Florida Statutes 61.713 – General consideration in custody proceeding of parent’s service
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 61.713
- 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
- 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
- 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- Servicemember: means a member of a uniformed service. See Florida Statutes 61.703
In a proceeding for custodial responsibility of a child of a servicemember, a court may not consider a parent’s past deployment or possible future deployment in determining the best interest of the child.