Get Petition To Domesticate Foreign Judgment Florida Form

The Petition to Domesticate a Foreign Judgment must set forth the terms of the original final judgment that you want the Florida court to enforce and/or modify. All documents are then filed with the clerk of the county where you or your ex-spouse or the other parent resides.

Domesticating Foreign Judgments in California Domesticating a foreign judgment in California to put it simply, is relocating a court ruling's jurisdiction. A judgment ruled, in the case under California law, can transfer from California's ruling jurisdiction to another.

As it is used in the FEFJA, “foreign” refers to any state other than Florida. You start by getting a certified copy of the judgment from the court that awarded the judgment to you. You then record the certified copy in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of any Florida county.

Domestication is a legal proceeding in an appropriate court in the jurisdiction where you want to enforce the judgment. In a domestication action, you will ask that court to give effect to your foreign judgment.

How do I Domesticate a Foreign Judgment? To request domestication of a foreign divorce decree, a petitioner must obtain a certified copy of the final divorce judgment from the originating state or country. Petitioners must then prepare and submit to the court a notarized affidavit, as well as a petition to domesticate.

FEFJA (Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgment Act) allows holders of uncollected foreign judgments to domesticate the judgment and have a writ of execution issued in the Florida County where the judgment is recorded without having to file suit or pay a filing fee.

The Clerk of the Circuit Court will then mail a notice of this recording to the debtor while recording a proof of mail service with the court. The judgment becomes enforceable and collectible within 30 days from this notice.

Costs. In addition to the fees, there are costs involved in domesticating a judgment. These costs range from $42.00 to $500 per debtor depending on the county the debtor resides in. In most cases a cost advance is collected in the amount of $500 and any amounts not applied to actual costs is refunded.