The Florida Senate

751.011  Definitions.--As used in ss. 751.01-751.05, the term "extended family member" is any person who is:

(1)  A relative within the third degree by blood or marriage to the parent; or

(2)  The stepparent of a child if the stepparent is currently married to the parent of the child and is not a party in a pending dissolution, separate maintenance, domestic violence, or other civil or criminal proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction involving one or both of the child's parents as an adverse party.

History.--s. 2, ch. 93-104; s. 4, ch. 96-305; s. 2, ch. 2006-167.