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Florida · 2025 Regular Session
H1589Family Law Proceedings
Direction
Custody & supportcustody parenting timeAI label
↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 80%
Requires specific written findings on abuse allegations when a parent retains parental responsibility or time-sharing, and strengthens the rebuttable presumption of equal time-sharing (which can only be overcome by preponderance of evidence that it is not in the child's best interest), so more equal
Unless otherwise provided in this section or agreed to by the parties, there is a rebuttable presumption that equal time-sharing of a minor child is in the best interests of the minor child. To rebut this presumption, a party must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that equal time-sharing is not in the best interests of the minor child.
↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 80%
Requires the court to consider evidence of domestic violence or child abuse as evidence of detriment to the child even without a conviction or injunction, and creates a rebuttable presumption against shared responsibility or time-sharing for certain convictions involving domestic violence or sex-off
Whether or not there is a conviction of any offense of domestic violence or child abuse or the existence of an injunction for protection against domestic violence, the court shall consider evidence of domestic violence or child abuse as evidence of detriment to the child.
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Status: Failed
Last action
2025-06-16: Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends family law statutes on dissolution and child support/parenting to add procedural requirements for records in abuse/neglect cases, allow jury trials in dissolution, mandate specific judicial findings on abuse allegations when parental responsibility is retained, strengthen the presumption of equal time-sharing, and adjust presumptions and considerations around domestic violence or certain convictions in custody and time-sharing decisions. These changes affect the custody-parenting-time and domestic-violence-custody subtags of custody-support with mixed directions on the axis of
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