So I was being dumb and griefing my own map with lava, (this took place on an ocean area covered in a layer of ice) and I went underwater. There was still liquid lava flowing down. I went up and poured water over all the lava on the surface, and the lava underwater only started cooling when the source blocks cooled. If I remember correctly from using a more creative items mod in 0.6.1 and grieving tons of my own maps with it, ALL lava cooled on contact with water.
Cleaning up old issues, please reply if affecting 0.9.3