(1) After a deploying parent returns from deployment, a deploying parent and the other parent may file with the court an agreement to terminate a temporary order for custodial responsibility.
(2) After an agreement has been filed, it shall terminate:
(a) On the date specified on an agreement to terminate under subsection (1); or
(b) On the date the agreement is signed by the deploying parent and the other parent if the agreement to terminate does not specify a date.
(3) In the absence of an agreement to terminate under subsection (1), a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility automatically terminates 30 days after the deploying parent gives notice of return from deployment to the other parent.
(4) If a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility was filed with a court pursuant to s. 61.729, an agreement to terminate must be filed with the court within a reasonable time after the deploying parent and other parent sign the agreement. The case number and heading of the case concerning custodial responsibility or child support must be provided to the court with the agreement to terminate.
(5) A proceeding seeking to prevent termination of a temporary order for custodial responsibility is governed by general law.
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.