Empowering Fathers for Parental Responsibility | New Florida Paternity Rights 2023
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2023
- Legal Lotus, Miami Trial & Family Lawyers
Summary
This video discusses a recent change in the law regarding paternity rights for fathers. Before July 1st, fathers had to open a court case to establish paternity and have rights to their child. Now, fathers can bypass the court case by signing a certification of paternity. This gives fathers equal rights to the child and prevents mothers from leaving with the child without consent.
Highlights
👨👧 Fathers can now establish paternity and have rights to their child without opening a court case.
⚖️ Previously, fathers had to open a court case to establish paternity and gain parental rights.
🆕 Now, a new certification process allows fathers to have the same level of rights as if they were married.
🤝 This change gives fathers an equal playing field on rights to children but does not establish a time-sharing plan.
📝 By signing a certification of paternity, fathers have the same level of rights as if they were married.
🔄 The change in the law aims to create a more equal playing field for fathers in terms of parental rights.
💼 Opening a court case to establish paternity can be time-consuming and expensive, so the certification option is more efficient.
🚫 Mothers can no longer pick up and leave with the child without the father's consent once paternity is certified.
💼 The certification process makes exercising fatherly rights easier, more efficient, and cost-effective.
📚 The law's interpretation may evolve over time, and updates will be provided as court actions clarify the new rules.
📃 The new law does not establish a time sharing plan, but it helps fathers exercise their rights to their child.
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All 50 states should have this new law ..
When I lived in New Jersey, going to college at a time, I told him about my experience when I was in the army while being stationed at Fort Drum, New York, where the way I was treated in family court. I was working internship in Family Court while in college, and they told me well that’s just how it is if we change the system, children are gonna be harmed. I told him that’s the opposite and I showed him the research and they claim that’s just one research.
We've had that in Illinois since 1998, called a Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity. Works as a court order. But still had to open a case to set parenting time/support.
Wow Illinois is ahead of the game! Sounds like the same process we now have in Florida. I think it's going to be a great change :)
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What happens if the father does not show up or is not involved in the child’s life. There is a time sharing and paternity in place but he never helps and the minor is now 4. How can a mother get sole custody
My question is, is the new law retroactive? For example, i am on the birth certificate and their mother and i filed the acknowledgement of paternity at the hospital. Under this new law do i have equal rights? Or do i still have to jump through all the hoops we had to before? And yes ma'am, i know your just answering questions and not giving legal advice or offering legal services. 😂 just wanting a hypothetical. Thanks, and Have a nice day!
I have a current problem.
Child lives with grandparent as of current.
Mom in jail.
I as father have a DNA establishing me as child father.
DCF in now involved with grandparent.
DCF found out grandparent has no custody or rights to child.
As of now we don't know if I can just go get child with out getting into legal trouble.
No one is trying to help me.
What if im a single father with my son in usa and mom is from another country and got marriage rights through me?
After we fill out the DH-432 form how do you go about filing it?
Hi Zach! Thank you for visiting my page 😄
I can’t give you legal advice, as I am not your attorney. But I can tell you that the form states to have it sent to the office of Vidal Statics at the address listed on the back of the form
www.floridahealth.gov/certificates/certificates/birth/_documents/DH_432_Ack_Paternity.pdf
Hope that helps!
Good law. We also need the same in India
If the mom has 80/20 custody can someone get 50/50 with this new law?
Hi!! Thank you for your comment...I can't give you legal advice as I am not your attorney, but the new law applies when timesharing is being established--there is now a presumption that it should be split between the parents 50/50; and father's now can establish rights with first filing for paternity.
Courts establish the final plan based on other factors...It sounds like for your case, timesharing has already been established...which can be modified at any time on a showing of a change of circumstance and that the change is in the best interest of the child. Typical example: when parents established a timesharing plan of, for example, 80/20, the parent with the 20% had a work schedule that was difficult to care for the child, worked late at night, couldn't help with school work, pick up child from school etc. That parent now has a new job or schedule that would allow time to care for child and would be in the best interest of the child to spend that time with the parent...this would be an example of a timesharing schedule that maybe modified
If the time sharing can be modified based on the job does that then mean so can the support?
I'm the mother and my baby daddy walked out on me almost three months ago and is ghosting us till this day my question is should I just leave things the way they are or should I file for custody even tho I have custody at the moment since we aren't married and if I file for custody here in Florida it's 50/50 correct can he refuse to see his kids or will the judge tell him it's his responsibility. How does this all go