Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1686
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/22/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Thrasher) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 65 - 77
    4  and insert:
    5         (1) A parent who is convicted of abusing, abandoning, or
    6  neglecting a minor child as defined in s. 39.01, committing a
    7  violation of s. 827.03 against the child, or sexually abusing
    8  the minor child as defined in s. 39.01, shall lose all right to
    9  the intestate succession in any part of the child’s estate and
   10  all rights to administer the estate of the child, unless a court
   11  determines that the parent and child had subsequently reconciled
   12  and the parent-child relationship was restored.
   13         (2) If a parent is disqualified from taking a distributive
   14  share in the decedent’s estate under this section, the
   15  decedent’s estate shall be distributed as though the parent had
   16  predeceased the decedent.
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   18  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   19         And the title is amended as follows:
   20         Delete lines 9 - 12
   21  and insert:
   22         732.8025, F.S.; providing that a parent who is
   23         convicted of specified offenses against a minor child
   24         shall lose all right to the intestate succession in
   25         the child’s estate and all right to administer the
   26         estate; providing an exception if a court determines
   27         that the parent-child relationship was subsequently
   28         restored;