Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

who's jurisdiction am i?

i was a foster child for the

state of florida for many

years in that time period i

lived with a women (not a

foster mother) that was

going to adopt me, but she

got deathly sick and i had to

go back to the system. well i

moved up to tennessee

about 5 years ago to live with

my cousins, in that florida

never handed my case to

tennessee so i woild have to

call florida everytime i

needed something. about 1

year ago florida closed my

case (wasn't adopted). now

there is a problem with me

living up here and i would

like to go back to florida, to

sharon the women who had

me before. The state of

florida said there was no

need in me having to go

there DHS for this custody

change just call the court

and go with what they have

to say. so here is the

question: whos jurisdiction

do i go by florida or

tennessee's.


Asked on 9/27/06, 1:01 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Sharon Pettway Law Office of Sharon T. Pettway, P.A.

Re: who's jurisdiction am i?

It depends on whether Florida "retained jurisdiction" when they closed the case. The final order should have that information: whether the state retained or relinquished jurisdiction. The county clerk's office and the Department of Children and Families would have that information and a copy of the order.

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Answered on 9/27/06, 4:37 pm


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