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Priority of Custody Between the Courts in Orlando, Florida Area

Did you know that dependency court takes precedence over other courts, such as domestic court and guardianship court? 

Florida Statute 39.013(4) provides: Orders entered pursuant to this chapter whic...

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What Can Happen to You If You Interfere with Timesharing of the Other Parent in the Orlando, Florida Area?

If you interfere with the timesharing of the other parent in the Orlando, Florida area, the judge can do several things to you. The judge can hold you ...

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What is the Interstate Compact on Placement of Children?

The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), as enacted by the Florida Legislature, is in section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2024).

The ICPC allows a Florida court to place a child with a p...

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Grandparents’ Rights in Lake Mary, Florida and Orlando, Florida Area

What Rights do Grandparents have in the Lake Mary, Florida Area and the Orlando, Florida Area? Grandparents have very limited rights in Florida. They are restricted to a few situations. Grandparents have rights during a Dependency Case wherein the Department of Chil...

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Types of Custody Under Florida Statute 751: Long Term Custody By An Extended Family Member in Lake Mary, Florida and Orlando, Florida Area

Florida Statute 751 deals with Temporary or Concurrent Custody by an Extended Family Member. In Florida Statute 751, it describes who may petition for custody under this statute. A relative of consanguinity within the third degree, a stepparent,or a fictive kin may petition ...

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Enjoying the Summer with Your Children in the Lake Mary, Florida and Orlando, Florida Area 

Currently, you are enjoying the summer with your children. You and your ex-spouse should have already determined according to your Parenting Plan what weeks and dates you are taking the children on vacation. This is a time to enjoy the children without school activities, suc...

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Relocation in the Lake Mary, Florida and Orlando, Florida Area

You got a new job out of state. You need to relocate. What can you do? Will your ex-spouse or the other parent in a current or prior custody case object to you moving out of state? Have you asked them? Did they say yes, or no? If they said ‘Yes,’ then you can file a Joint St...

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Drug Abuse and Custody Cases

Florida law has a presumption of fifty-fifty custody. That means each parent has the child for 182.5 days a year. The parents can have Timesharing with the child/children for one week on and one week off; four days then three days; two days then three days then two da...

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Parenting Plans and Summer Break

Summer break from school is here, which means your child or children are out of school. If you have a parenting plan, you should have delineated the timesharing schedule for the summer. It is usually customary that both parents have two consecutive weeks during the su...

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Ex Parte Emergency Motions in an the Orlando, Florida Area Child Custody Case

An Ex Parte Emergency Motion has the goal of granting temporary custody due to the threat of imminent harm to a child. When filing an ex parte emergency motion for custody in the Orlando, you must check that the motion is an emergency in the e-portal filing system. Ev...

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