This part may be cited as the “Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.”
Fla. Stat. § 61.501
Short title
Known as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
The act spans §§ 61–61 (42 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Staats v. McKinnon (2006)
Most recently applied in In re Teagan K.-O. (June 2020)
History.--s. 5, ch. 2002-65.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.