The Florida Senate

HB 1455: Family Court Reform

GENERAL BILL by Murman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gottlieb ; Lerner

Family Court Reform; provides legislative intent re developing unified family court model to facilitate comprehensive resolution of legal & nonlegal needs of children & families; authorizes Supreme Court to create system to identify individuals & families within court system; redefines term "mediation" to include voluntary mediation & presuit mediation; provides for effect of determination of child custody, etc. Amends Chs. 25, 39, 44, 61, 741, 787.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/1/2002	House	• Filed
  2/5/2002	House	• Introduced -HJ 00173
  2/7/2002	House	• Referred to Judicial Oversight (SGC); Fiscal Responsibility Council; Council for Smarter Government -HJ 00218
  2/19/2002	House	• On Committee agenda-- Judicial Oversight (SGC), 02/21/02, 8:00 am, 212-K
  2/21/2002	House	• Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Judicial Oversight (SGC); YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -HJ 00292
  2/25/2002	House	• Now in Fiscal Responsibility Council -HJ 00292
  3/7/2002	House	• On Council agenda-- Fiscal Responsibility Council, 03/08/02, 8:00 am, 212-K
  3/8/2002	House	• Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Fiscal Responsibility Council; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -HJ 00946; Now in Council for Smarter Government -HJ 00946
  3/22/2002	House	• Died in Council on Council for Smarter Government, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/HB 549 (Ch. 2002-65)

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• HB 1455, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/2/2002 at 1:05 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Fiscal Responsibility Council (Post-Meeting) 3/7/2002 (pdf) Fiscal Responsibility Council (Post-Meeting) 3/8/2002 (pdf) Judicial Oversight (Post-Meeting) 2/13/2002 (pdf) Judicial Oversight (Post-Meeting) 2/21/2002 (pdf)

  Related Bills (4)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 549 (e3)		Cantens	Compare	Last Action: 4/22/2002 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2002-65 Location:
  S 1226 (e1)	Family Court Reform	Children and Families	Compare	Last Action: 3/22/2002 H Died in Council on Fiscal Responsibility Council, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/HB 549 (Ch. 2002-65), SB 716 (Ch. 2002-55) Location:
  S 1312 (e1)	Child Custody Jurisdiction/Enforce.	Campbell	Compare	Last Action: 3/20/2002 S Substituted CS/HB 549 -SJ 01052; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/HB 549 (Ch. 2002-65) Location:
  S 1648 (c1)	Public Records/Judicial/Social Sec.	Burt	Compare	Last Action: 3/22/2002 H Died in Committee on Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC) Location:

  Committee Amendments (2)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  601347 - Amendment	Judicial Oversight	2/25/2002 1:05 PM		Web Page PDF
  740767 - Amendment to Amendment (601347)		3/8/2002 2:17 PM		Web Page PDF

  Citations - Statutes (84)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  25.375
  39.013	Procedures and jurisdiction; right to counsel.
  39.502	Notice, process, and service.
  39.521	Disposition hearings; powers of disposition.
  44.1011	Definitions.
  44.102	Court-ordered mediation.
  61.053
  61.054
  61.09	Alimony and child support unconnected with dissolution.
  61.10	Adjudication of obligation to support spouse or minor child unconnected with dissolution; child custody, child's primary residence, and visitation.
  61.13	Custody and support of children; visitation rights; power of court in making orders.
  61.1302	Short title.
  61.1304	Purposes of act; construction of provisions.
  61.1306	Definitions relating to Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.
  61.1308	Jurisdiction.
  61.131	Notice and opportunity to be heard.
  61.1312	Notice to persons outside this state; submission to jurisdiction.
  61.1314	Simultaneous proceedings in other states.
  61.1316	Inconvenient forum.
  61.1318	Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct.
  61.132	Information under oath to be submitted to the court.
  61.1322	Additional parties.
  61.1324	Appearance of parties and the child.
  61.1326	Binding force and res judicata effect of custody decree.
  61.1328	Recognition of out-of-state custody decrees.
  61.133	Modification of custody decree of another state.
  61.1332	Filing and enforcement of custody decree of another state.
  61.1334	Registry of out-of-state custody decrees and proceedings.
  61.1336	Certified copies of custody decree.
  61.1338	Taking testimony in another state.
  61.134	Hearings and studies in another state; orders to appear.
  61.1342	Assistance to courts of other states.
  61.1344	Preservation of documents for use in other states.
  61.1346	Request for court records of another state.
  61.1348	International application.
  61.183	Mediation of certain contested issues.
  61.19	Entry of judgment of dissolution of marriage, delay period.
  61.191	Application.
  61.501
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  61.509
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  741.24	Civil action against parents; willful destruction or theft of property by minor.
  741.30	Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement.
  772.115
  787.03	Interference with custody.

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