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Attorney for Parenting Plans in West Palm Beach, FL
Florida state law requires the creation of a parenting plan, which either the parents agree to or one that is imposed by the court. The parenting plan governs parenting time with children after a divorce or paternity dispute.
At a minimum, the parenting plans must describe in adequate detail: how the parties will share and be responsible for the daily tasks associated with the upbringing of the child or children; the time-sharing schedule arrangements that specify the time that the minor child or children will spend with each parent; a designation of who will be responsible for any and all forms of health care, school-related matters, including the address to be used for school-boundary determination and registration, other activities; and the methods and technologies that the parents will use to communicate with the child or children.
It can be very difficult to modify a parenting plan, so individuals who are formulating a plan will want to make sure that all of their concerns are properly addressed in the original agreement.
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Overview of Parenting Plans in Palm Beach County
What has to be in a parenting plan?
Which factors are considered in the best interests of children?
How can parenting plan violations be punished?
Where can I find more information about parenting plans in West Palm Beach?
Required Elements of Parenting Plans in Florida
Florida Statute § 61.13(2)(b) establishes that a parenting plan approved by the court must, at a minimum:
Designate who will be responsible for: any and all forms of health care. if the court orders shared parental responsibility over health care decisions, the parenting plan must provide that either parent may consent to mental health treatment for the child; school-related matters, including the address to be used for school-boundary determination and registration; and other activities; and
Child's Best Interests in West Palm Beach Parenting Plans
Under Florida Statute § 61.13(3), the best interest of the child is the primary consideration in establishing or modifying parental responsibility and creating, developing, approving, or modifying a parenting plan, including a time-sharing schedule.
Any determination of parental responsibility, a parenting plan, or a time-sharing schedule cannot be modified without a showing of a substantial, material, and unanticipated change in circumstances and a determination that the modification is in the best interests of the child.
Determination of the best interests of the child will be made by evaluating all of the factors affecting the welfare and interests of the particular minor child and the circumstances of that family, including, but not limited to:
Palm Beach County Penalties for Parenting Plan Violations
Florida Statute § 61.13(4)(b) states that when a parent refuses to honor the other parent’s rights under the time-sharing schedule, the parent whose time-sharing rights were violated will still continue to pay any ordered child support or alimony.
If a parent refuses to honor the time-sharing schedule in the parenting plan without proper cause, the court may:
After calculating the amount of time-sharing improperly denied, award the parent denied time a sufficient amount of extra time-sharing to compensate for the time-sharing missed, and such time-sharing shall be ordered as expeditiously as possible in a manner consistent with the best interests of the child and scheduled in a manner that is convenient for the parent deprived of time-sharing;
Order the parent who did not provide time-sharing or did not properly exercise time-sharing under the time-sharing schedule to pay reasonable court costs and attorney’s fees incurred by the nonoffending parent to enforce the time-sharing schedule;
Order the parent who did not provide time-sharing or did not properly exercise time-sharing under the time-sharing schedule to attend a parenting course approved by the judicial circuit;
Order the parent who did not provide time-sharing or did not properly exercise time-sharing under the time-sharing schedule to do community service if the order will not interfere with the welfare of the child;
Order the parent who did not provide time-sharing or did not properly exercise time-sharing under the time-sharing schedule to have the financial burden of promoting frequent and continuing contact when that parent and child reside further than 60 miles from the other parent;
Upon the request of the parent who did not violate the time-sharing schedule, modify the parenting plan if modification is in the best interests of the child; and
Impose any other reasonable sanction as a result of noncompliance.
An alleged violation is also punishable by contempt of court or other remedies as the court deems appropriate, possibly resulting in fines and imprisonment.
Florida Parenting Plan Resources
Chapter 61 | Florida Statutes — Access all state laws relating to child support in parenting plans. You can find statutes that cover adjudication of obligation to support spouse or minor child unconnected with dissolution and parenting plans as well as parenting plan recommendations. Florida Statute § 61.20 covers social investigations and recommendations regarding parenting plans, while Florida Statute § 61.45 covers court-ordered parenting plans and risks of violations.
Instructions For Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.995(A), Parenting Plan — View the form used in the development of a parenting plan in Florida. When an agreement is reached, both parties must sign the parenting plan and have their signatures witnessed by a notary public or deputy clerk. The primary consideration in any parenting plan is the best interests of the child or children.
Quality Family Law | West Palm Beach Parenting Plan Lawyer
If you are attempting to create or modify a parenting plan in South Florida, it is in your best interest to make sure that you retain legal counsel.
Quality Family Law represents individuals in communities all over Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County, such as Palm Beach Gardens, Greenacres, Lake Worth, Royal Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, and many others.
Our West Palm Beach divorce attorneys can collect all of the evidence and contact the witnesses necessary to help you possibly have your petition granted.
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