These terms have been replaced with a Parenting Plan containing a contact schedule, although people will still refer to them as “custody” and “visitation.”. Florida law provides that each parent should get one-half of the contact with the child or children. However, work schedules and the distance between parents can make 50/50 contact unworkable. 

If you are looking for “sole custody” of a child or children, you will need to have extraordinary circumstances, and the result will be a parenting plan that initially has no in-person contact of the other party with the child or children. There are some situations in which one parent gets all of the contact with the child or children, but usually the contact will be a stepped-up plan, with supervised contact at the beginning, and if certain criteria are met (clean drug test for example), the contact will become unsupervised.

Talk to us about what kind of contact you are planning for each parent to have with your child or children.

Child Custody and Visitation

These terms have been replaced with a Parenting Plan containing a contact schedule, although people will still refer to them as “custody” and “visitation.”. Florida law provides that each parent should get one-half of the contact with the child or children. However, work schedules and the distance between parents can make 50/50 contact unworkable. 

If you are looking for “sole custody” of a child or children, you will need to have extraordinary circumstances, and the result will be a parenting plan that initially has no in-person contact of the other party with the child or children. There are some situations in which one parent gets all of the contact with the child or children, but usually the contact will be a stepped-up plan, with supervised contact at the beginning, and if certain criteria are met (clean drug test for example), the contact will become unsupervised.

Talk to us about what kind of contact you are planning for each parent to have with your child or children.