Florida House Bill 1237 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Specifies additional inquiries to be made at shelter hearings; requires that specified inquiries relating to unknown identity or location of parent in connection with petition for dependency or shelter or in connection with termination of parental rights be conducted under oath; specifies additional information to be inquired about; requires search of Florida Putative Father Registry; provides for scientific testing to determine maternity or paternity; provides that if diligent search fails to identify & locate prospective parent, court may proceed without further notice; provides that that, where there has been dependency trial as to one parent, DCF's demonstration of risk of harm to child by second parent allows court to make supplemental findings & order case plan as to second parent; revises requirements for adjudicatory hearings.

Proceedings Relating to Children

Rep. Cyndi Stevenson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	House	Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee
2016-01-15	House	Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2016-01-12	House	Introduced
2016-01-07	House	Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
39	01		Amended Code	See Bill Text
39	302		Amended Code	See Bill Text
39	402		Amended Code	See Bill Text
39	503		Amended Code	See Bill Text
39	507		Amended Code	See Bill Text
39	524		Amended Code	See Bill Text
39	801		Amended Code	See Bill Text
39	803		Amended Code	See Bill Text
39	806		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	495		Amended Code	See Bill Text
409	1678		Amended Code	See Bill Text
960	065		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1237
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1237/BillText/Filed/PDF