§ 61.733, Fla. Stat. (2025)

61.733 Proceeding for temporary custody order.—

(1) After a deploying parent receives notice of deployment and until the deployment terminates, a court may issue a temporary order granting custodial responsibility unless prohibited by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, Title 50, Appendix U.S.C. ss. 501 et seq. A court may not issue a permanent order granting custodial responsibility without the consent of the deploying parent.

(2)(a) At any time after a deploying parent receives notice of deployment, either parent may file a motion regarding custodial responsibility of a child during deployment. The motion must be filed in a pending proceeding for custodial responsibility in a court with jurisdiction under s. 61.707 or, if a pending proceeding does not exist in a court with jurisdiction under s. 61.707, the motion must be filed in a new action for granting custodial responsibility during deployment.

(b) If a motion to grant custodial responsibility is filed under paragraph (a) before a deploying parent deploys, the court shall conduct an expedited hearing.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2018-69.