Terms Used In Florida Statutes > Chapter 1011 > Part I > Subpart B - Florida College System institutions: Preparation, Adoption, and Implementation of Budgets

• Adult: means an individual who has attained 18 years of age or who has had the disability of nonage removed under chapter 743. See Florida Statutes 61.703
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Caretaking authority: means the right to live with and care for a child on a day-to-day basis. See Florida Statutes 61.703
• 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
• Close and substantial relationship: means a positive relationship of substantial duration and depth in which a significant emotional bond exists between a child and a nonparent. 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
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Family member: means a sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, stepparent, or grandparent of a child or an individual recognized by the deploying parent and the other parent to be in a familial relationship with a child. See Florida Statutes 61.703
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• 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
• person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
• 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
• Return from deployment: means the conclusion of a servicemember's deployment as specified in uniformed service orders. See Florida Statutes 61.703
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.