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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 751
TEMPORARY CUSTODY OF MINOR CHILDREN BY EXTENDED FAMILY
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751.01 Purpose of act.—The purposes of this chapter are to:
(1) Recognize that many minor children in this state live with and are well cared for by members of their extended families. The parents of these children have often provided for their care by placing them temporarily with another family member who is better able to care for them. Because of the care being provided the children by their extended families, they are not dependent children.
(2) Provide for the welfare of a minor child who is living with extended family members. At present, such family members are unable to give complete care to the child in their custody because they lack a legal document that explains and defines their relationship to the child, and they are unable effectively to consent to the care of the child by third parties.
(3) Provide temporary or concurrent custody of a minor child to a family member having physical custody of the minor child to enable the custodian to:
(a) Consent to all necessary and reasonable medical and dental care for the child, including nonemergency surgery and psychiatric care.
(b) Secure copies of the child’s records, held by third parties, that are necessary for the care of the child, including, but not limited to:
1. Medical, dental, and psychiatric records.
2. Birth certificates and other records.
3. Educational records.
(c) Enroll the child in school and grant or withhold consent for a child to be tested or placed in special school programs, including exceptional education.
(d) Do all other things necessary for the care of the child.
(4) Protect the welfare of minor children by allowing transitions of custody consistent with their best interest.
History.—s. 1, ch. 93-104; s. 1, ch. 2006-167; s. 2, ch. 2010-30; s. 1, ch. 2020-146.

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D.H. v. Adept Cmty. Servs., Inc., 271 So. 3d 870 (Fla. 2018).

Cited 4 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...§ 751.05(3), Fla. Stat. (2006). The purpose of this procedure is to enable temporary custodians of minors to consent to medical and dental care for them, secure records necessary for their care, enroll them in school, or do anything else necessary for their care. § 751.01(3), Fla....
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Lifleur v. Webster, 138 So. 3d 570 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2014 WL 1814156, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 6791

...In October 2008, the Florida Legislature amended Chapter 61, Florida Statutes, and changed the term "custody” to "parental responsibility” and "visitation” to "timeshar-ing.” See Ch. 2008-61, Laws of Fla. The term "custody” was retained in Chapter 61 when used in the context of awarding custody to a non-parent. See § 751.01 et seq., Fla....
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MOHORN v. Thomas, 30 So. 3d 710 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 4216, 2010 WL 1222700

...can obtain the legal documentation necessary to permit them to fully provide for the child for whom they are caring, i.e., to allow them to consent to medical treatment, to obtain copies of the child's records, and to enroll the child in school. See § 751.01, Fla....
...See §§ 751.02-.03, Fla. Stat. Chapter 751 defines an "extended family member" as "any person who is: (1)[a] relative within the third degree by blood or marriage to the parent; or (2)[t]he stepparent of a child if the stepparent is currently married to the parent." § 751.011, Fla....
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Mendez v. Mendez Lopez, 271 So. 3d 72 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

So. 2d 436, 437 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007). Section 751.01, Florida Statutes, provides that the purpose

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