FL H0385

Cited as the "Cassie Carli Law," requiring courts to designate neutral safe exchange locations for the custody exchange of minor children when there is a risk or imminent threat of harm to a parent or child, effective July 1, 2024.

Each Florida sheriff must designate at least one parking lot at the sheriff's office or substation as a neutral safe exchange location, marked with a purple light or sign, accessible 24/7, with adequate lighting and continuous external video surveillance that retains recordings for at least 45 days.

Parenting plans approved by the court must now include designated authorized locations for child exchanges, unless both parents agree otherwise in writing; courts may require exchanges at neutral safe exchange locations or supervised visitation program sites upon finding a risk of harm and that it serves the child's best interests.

Court-ordered injunctions for protection against domestic violence must designate that child exchanges occur at a neutral safe exchange location or supervised visitation program site when temporary time-sharing is awarded to the respondent and the court determines it is in the child's best interests.

Counties, sheriffs, law enforcement officers, and employees of designated safe exchange locations are granted immunity from civil liability for any act or omission relating to incidents arising from child exchanges at these locations.