FL S0438

Defines "incapacitated" as a person determined by a licensed physician or qualified professional to be unable to care for their child due to mental, physical, or other incapacity preventing informed decisions about the child's welfare

Creates a rebuttable presumption of detriment to a child when a parent or caregiver is arrested for murder, manslaughter, or attempted murder/manslaughter of the child's other parent or legal custodian

Requires shelter hearings within 24 hours when a child is taken into custody after a parent is arrested for killing or attempting to kill the child's other parent or legal custodian

Mandates that children placed in shelter following such circumstances be referred to trauma-informed therapeutic services through either a licensed private provider or state-funded program

Requires visitation supervisors in cases involving parricide or attempted parricide to receive special training in the dynamics of parricide, similar to existing requirements for child sexual abuse cases