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FL S0246
Bill
AI Summary
- Expands eligibility for grandparents to petition for court-ordered visitation by adding cases where the minor child's parents are divorced, in addition to existing grounds of one or both parents being deceased, missing, or in a persistent vegetative state
- Removes the previous requirement that grandparents demonstrate parental unfitness or significant harm to the child, replacing it with the requirement to show the parents are divorced or that one or both parents are deceased, missing, or in a persistent vegetative state
- Eliminates the existing presumption favoring grandparent visitation when one parent was held criminally or civilly liable for the death of the other parent
- Requires the court, at the final hearing, to find by clear and convincing evidence that visitation is in the best interest of the child and will not materially harm the parent-child relationship "if one exists"
- Takes effect July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Grandparent Visitation
Last Action
Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
6/16/2025
Full Bill Text
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