(1) Except for an agreement under s. 61.723, or as otherwise provided in subsection (2), and consistent with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, Title 50, Appendix U.S.C. ss. 501 et seq., a court may modify or terminate a temporary grant of custodial responsibility on motion of a deploying parent, other parent, or any nonparent granted caretaking authority if the modification or termination is consistent with this part and is in the best interest of the child. A modification is temporary and terminates after the deploying parent returns from deployment, unless the grant has been terminated before that time by court order.
(2) The court shall terminate a grant of limited contact on motion of a deploying parent.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2018-69.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure
Chapter 61 - Dissolution of Marriage; Support; Time-Sharing
Part IV - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act (Ss. 61.703-61.773)
61.705 - Remedies for noncompliance.
61.709 - Notice requirement for deploying parent.
61.711 - Duty to notify of change of address.
61.713 - General consideration in custody proceeding of parent’s service.
61.721 - Form of temporary custodial responsibility agreement.
61.723 - Nature of authority created by temporary custodial responsibility agreement.
61.725 - Modification of agreement.
61.729 - Filing custodial responsibility agreement or power of attorney with court.
61.733 - Proceeding for temporary custody order.
61.735 - Testimony by electronic means.
61.737 - Effect of prior judicial order or agreement.
61.739 - Grant of temporary caretaking authority to nonparent.
61.741 - Grant of limited contact.
61.743 - Nature of authority created by temporary custody order.
61.745 - Content of temporary custody order.
61.747 - Order for child support.
61.761 - Procedure for terminating temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility.
61.763 - Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility.
61.771 - Relation to electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.