eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 751.011. Definitions.  


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  • 1As used in this chapter, the term:
    8(1) 9“Concurrent custody” means that an eligible extended family member is awarded custodial rights to care for a child concurrently with the child’s parent or parents.
    34(2) 35“Extended family member” means a person who is:
    43(a) 44A relative of a minor child within the third degree by blood or marriage to the parent;
    61(b) 62The stepparent of a minor child if the stepparent is currently married to the parent of the child and is not a party in a pending dissolution, separate maintenance, domestic violence, or other civil or criminal proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction involving one or both of the child’s parents as an adverse party; or
    118(c) 119An individual who qualifies as “fictive kin” as defined in s. 13039.01131.
History.-s. 2, ch. 93-104; s. 4, ch. 96-305; s. 2, ch. 2006-167; s. 3, ch. 2010-30; s. 2, ch. 2020-146.

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