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Florida · 2026 Regular Session
S0674Grandparent Visitation Rights
Direction
Custody & supportotherAI label
↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 90%
Expands the circumstances in which grandparents can petition for court-ordered visitation with a minor child over a fit parent's objection, including new scenarios based on household residency and harm from eliminating contact, and adds a presumption favoring visitation in cases of one parent's crim
A grandparent of a minor child whose one parent is deceased, missing, or in a persistent vegetative state may petition the court for court-ordered visitation with the child under this section if: 1. The child resided in the same household as the grandparent for at least 6 months during the 12-month period immediately preceding the parent’s death, disappearance, or persistent vegetative state; 2. The child did not live in the same household as the other parent for at least 6 months during that preceding 12 month period; and 3. Eliminating the child’s contact with the grandparent would pose a
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Status: Failed
Last action
2026-03-13: Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends grandparent visitation statutes to authorize petitions in additional circumstances (e.g., specific household residency and harm thresholds when one parent is deceased/missing), creates a presumption favoring visitation in parental-death cases, and adjusts procedures for hearings and best-interest factors. Per guidelines, easier grandparent visitation over parental objection restricts the axis for custody-support/other by reducing rights of the custodial/less-obligated parent.
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