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The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) is a Uniform Act drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1997. [1] The UCCJEA has since been adopted by 49 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In the decades leading up to the 1970s child custody battles were rare, and in most cases the mother of minor children would receive custody. [5] Since the 1970s, as custody laws have been made gender-neutral, contested custody cases have increased as have cases in which the children are placed in the primary custody of the father.
This bill sought to set the policy of the state to encourage separated and divorced parents to share custody equally. It also encouraged the court, when making a parenting plan, to ensure the difference in number of days provided to each parent per year not exceed five. This bill died in committee. [37]
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At the conclusion of an hours-long hearing over several days, Leon Circuit Judge Anthony Miller ruled that Department of Children and Families’ administrators were right to take legal custody of ...
A court has denied a couple from regaining custody of their 4-year-old son after they stopped his chemotherapy in favor of using marijuana and CBD oil.
The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is a state agency of Florida.Its headquarters are at 2415 North Monroe St., Ste. 400 in Tallahassee, Florida.The department provides social services in Florida to children, adults, refugees, domestic violence victims, human trafficking victims, the homeless community, child care providers, [4] disabled people, and the elderly.
ASFA was enacted in a bipartisan manner to correct problems inherent within the foster care system that deterred adoption and led to foster care drift. Many of these problems had stemmed from an earlier bill, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, [1] although they had not been anticipated when that law was passed, as states decided to interpret that law as requiring biological ...