction substantially in conformity with our version of the UCCJA. § 61.1314, Fla. Stat. (1987). The trial court should have declined to exercise jurisdiction over HRS's petition for dependency. While the trial court could have…

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