Florida Florida Statutes
§ 61.723 — Nature of authority created by temporary custodial responsibility agreement
FS § 61.723Ch. 61
Statute text
View on source(1)An agreement granting custodial responsibility during deployment is temporary and terminates after the deploying parent returns from deployment unless the agreement has been terminated in a record or by a written agreement signed by both the deploying parent and the other parent, or, in the absence of such a record or agreement, by court order or under s. 61.761, or modified under s. 61.725. The agreement does not in any way create an independent, continuing right to caretaking authority, decisionmaking authority, or limited contact for an individual granted custodial responsibility.
(2)An agreed-upon nonparent granted temporary custodial responsibility or limited contact by agreement has standing only to enforce the agreement until it is terminated in a4 span class="Number">(i) Provide that the agreement will terminate according to the procedures under this part after the deploying parent returns from deployment or as otherwise agreed upon in writing or in a record by the deploying parent and the other parent.
(j)Specify which parent is required to file the agreement if the agreement must be filed with the court pursuant to s. 61.729.
(4)The omission of any item in subsection (3) does not invalidate the agreement.
Legislative history
s. 1, ch. 2018-69.