¹88.151  Costs and fees.--

(1)  An initiating court shall not require prior payment of either a filing fee or other court costs from the petitioner but may request the responding court to assess filing fees, attorney's fees, court costs, and other administrative costs against the respondent and include this assessment as part of the order. A responding court shall not require prior payment of a filing fee or other court costs from the petitioner, but it may direct that all filing fees, attorney's fees, court costs, and other administrative costs requested by the initiating court and those fees and costs incurred in this state when acting as a responding state, including fees for filing of pleadings, service of process, seizure of property, stenographic or duplication service, other administrative costs, or other service supplied to the respondent, be paid in whole or in part by the respondent.

(2)  The department shall impose and collect an application fee pursuant to s. 409.2567 for services provided under this chapter.

History.--s. 15, ch. 29901, 1955; s. 1, ch. 57-405; s. 16, ch. 79-383; s. 131, ch. 86-220; s. 7, ch. 88-176; s. 10, ch. 96-189.