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    Default Rotating Custody Amendment In Florida

    My question involves a child custody case from the State of: Florida

    My husband is possibly going back to court for a modification of child support. He took his first childs mother to court because she wouldn't give him vistation and got shared parental responsibility and visitation. Well she got upset and is using the child support enforcement agency to pursue a modification of child support. I have read online that there is an amendment in florida that if you now ask the courts for rotating custody they will give it to you unless the other party can give good reasons on why you cannot get it. Is this true? Also is there a reduction of child support when shared parental responsibility is in place? Will there be a reduction if you do get rotating custody? I have also heard that rotating cusotdy is know called equally shared residential responsibility.

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    Default Re: Rotating Custody Amendment In Florida

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    My question involves a child custody case from the State of: Florida

    My husband is possibly going back to court for a modification of child support. He took his first childs mother to court because she wouldn't give him vistation and got shared parental responsibility and visitation. Well she got upset and is using the child support enforcement agency to pursue a modification of child support. I have read online that there is an amendment in florida that if you now ask the courts for rotating custody they will give it to you unless the other party can give good reasons on why you cannot get it. Is this true? Also is there a reduction of child support when shared parental responsibility is in place? Will there be a reduction if you do get rotating custody? I have also heard that rotating cusotdy is know called equally shared residential responsibility.
    CS is based on time spent with each parent, so if the NCP has more time now (by court order) then the CS needs to be modified.

    Here is a link to the FL statutes regarding CS, custody and visitation. You'll need to read through all of chapter 61 to find the laws, but they are pretty specific:

    www.flsenate.gov/STATUTES

    For an idea of how it will all work out you can look over the state's CS Guidelines Worksheet at www.flcourts.org just click on "family law forms" and scroll down to the form for the worksheet.

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    Default Re: Rotating Custody Amendment In Florida

    Some parties with rotating custody and shared parental responsibility do not pay each other child support, because the financial responsibility is shared equally.

    Other financial factors from the final dissolution may impact the decision whether to order child support or not, but I have seen it done both ways, with and without child support, in Florida.

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    Default Re: Rotating Custody Amendment In Florida

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    My question involves a child custody case from the State of: Florida

    My husband is possibly going back to court for a modification of child support. He took his first childs mother to court because she wouldn't give him vistation and got shared parental responsibility and visitation. Well she got upset and is using the child support enforcement agency to pursue a modification of child support. I have read online that there is an amendment in florida that if you now ask the courts for rotating custody they will give it to you unless the other party can give good reasons on why you cannot get it. Is this true? Also is there a reduction of child support when shared parental responsibility is in place? Will there be a reduction if you do get rotating custody? I have also heard that rotating cusotdy is know called equally shared residential responsibility.

    Thank you for your help but I have one more question. Is it possible for him to get rotating custody if he asks for it florida now that he does have shared parental responsibility? Is the law that I asked about earlier in effect if he does want that?

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