Florida SB 1128: University Carry Forward Balances

Bill Text

1128 
Family Law 
2026-02-12T10:59:06Z 
Requiring that certain time-sharing matters be accorded priority on a court’s calendar; providing procedural requirements for evidentiary hearings on motions seeking to establish temporary parental responsibility and time-sharing and on motions to enforce compliance with existing time-sharing orders; requiring the Office of the State Courts Administrator to prepare and publish on its website a publicly accessible annual report for certain evidentiary hearings held in each judicial circuit; requiring, rather than authorizing, a court to make a determination of appropriate parenting plans in certain proceedings, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 1128 

 By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Grall 

 590-02738-26 20261128c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to family law; amending s. 61.13, 
 3 F.S.; requiring that certain time-sharing matters be 
 4 accorded priority on a court’s calendar; providing 
 5 procedural requirements for evidentiary hearings on 
 6 motions seeking to establish temporary parental 
 7 responsibility and time-sharing and on motions to 
 8 enforce compliance with existing time-sharing orders; 
 9 requiring the Office of the State Courts Administrator 
 10 to prepare and publish on its website a publicly 
 11 accessible annual report for certain evidentiary 
 12 hearings held in each judicial circuit; requiring that 
 13 the report include specified information; requiring 
 14 the office to submit the report to the Legislature; 
 15 prohibiting the reports from containing certain 
 16 personal identifying information; authorizing the 
 17 Supreme Court to adopt rules; amending s. 742.031, 
 18 F.S.; requiring, rather than authorizing, a court to 
 19 make a determination of appropriate parenting plans in 
 20 certain proceedings; deleting provisions requiring the 
 21 obligee parent to receive, or the mother to be 
 22 presumed to have, all time-sharing and sole parental 
 23 responsibility under certain circumstances; providing 
 24 an effective date. 
 25 
 26 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 27 
 28 Section 1. Subsection (10) is added to section 61.13, 
 29 Florida Statutes, to read: 
 30 61.13 Support of children; parenting and time-sharing; 
 31 powers of court; evidentiary hearing reports.— 
 32 (10)(a) The following time-sharing matters must be accorded 
 33 priority on the court’s calendar: 
 34 1. An evidentiary hearing on an initial verified motion 
 35 affirmatively seeking to establish temporary parental 
 36 responsibility and time-sharing. Such motion must be filed 
 37 separately from the initial petition for dissolution or petition 
 38 to establish paternity, as applicable. The initiating party must 
 39 attach a proposed temporary parenting plan to the motion. The 
 40 responding party must file and serve a proposed temporary 
 41 parenting plan within 10 days after receipt of service of the 
 42 verified motion and attached proposed temporary parenting plan. 
 43 However, failure of the responding party to file or serve a 
 44 proposed temporary parenting plan is not a bar to moving forward 
 45 on the motion. Portions of the proposed temporary parenting 
 46 plans which are not in dispute must be adopted as a voluntary 
 47 agreed schedule between the parties. Absent good cause, the 
 48 court shall conduct a hearing on the contested issues within 30 
 49 days after the motion is served. The court may not refer the 
 50 parties to mediation as a condition precedent to the court 
 51 setting or conducting a hearing unless the court has the consent 
 52 of both parties. The court shall issue an order on temporary 
 53 parental responsibility and time-sharing within 30 days after 
 54 the conclusion of the evidentiary hearing. 
 55 2. An evidentiary hearing on a motion to enforce compliance 
 56 with an existing time-sharing order. The court shall conduct a 
 57 hearing on a motion seeking to enforce compliance with an 
 58 existing time-sharing order within 5 business days after the 
 59 motion is served. If the judge assigned to the case is not able 
 60 to conduct the hearing within 5 business days, an available 
 61 family division judge must conduct the hearing during regular 
 62 business hours. The court shall issue an order within 5 days 
 63 after the conclusion of the evidentiary hearing. 
 64 (b)1. Beginning July 1, 2027, and annually each July 1 
 65 thereafter, the Office of the State Courts Administrator shall 
 66 prepare and publish on its website a publicly accessible annual 
 67 report on evidentiary hearings held under paragraph (a) in each 
 68 judicial circuit. The report must include, at a minimum, all of 
 69 the following: 
 70 a. The number of evidentiary hearings held under 
 71 subparagraphs (a)1. and 2. 
 72 b. The average time from the filing of a motion to the 
 73 issue of an