Title: Grandparent Visitation

Summary: Providing additional grounds for awarding a grandparent visitation with a grandchild, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to grandparent visitation; amending s. 752.01, F.S.; providing additional grounds for awarding a grandparent visitation with a grandchild; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 752.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 752.01 Action by grandparent for right of visitation; when petition shall be granted.  (1) The court shall, upon petition filed by a grandparent of a minor child, award reasonable rights of visitation to the grandparent with respect to the child if when it is in the best interest of the minor child and if:(a) The marriage of the parents of the child has been dissolved; (b) The parent of the child who is the son or daughter of the grandparent is deceased and the grandparent had a relationship with the child before the death of the parent; (c) (b)  A parent of the child has deserted the child; or (d) (c)  The minor child was born out of wedlock and not later determined to be a child born within wedlock as provided in s. 742.091. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.