Bill Text: FL S0582 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grandparent Visitation [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs [S0582 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0582-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 582 
 
By Senator Fasano 
11-00312-10                                            2010582__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to grandparent visitation; amending s. 
3         752.01, F.S.; providing additional grounds for 
4         awarding a grandparent visitation with a grandchild; 
5         providing an effective date. 
6 
7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
8 
9         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 752.01, Florida 
10  Statutes, is amended to read: 
11         752.01 Action by grandparent for right of visitation; when 
12  petition shall be granted.— 
13         (1) The court shall, upon petition filed by a grandparent 
14  of a minor child, award reasonable rights of visitation to the 
15  grandparent with respect to the child if when it is in the best 
16  interest of the minor child and if: 
17         (a) The marriage of the parents of the child has been 
18  dissolved; 
19         (b) The parent of the child who is the son or daughter of 
20  the grandparent is deceased and the grandparent had a 
21  relationship with the child before the death of the parent; 
22         (c)(b) A parent of the child has deserted the child; or 
23         (d)(c) The minor child was born out of wedlock and not 
24  later determined to be a child born within wedlock as provided 
25  in s. 742.091. 
26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.