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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to designated safe exchange locations; 2
providing a short title; amending s. 61.13, F.S.; 3
requiring certain information be included in a 4
parenting plan; specifying that a parent may not be 5
found in violation of a parenting plan or time -sharing 6
schedule, or charged with a certain offense, under 7
certain circumstances; amending s. 125.01, F.S.; 8
requiring boards of county commissioners to designate 9
certain areas as safe exchange locations; providing 10
requirements for such areas; providing immunity; 11
amending s. 787.03, F.S.; prohibiting a parent of a 12
minor from being charged with the offense of 13
interference with custody under certain circumstances; 14
providing an effective date. 15
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Cassie Carli 19
Law." 20
Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 21
61.13, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsect ion (10) is 22
added to that section, to read: 23
61.13 Support of children; parenting and time -sharing; 24
powers of court.— 25
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(b) A parenting plan approved by the court must, at a 27
minimum, include all of the following information : 28
1. Describe in adequate detail how the parents will share 29
and be responsible for the daily tasks associated with the 30
upbringing of the child .; 31
2. Include The time-sharing schedule arrangements that 32
specify the time that the minor child will spend with each 33
parent. The parenting plan must state that at any time, 34
notwithstanding any provision in the agreed -upon parenting plan 35
or time-sharing schedule relating to the exchange of the child, 36
a parent may choose to exchange the child with the other parent 37
at a designated safe exchang e location as provided in s. 38
125.01(8) which is located in the same county as the originally 39
agreed-upon location or at a safe exchange location that is 40
located in an adjacent county, but only if such location is as 41
close or closer to the originally agreed -upon location.; 42
3. Designate who will be responsible for: 43
a. Any and all forms of health care. If the court orders 44
shared parental responsibility over health care decisions, the 45
parenting plan must provide that either parent may consent to 46
mental health treatment for the child. 47
b. School-related matters, including the address to be 48
used for school-boundary determination and registration. 49
c. Other activities .; and 50
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4. Describe in adequate detail the methods and 51
technologies that the parents will us e to communicate with the 52
child. 53
(10) A parent may not be found in violation of his or her 54
parenting plan or time -sharing schedule, or charged with the 55
offense of interference with the parenting plan or time -sharing 56
schedule under s. 787.03, if the paren t chooses to use a 57
designated safe exchange location in the same county as the 58
originally agreed-upon location or at a safe exchange location 59
that is located in an adjacent county, but only if such location 60
is as close or closer to the originally agreed -upon location, to 61
exchange custody of his or her child instead of a location that 62
was previously agreed to by both parents. 63
Section 3. Subsection (8) is added to section 125.01, 64
Florida Statutes, to read: 65
125.01 Powers and duties. — 66
(8)(a) A board of county commissioners shall designate at 67
least one sheriff's office, or substation thereof, as a safe 68
exchange location at which parents who have shared parental 69
responsibility of a child may meet in the parking lot to 70
exchange custody of such child. 71
(b) Each sheriff's office or substation designated as a 72
safe exchange location must install a purple light on the 73
parking lot premises so the area is identifiable as a designated 74
safe exchange location. The parking lot of each safe exchange 75
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location must be accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 76
provide adequate lighting and an external video surveillance 77
system that records continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 78
and meets the following criteria: 79
1. At least one camera is fixed on the parking lot a nd is 80
able to record the area in the vicinity of the purple light. 81
2. Recorded images must clearly and accurately display the 82
time and date. 83
3. Retains video surveillance recordings or images for at 84
least 45 days. 85
(c) A cause of action may not be bro ught against the 86
county, the sheriff, a county commissioner, or a law enforcement 87
officer or an employee of the designated safe exchange location 88
based on an incident that occurs when a parent meets in the 89
parking lot of a safe exchange location to exchang e custody of 90
his or her child. 91
Section 4. Subsection (7) is added to section 787.03, 92
Florida Statutes, to read: 93
787.03 Interference with custody. — 94
(7) A parent of a minor may not be charged with an offense 95
under this section solely for using or att empting to use a 96
designated safe exchange location, as provided in s. 125.01(8), 97
which is located in the same county as the originally agreed -98
upon location or at a safe exchange location that is located in 99
an adjacent county, but only if such location is a s close or 100
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closer to the originally agreed -upon location, to exchange 101
custody of his or her child instead of a location that was 102
previously agreed to by both parents or specified in a parenting 103
plan or time-sharing schedule. 104
Section 5. This act shall t ake effect July 1, 2023. 105