The Florida Senate

¹88.211  Order of support.--

(1)  If the responding court finds a duty of support, it may order the respondent to furnish support or reimbursement therefor and subject the property of the respondent to the order. The court shall enter a separate order for income deduction pursuant to chapter 61. Support orders made pursuant to this act shall require that payments be made to the local depository for forwarding to the department in IV-D cases or to the initiating jurisdiction in non-IV-D cases. The court and the petitioner's representative have the same powers and duties to enforce the order as have those of the circuit in which it was first issued. If enforcement is impossible or cannot be completed in the circuit in which the order was issued, the petitioner's representative shall prosecute the order in any circuit in which it appears that proceedings to enforce the order would be effective. The petitioner's representative shall report the results of the proceedings to the court first issuing the order.

(2)  In a judicial circuit with a work experience and job training pilot project, if the respondent is unemployed or has no income, then the court shall order the respondent to seek employment, if the respondent is able to engage in employment, and to immediately notify the court upon obtaining employment, upon obtaining any income, or upon obtaining any ownership of any asset with a value of $500 or more. If the respondent is still unemployed 30 days after any order for support, the court may order the respondent to enroll in the work experience, job placement, and job training pilot program for noncustodial parents, as established in s. 409.2565, if the respondent is eligible for entrance into the pilot program.

History.--s. 21, ch. 29901, 1955; s. 22, ch. 79-383; s. 134, ch. 86-220; s. 12, ch. 87-95; s. 16, ch. 95-222; s. 10, ch. 96-189.

¹Note.--Repealed July 1, 1997, by s. 10, ch. 96-189.