Florida Statute 61.29 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING

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61.29 Child support guidelines; principles; applicability.—

(1) The following principles establish the public policy of the State of Florida in the creation of the child support guidelines:

(a) Each parent has a fundamental obligation to support his or her minor or legally dependent child.

(b) The guidelines schedule is based on the parent’s combined net income estimated to have been allocated to the child as if the parents and children were living in an intact household.

(c) The guidelines encourage fair and efficient settlement of support issues between parents and minimizes the need for litigation.

(2) The guidelines in this section do not apply to support for a dependent adult child as defined in s. 61.1255(2)(a). The amount of support for a dependent adult child is determined by s. 61.31.

History.—s. 4, ch. 2010-199; s. 3, ch. 2023-213.

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Cases Citing Statute 61.29

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DeCespedes v. Prudence Mut. Cas. Co. of Chicago, Ill., 193 So. 2d 224 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966).

Cited 43 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

201. [7] Vance, supra, 790; 16 Couch, supra, § 61:29. [8] For cases distinguishing between the concepts

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D.M.T. v. T.M.H., 129 So. 3d 320 (Fla. 2013).

Cited 13 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 812, 2013 WL 5942278, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 2422

including possible child support payments. See § 61.29, Fla. Stat. (2012) (“The following principles establish

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Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. v. Dyess, 569 So. 2d 1293 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 150213

See 16 G. Couch, Cyclopedia of Insurance Law, § 61:29 (2d ed. 1983). While this action is controlled

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Gross v. Zimmerman, 197 So. 3d 1248 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 12070, 2016 WL 4205345

provide adequate financial support for them. See § 61.29, Fla. Stat. (2014). Thus, the presumption establishing

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Jennifer Heard v. Miguel Perales, 247 So. 3d 533 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

child support statutes. The legislature enacted section 61.29(1), Florida Statutes (2011), which declared

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Harold Gunnar Johansson v. Jacquelyn Johansson n/k/a Jacquelyn Putt, 270 So. 3d 426 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2019).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

his or her minor or legally dependent child.” § 61.29(1), Fla. Stat. (2016). Second, the child support

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State of Florida, Dep't of Revenue v. Channon C. Price & John E. Price, 182 So. 3d 782 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...and facilitate each parent’s “fundamental obligation to support his or her minor or legally dependent child” and is “based on the parent’s combined net income estimated to have been allocated to the child as if the parents and children were living in an intact household.” § 61.29, Fla....

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