Senate Bill sb0240

    Florida Senate - 2002                                   SB 240

    By Senator Villalobos





    37-204A-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to child support; creating s.

  3         61.13005, F.S.; prohibiting entry or

  4         enforcement of an order of child support in

  5         certain cases when DNA testing indicates that

  6         the person against whom the order is sought is

  7         not the child's parent; providing an effective

  8         date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 61.13005, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         61.13005  Child support proceedings; DNA testing.--In

15  any proceeding in which liability for child support is at

16  issue, an order imposing such liability may not be entered or

17  enforced when the results of DNA testing indicate that the

18  person against whom the order is sought is not the child's

19  parent, unless that person has adopted the child.

20         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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23                          SENATE SUMMARY

24    Prohibits entry or enforcement of an order of child
      support when DNA tests indicate that the person against
25    whom the order is sought is not the child's parent,
      unless that person has adopted the child.
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