Establishment of support order.
F.S. 88.4011
in effect(1)
If a support order entitled to recognition under this act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:
(a)
The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or
(b)
The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.
(2)
The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:
(a)
A presumed father of the child;
(b)
Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
(c)
Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;
(d)
An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
(e)
Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
(f)
An acknowledged father as provided in s. 382.013, s. 382.016, or s. 742.10;
(g)
The mother of the child; or
(h)
An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
(3)
Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to s. 88.3051.
Source: FL Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/Chapter88/AllFetched: 7/8/2026