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Florida Senate - 2020 SB 604 By Senator Bean 4-00839-20 2020604__ A bill to be entitled An act relating to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act;
Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 604 By the Committee on Judiciary;
and Senator Bean 590-02763-20 2020604c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act;
revising the definition of “abandoned” or “abandonment”;
revising the definition of the terms “abandoned” or “abandonment”;
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
13 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 39.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
14 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 39.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
The absence of a parent, legal custodian, or caregiver responsible for a child’s welfare who is a servicemember by reason of deployment or anticipated deployment, as defined in 50 U.S.C.
The absence of a parent, legal custodian, or caregiver responsible for a child’s welfare, who is a servicemember, by reason of deployment or anticipated deployment as defined in 50 U.S.C.
Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 39.0137, Florida Statutes, is amended, and a new subsection (3) is added to that section to read:
Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 39.0137, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (3) is added to that section, to read:
(3) The department shall ensure that the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is observed in cases where a parent, by virtue of his or her service, is unable to take custody of his or her child or appear before the court in person.
(3) The department shall ensure that the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is observed in cases where a parent, legal custodian, or caregiver responsible for a child’s welfare, by virtue of his or her service, is unable to take custody of his or her child or appear before the court in person.
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