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1. Mcabee v. Mcabee 259 So. 3d 134 · 4D17-3450 · 4th DCA 2018

   This opinion cites § 61.517 9 times: (1), (4), and the section generally

   · cited by 4 in all courts

   …court’s failure to communicate with the Virginia court before making a custody determination requires that we remand for further proceedings. 1 Section 61.517, Fla. Stat. (2017). Background A full recitation of the facts is necessary to demonstrate the purpose of the UCCJEA and…

2. In re D.N.H.W. 955 So. 2d 1236 · 2D06-5214 · 2nd DCA 2007

   Reversed & remanded This opinion cites § 61.517 6 times: (2), and the section generally

   · cited by 17 in all courts

   Custody orders reversed as void because Florida was not the child's home state under the UCCJEA; Alabama had initial jurisdiction.

   …at 454 (emphasis omitted). Section 61.514, titled "Initial child custody jurisdiction," provides in relevant part: (1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 61.517, a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial child custody determination only if: (a) This state is the home state of the child on the date of…

3. K.I. v. Department of Children & Families 70 So. 3d 749 · 4D11-298 · 4th DCA 2011

   Affirmed in part, reversed in part This opinion cites § 61.517 5 times: (1), (4), and the section generally

   · cited by 8 in all courts

   Virginia's emergency jurisdiction and the inconvenient-forum transfer were upheld under the UCCJEA, but remand required because the mother got no notice of the Virginia hearing.

   …Both Florida and Virginia have adopted versions of the UCCJEA and both versions include a temporary emergency jurisdiction provision. See § 61.517, Fla. Stat. (2010); Va.Code Ann. § 20-146.15 (2010). We affirm on all but one issue. Proceedings regarding the dependency of the child began in 2001 in…

4. K.D. v. In re: in the Interest of P.P., R.P., and L.P. 3D21-2420 · 3rd DCA 2022

   Reversed & remanded This opinion cites § 61.517 3 times: (1), (2)

   Dismissal of the aunt's dependency petition reversed because Florida had both temporary emergency and home state jurisdiction over the abused out-of-state children under the UCCJEA.

   … 6 emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse.” § 61.517(1), Fla. Stat. Regarding the latter exception, section 61.517(2), Florida Statutes, further provides: If there is no previous child custody…

5. N.B. v. Dep't of Children of Families 274 So. 3d 1163 · 3D18-2525 · 3rd DCA 2019

   Affirmed This opinion cites § 61.517 3 times: (1), (2)

   Termination affirmed; Florida, the home state, properly exercised UCCJEA jurisdiction after California's emergency proceeding was transferred to Florida.

   …abandoned 6 or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child ... is subjected to[,] or threatened with[,] mistreatment or abuse." § 61.517(1), Fla. Stat. (2018) ; see Cal. Fam. Code § 3424 (a) (2018); see also In re A.M. , 224 Cal.App.4th 593 , 168 Cal. Rptr. 3d 494 , 498 (2014) ; …

6. Haugabook v. Jeffcoat-Hultberg 219 So. 3d 65 · 4D16-2951 · 4th DCA 2016

   This opinion cites § 61.517 2 times: (1)

   · cited by 4 in all courts

   …his custodial parent. Further, in her answer brief, the respondent states that she “filed a Private Dependency Petition in Georgia based on Florida statutes § 61.517(1) and Georgia Code § 19-9-64.” Those two statutory provisions provide “temporary emergency jurisdiction” to the courts in each state, and are only applicable if…

7. Baker v. Tunney 201 So. 3d 1235 · 5D15-4139 · 5th DCA 2016

   This opinion cites § 61.517 1 time, the section generally

   · cited by 5 in all courts

   …Father filed a custody petition in Florida, the child’s home state, which precluded New York from exercising permanent jurisdiction in this case. See § 61.517, Fla. Stat. (2015); N.Y. Dom. Rel. Law 76-c (McKinney 2015). Absent Florida expressly relinquishing its jurisdiction to New York, both the dismissal under…

8. Edgar v. Firuta 100 So. 3d 255 · 3D11-1182 · 3rd DCA 2012

   This opinion cites § 61.517 1 time, the section generally

   · cited by 3 in all courts

   …prohibiting relocation of the children without court approval) when the Mother presented her emergency motion in 2011. North Carolina’s counterpart to section 61.517, Florida Statutes (2011), “Temporary emergency jurisdiction,” conforms to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) in all pertinent…

9. K.H. v. Department of Children & Family Services 846 So. 2d 544 · 3D01-2113 · 3rd DCA 2003

   Reversed & remanded This opinion cites § 61.517 1 time: (1)

   · cited by 2 in all courts

   Termination reversed for lack of clear and convincing evidence after a two-year delay and confusion over the case plan; jurisdiction and venue claims were rejected.

   …has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child ... is subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse." § 61.517(1), Fla. Stat. No proceedings concerning these children were brought in Virginia. Therefore the Circuit Court appears to have had jurisdiction over this…

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