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HB 1345 2024
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to child support and time-sharing
3 resulting from unwanted pregnancies; amending s.
4 390.0111, F.S.; providing requirements for prenatal
5 care, post birth support, and timesharing for a child
6 under certain circumstances; providing an effective
7 date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Subsection (16) is added to section 390.0111,
12 Florida Statutes, to read:
13 390.0111 Termination of pregnancies.—
14 (16) PATERNAL RIGHTS AND CHILD SUPPORT.--
15 (a) If a victim of rape, incest, or human trafficking is
16 unable to receive an abortion under this section:
17 1. The offender's paternal rights shall be automatically
18 terminated upon his conviction by a jury or upon a plea of
19 guilty or nolo contendere; however, the financial obligation of
20 child support may not be terminated.
21 2. An automatic order for child support shall be entered.
22 Any support provided by the state in support of the child shall
23 be repaid to the state by the offender.
24 (b) If a woman who seeks abortion care is denied such care
25 because she is beyond the allowable timeframe under this
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26 section, she must receive documentation that states she is
27 beyond the timeframe to receive abortion care. Once she receives
28 such documentation, she may petition the court for an order of
29 child support. Upon petition to the court, the order shall be
30 entered automatically.
31 1. The order shall be entered and the child support shall
32 be at least $350 per month to cover prenatal care. The money
33 shall be deposited in a depository account with the clerk of
34 court pending the verification of a DNA test of paternal
35 parentage. This test can be done prenatal or post birth. Once
36 paternity is confirmed, the court shall enter an order based
37 upon the child support calculation methods already set in
38 general law.
39 2. The order shall include financial support for 3 months
40 post birth. The court shall require financial support of the
41 child while the mother recovers on maternity leave. The mother
42 must submit at least 3 months of pay stubs to the court for an
43 order to be entered to provide up to 50 percent of her income to
44 the mother for support during maternity leave.
45 3. Time-sharing for the child may begin 1 year after the
46 date the child is born upon a petition to the court or any time
47 thereafter upon a petition to the court.
48 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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