The Florida Senate

HB 663: Establishment of Paternity

GENERAL BILL by Benjamin

Establishment of Paternity; Creates presumption of legal father; authorizes certain persons to rebut such presumption by filing petition to determine paternity; provides requirements relating to petition, appointment of guardian ad litem & attorney ad litem, evidentiary hearings & trial, burden of proof, genetic testing, objections to test results, determining best interests of child, & final order determining paternity; authorizes & provides requirements for court to approve, grant, or modify parenting plan & establish child support orders.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/28/2023	House	• Filed
  12/7/2023	House	• Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
  1/9/2024	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/16/2024	House	• Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
  1/18/2024	House	• Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee • Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee • Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
  3/8/2024	House	• Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

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• HB 663, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/28/2023 at 8:44 AM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Civil Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/18/2024 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 1402	Establishment of Paternity	Jones	Identical	Last Action: 3/8/2024 S Died in Judiciary

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  61.046	Definitions.	Page 13 (pdf)
  742.092		Page 3 (pdf)

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