Bill > S1292

This bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that equal time-sharing of a minor child is in the best interests of the child. The bill requires the court to evaluate certain factors and make specific written findings of fact when creating or modifying a time-sharing schedule, except when the parties have agreed to a time-sharing schedule and it has been approved by the court. The bill also provides that if the parents of a child are residing more than 50 miles apart at the time of the entry of the last order establishing time-sharing and a parent moves within 50 miles of the other parent, that move may be considered a substantial and material change in circumstances for the purpose of a modification to the time-sharing schedule, so long as there is a determination that the modification is in the best interests of the child.

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (S), Rules (S)

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1292