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Effect of child custody determination.§ 61.507

Chapter 61 · Part II · Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act · 2026 Florida Statutes

2 opinions cite § 61.507

  1. Arthur v. Arthur 54 So. 3d 454 · SC08-1675 · Florida Supreme Court 2010

    This opinion cites § 61.507 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 25 in all courts

    …heard. As to those persons, the determination is conclusive as to all decided issues of law and fact except to the extent the determination is modified. § 61.507, Fla. Stat. (2006). It is this portion of the UCCJEA that the First District relied upon in Martinez , the decision guiding the court’s opinion in …

  2. E.K. v. Department of Children & Family Services 874 So. 2d 720 · 2D03-5797 · 2nd DCA 2004

    Reversed & remanded This opinion cites § 61.507 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 1 in all courts

    Reversed an order compelling paternity testing of a Pennsylvania man with no Florida ties; the court lacked personal jurisdiction to determine his paternity.

    …61.503(4) of the UCCJEA, include proceedings for dependency or paternity in which the issue of legal or physical custody may appear. Furthermore, section 61.507 provides that if a person is validly served or given notice in accordance with section 61.509, and if the court has jurisdiction, the court’s child custody…

0 admin code rules cite § 61.507

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No admin code rule cites § 61.507.

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A child custody determination made by a court of this state which had jurisdiction under this part binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this state or notified in accordance with s. 61.509 or who have submitted to the jurisdiction of the court, and who have been given an opportunity to be heard. As to those persons, the determination is conclusive as to all decided issues of law and fact except to the extent the determination is modified.

History. s. 5, ch. 2002-65.