The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
|
||||||
|
. . . court-appointed mental health practitioner or other professional designated pursuant to either section 61.20 or 61.401 . . .
. . . comment filed pertaining to this proposal raised the concern that this language is contrary to section 61.401 . . . As pointed out by the comment, section 61.401, Florida Statutes (2016), provides: In an action for dissolution . . .
. . . . § 61.401, Fla. Stat. (2016). . . .
. . . You may also want to contact the Guardian ad Litem Program office in your area or see sections 61.401 . . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401 and 61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult section 61.401 and 61.405, Florida Statutes. . . .
. . . You may also want to contact the Guardian ad Litem Program office in your area or see sections 61.401 . . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401 and 61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult section 61.401 and 61.405, Florida Statutes. . . .
. . . error where trial court allowed guardian ad litem to question witnesses at trial contrary to sections 61.401 . . . CONCLUSION The Florida Legislature may wish to amend section 61.401, Florida Statutes (2013), to require . . . court abused its discretion in failing to appoint a guardian ad litem where not required by section 61.401 . . . Section 61.401, Florida Statutes (2013), states: In an action for dissolution of marriage or for the . . .
. . . Section 61.401, Florida Statutes (2010), makes it abundantly clear that the guardian ad litem is to “ . . . See § 61.401, Fla. Stat. (2010). See also Perez v. Perez, 769 So.2d 389 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999). . . . court’s allowance of the guardian ad litem to question witnesses at trial was contrary to sections 61.401 . . .
. . . court-appointed mental health practitioner or other professional designated pursuant to either section 61.20 or 61.401 . . .
. . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult section 61.401 and 61.405, Florida Statutes. . . .
. . . court-appointed mental health practitioner or other professional designated pursuant to either section 61.20 or 61.401 . . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401 and 61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult section 61.401 and 61.405, Florida Statutes. . . .
. . . You may also want to contact the Guardian ad Litem Program office in your area or see sections 61.401 . . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401 and 61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult section 61.401 and 61.405, Florida Statutes. . . .
. . . . § 61.401, Fla. Stat. (2001). The wife did not object to Etter’s appointment. . . . litem to act as next friend of the child, investigator or evaluator, not as attorney or advocate.” § 61.401 . . . Fla. 3d DCA 1995)(citing Senate Judiciary Civil Committee of Florida Staff Analysis on S.B. 110 [§§ 61.401 . . .
. . . . § 61.401, Fla. Stat. (2004). . . .
. . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . .
. . . See § 61.401, Fla. Stat. (2003). . . .
. . . See also § 61.401, Fla. . . .
. . . However, we direct the trial court’s attention to section 61.401, Florida Statutes (2001), should any . . .
. . . the outcome of a case by a guardian ad litem, who is neither an expert nor a judicial officer, see §§ 61.401 . . .
. . . Section 61.401, Florida Statutes (2000), clearly distinguishes between guardians ad litem and legal counsel . . .
. . . You may also want to contact the Guardian ad Litem Program office in your area or see sections 61.401 . . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult section 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . .
. . . act as next friend of the child, investigator or evaluator, not as attorney or advocate,” in section 61.401 . . . When first passed by the Florida Legislature, section 61.401 Florida Statutes (Supp.1990), as pertinent . . . Section 61.401 was amended to read: Appointment of guardian ad litem. — In an- action for dissolution . . . (amending § 61.401, Fla. Stat. (1993))(emphasis added). . . . (amending § 61.401, Fla. Stat. (1993))(emphasis added). . . . In fact, Section 61.401, Florida Statutes (1997) specifically provides that the role of a guardian ad . . . Section 61.401 states that the guardian shall not act as an advocate and the Guardian’s role is defined . . . The Former Husband contends that Section 61.401 should be interpreted broadly as permitting guardians . . .
. . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult section 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . .
. . . You may also want to contact the Guardian ad Litem Program office in your area or see sections 61.401 . . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult sections 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . . For more information, you may consult section 61.401-61.405, Florida Statutes. . . .
. . . Compare § 61.401, Fla. Stat. (1993), with § 61.401, Fla. Stat. (1995). . . .
. . . , that appellant, Gary Pu-daloff, be appointed the children’s guardian ad litem pursuant to section 61.401 . . . Section 61.401, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1994), designates a guardian ad litem as a party to the proceeding . . . Thus, he was not yet a party pursuant to 61.401. . . .
. . . present action to terminate her parental rights, O’Connor contends that the amendments to sections 61.401 . . . “for dissolution of marriage, modification, parental responsibility, custody, or visitation,” see § 61.401 . . .
. . . The trial court scheduled the motion for hearing and appointed a GAL pursuant to section 61.401, Florida . . .
. . . OSF For further information, see §§ 61.401-61.404, Florida Statutes. . . .
. . . court appointed an independent lawyer as the child’s guardian ad litem under the authority of section 61.401 . . .
. . . See generally Senate Judiciary Civil Committee of Florida, Staff Analysis on S.B. 110 [§§ 61.401-.404 . . .
. . . . § 61.401 (West Supp.1995). . . .
. . . My concerns may have been alleviated for the future by the 1994 legislature’s amendments to sections 61.401 . . .
. . . Section 61.401, Fla. Stat. (1993); see Cortina v. Cortina, 108 So.2d 63 (Fla. 2d DCA 1958). . . . . § 61.401, Fla.Stat. (1993). . . .
. . . See also §§ 61.401-403, Fla.Stat. (Supp.1990). . . .