Terms Used In Florida Statutes 61.743

  • Caretaking authority: means the right to live with and care for a child on a day-to-day basis. See Florida Statutes 61.703
  • Court: means the court of legal jurisdiction. 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
  • Decisionmaking authority: means the power to make important decisions regarding a child, including decisions regarding the child's education, religious training, health care, extracurricular activities, and travel. 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
  • Limited contact: means the authority of a nonparent to visit a child for a limited time. See Florida Statutes 61.703
  • Nonparent: means an individual other than a deploying parent or other parent. See Florida Statutes 61.703
  • Other parent: means an individual who, in addition to a deploying parent, is:
    (a) A parent of a child; or
    (b) An individual who has custodial responsibility for a child. 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

(1) A grant of authority is temporary and terminates after the deploying parent returns from deployment unless the grant has been terminated before the return of the deploying parent in a record or by a written agreement signed by both the deploying parent and the other parent, or, in the absence of such a record or agreement, by court order. The grant does not create any independent, continuing right to caretaking authority, decisionmaking authority, or limited contact to an individual granted temporary custody.
(2) A nonparent granted temporary caretaking authority, decisionmaking authority, or limited contact has standing only to enforce the grant until it is terminated in a record or by a written agreement signed by both the deploying parent and the other parent, or, in the absence of such a record or agreement, by court order or under this part.
(3) If a grant of temporary authority is terminated in a record or by a written agreement signed by both the deploying parent and the other parent, a copy of the termination record or agreement shall be filed with the court and the temporary custody order shall be modified to reflect the termination. Thereafter, the deploying parent and the other parent may agree on alternative arrangements for custodial responsibility in compliance with s. 61.721, or either parent may seek an alternative arrangement for custodial responsibility under s. 61.749.
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