Terms Used In Florida Statutes 61.725

  • Child: means :
    (a) An individual who has not attained 18 years of age and who has not had the disability of nonage removed under chapter 743; or
    (b) An adult son or daughter by birth or adoption, or designated by general law, who is the subject of a court order concerning custodial responsibility. See Florida Statutes 61.703
  • Custodial responsibility: includes all powers and duties relating to caretaking authority and decisionmaking authority for a child. See Florida Statutes 61.703
  • Deploying parent: means a servicemember who is deployed or has been notified of impending deployment and is:
    (a) A parent of a child; or
    (b) An individual who has custodial responsibility for a child. See Florida Statutes 61.703
  • Deployment: means the movement or mobilization of a servicemember for less than 18 months pursuant to uniformed service orders that:
    (a) Are designated as unaccompanied;
    (b) Do not authorize dependent travel; or
    (c) Otherwise do not permit the movement of family members to the location to which the servicemember is deployed. See Florida Statutes 61.703
  • Nonparent: means an individual other than a deploying parent or other parent. See Florida Statutes 61.703
  • Record: means information that is created in a tangible medium or stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Florida Statutes 61.703
  • writing: includes handwriting, printing, typewriting, and all other methods and means of forming letters and characters upon paper, stone, wood, or other materials. See Florida Statutes 1.01

(1) The parents of a child may modify an agreement granting temporary custodial responsibility by mutual consent and without the consent of any nonparent.
(2) If an agreement is modified before deployment of a deploying parent, the modification must be in writing and signed by both parents and, if applicable, any agreed-upon nonparent granted temporary custodial responsibility under the modified agreement.
(3) If an agreement is modified during deployment of a deploying parent, the modification must be agreed to in a record by both parents and, if applicable, any agreed-upon nonparent granted temporary custodial responsibility under the modified agreement.