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11 The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Lynn)
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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19 (11) "Noncustodial parent" means the parent with whom
20 the child does not maintain his or her primary residence.
21 (10)(12) "Obligee" means the person to whom payments
22 are made pursuant to an order establishing, enforcing, or
23 modifying an obligation for alimony, for child support, or for
24 alimony and child support.
25 (11)(13) "Obligor" means a person responsible for
26 making payments pursuant to an order establishing, enforcing,
27 or modifying an obligation for alimony, for child support, or
28 for alimony and child support.
29 (12) "Parenting plan" means an arrangement, taking
30 into consideration all circumstances between the parties
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1 violence, and other factors, which has been developed by the
2 parents of a minor child and approved by a court or, if the
3 parents cannot agree, established by the court, which governs
4 the relationship between the parents relating to the decisions
5 that must be made regarding the minor child. The issues
6 concerning the minor child may include, but are not limited
7 to, the child's education, health care, and physical, social,
8 and emotional well-being, and may also include a time-sharing
9 schedule.
10 (13) "Parenting plan recommendation" means a
11 nonbinding recommendation, made by a licensed mental health
12 professional or any other individual designated by a court,
13 concerning the parenting plan that will govern the
14 relationship between the parents.
15 (14) "Payor" means an employer or former employer or
16 any other person or agency providing or administering income
17 to the obligor.
18 (15) "Shared parental responsibility" means a
19 court-ordered relationship in which both parents retain full
20 parental rights and responsibilities with respect to their
21 minor child and in which both parents confer with each other
22 so that major decisions affecting the welfare of the child
23 will be determined jointly.
24 (16) "Sole parental responsibility" means a
25 court-ordered relationship in which one parent makes decisions
26 regarding the minor child.
27 (17) "State Case Registry" means the automated
28 registry maintained by the Title IV-D agency, containing
29 records of each Title IV-D case and of each support order
30 established or modified in the state on or after October 1,
31 1998. Such records shall consist of data elements as required
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1 by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
2 (18) "State Disbursement Unit" means the unit
3 established and operated by the Title IV-D agency to provide
4 one central address for collection and disbursement of child
5 support payments made in cases enforced by the department
6 pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and in cases
7 not being enforced by the department in which the support
8 order was initially issued in this state on or after January
9 1, 1994, and in which the obligor's child support obligation
10 is being paid through income deduction order.
11 (19) "Support order" means a judgment, decree, or
12 order, whether temporary or final, issued by a court of
13 competent jurisdiction or administrative agency for the
14 support and maintenance of a child which provides for monetary
15 support, health care, arrearages, or past support. When the
16 child support obligation is being enforced by the Department
17 of Revenue, the term "support order" also means a judgment,
18 decree, or order, whether temporary or final, issued by a
19 court of competent jurisdiction for the support and
20 maintenance of a child and the spouse or former spouse of the
21 obligor with whom the child is living which provides for
22 monetary support, health care, arrearages, or past support.
23 (20) "Support," unless otherwise specified, means:
24 (a) Child support and, when the child support
25 obligation is being enforced by the Department of Revenue,
26 spousal support or alimony for the spouse or former spouse of
27 the obligor with whom the child is living.
28 (b) Child support only in cases not being enforced by
29 the Department of Revenue.
30 (21) "Time-sharing schedule" means a timetable that
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1 incorporated into a parenting plan, and approved by a court
2 which specifies the time that a minor child will spend with
3 each of the child's parents. If the parents cannot agree, the
4 schedule shall be established by the court.
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8 And the title is amended as follows:
9 On page 1, lines 4-5, delete those lines
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12 F.S.; amending s. 61.046, F.S.; deleting the
13 definitions of "custodial parent" and
14 "noncustodial parent" and defining
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