Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 2166
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/15/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Joyner) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 61 and 62
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
    6  61.13, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         61.13 Support of children; parenting and time-sharing;
    8  powers of court.—
    9         (1)(a) In a proceeding under this chapter, the court may at
   10  any time order either or both parents who owe a duty of support
   11  to a child to pay support to the other parent or, in the case of
   12  both parents, to the person with custody in accordance with the
   13  child support guidelines schedule in s. 61.30.
   14         1. All child support orders and income deduction orders
   15  entered on or after October 1, 2009, shall provide for the
   16  following:
   17         a. Termination of child support upon a child’s 18th
   18  birthday, unless the court finds or has previously found that s.
   19  743.07(2) applies or unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.
   20         b. A schedule, based upon the record existing at the time
   21  of the order, stating the amount of the monthly child support
   22  obligation for all the minor children at the time of the order
   23  and the amount of child support that will be owed for the
   24  remaining children for whom child support will continue when any
   25  child is no longer entitled to receive child support under this
   26  subparagraph.
   27         c. The month and year that the reduction or termination of
   28  child support becomes effective.
   29         2. Notwithstanding subparagraph 1., the court initially
   30  entering an order requiring one or both parents to make child
   31  support payments has continuing jurisdiction after the entry of
   32  the initial order to modify the amount and terms and conditions
   33  of the child support payments when the modification is found
   34  necessary by the court in the best interests of the child, when
   35  the child reaches majority, when there is a substantial change
   36  in the circumstances of the parties, when s. 743.07(2) applies,
   37  or when a child is emancipated, marries, joins the armed
   38  services, or dies. The court initially entering a child support
   39  order has continuing jurisdiction to require the obligee to
   40  report to the court on terms prescribed by the court regarding
   41  the disposition of the child support payments.
   42  
   43  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   44         And the title is amended as follows:
   45         Delete line 6
   46  and insert:
   47         provisions; amending s. 61.13, F.S.; requiring certain
   48         information to be included in child support orders and
   49         income deduction orders; amending s. 61.14, F.S.;
   50         specifying how