753.03 – Standards for Supervised Visitation and Supervised Exchange Programs.
753.03 Standards for supervised visitation and supervised exchange programs.— (1) Within existing funds from the department, the clearinghouse shall develop standards for supervised visitation programs in order to ensure the safety and quality of each program. Standards must be uniform for all the programs and must address the purposes, policies, standards of practice, program content, security measures, […]
753.04 – Interim Minimum Standards for Supervised Visitation Programs.
753.04 Interim minimum standards for supervised visitation programs.— (1) Until the standards for supervised visitation and supervised exchange programs are developed pursuant to this chapter and a certification and monitoring process is fully implemented, each supervised visitation program must have an agreement with the court and comply with the Minimum Standards for Supervised Visitation Programs Agreement adopted […]
753.05 – Referrals Involving Child Sexual Abuse.
753.05 Referrals involving child sexual abuse.— (1) Any supervised visitation program that wishes to accept referrals involving child sexual abuse must have an agreement with the court and a current affidavit of compliance on file with the chief judge of the circuit in which the program is located affirming that the program has agreed to comply with […]
751.04 – Notice and Opportunity to Be Heard.
751.04 Notice and opportunity to be heard.—Before a decree is made under this chapter, reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard must be given to the parents of the minor child by service of process, either personal or constructive. History.—s. 5, ch. 93-104; s. 6, ch. 2010-30.
751.05 – Order Granting Temporary or Concurrent Custody.
751.05 Order granting temporary or concurrent custody.— (1) At the hearing on the petition for temporary or concurrent custody, the court must hear the evidence concerning a minor child’s need for care by the petitioner, all other matters required to be set forth in the petition, and the objections or other testimony of the child’s parents, if […]
752.001 – Definitions.
752.001 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Grandparent” shall include great-grandparent. (2) “Missing” means having whereabouts which are unknown for a period of at least 90 days and not being able to be located after a diligent search and inquiry. Such search and inquiry for a missing person must include, at a minimum, inquiries of all […]
752.011 – Petition for Grandparent Visitation With a Minor Child.
752.011 Petition for grandparent visitation with a minor child.—A grandparent of a minor child whose parents are deceased, missing, or in a persistent vegetative state, or whose one parent is deceased, missing, or in a persistent vegetative state and whose other parent has been convicted of a felony or an offense of violence evincing behavior that […]
752.015 – Mediation of Visitation Disputes.
752.015 Mediation of visitation disputes.—It is the public policy of this state that families resolve differences over grandparent visitation within the family. It is the further public policy of this state that, when families are unable to resolve differences relating to grandparent visitation, the family participate in any formal or informal mediation services that may be […]
747.033 – Oath.
747.033 Oath.—Every conservator, before exercising his or her authority as conservator, shall take oath that he or she will faithfully perform his or her duties as conservator and will render true accounts whenever required according to law, which oath may be administered by any officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of this state. Such […]
752.02 – Persons Who Must Be Served Notice of Petition; Manner of Service.
752.02 Persons who must be served notice of petition; manner of service.—Notice of the filing of, and a copy of, the petition for grandparental visitation rights shall be served on the parents of the minor child in the manner prescribed by chapter 48. History.—s. 1, ch. 84-64; s. 64, ch. 85-62.