Florida Statutes Title XLIII Chapter 742 - Determination Of Parentage

• 742.011 - Determination Of Paternity Proceedings; Jurisdiction.
  Any woman who is pregnant or has a child, any man who has reason to believe that he is the father of a child, or...
• 742.021 - Venue, Process, Complaint.
  (1) The proceedings must be in the circuit court of the county where the plaintiff resides or the county where the defendant resides.(2) The complaint shall assert...
• 742.031 - Hearings; Court Orders For Support, Hospital Expenses, And Attorney’s Fee.
  (1) Hearings for the purpose of establishing or refuting the allegations of the complaint and answer shall be held in the chambers and may be restricted...
• 742.032 - Filing Of Location Information.
  (1) Beginning July 1, 1997, each party to any paternity or child support proceeding must file with the tribunal, as defined in chapter 88 and State...
• 742.045 - Attorney’s Fees, Suit Money, And Costs.
  The court may from time to time, after considering the financial resources of both parties, order a party to pay a reasonable amount for attorney’s...
• 742.06 - Jurisdiction Retained For Future Orders.
  The court shall retain jurisdiction of the cause for the purpose of entering such other and further orders as changing circumstances of the parties may...
• 742.07 - Effect Of Adoption.
  Upon the adoption of a child, for whom support has been ordered, by some person other than the father, the liability of the father for...
• 742.08 - Default Of Support Payments.
  Upon default in payment of any moneys ordered by the court to be paid, the court may enter a judgment for the amount in default,...
• 742.09 - Publishing Names; Penalty.
  Except for the purpose of serving process by publication, as provided under s. 49.011(15), it shall be unlawful for the owner, publisher, manager, or operator...
• 742.091 - Marriage Of Parents.
  If the mother of any child born out of wedlock and the reputed father shall at any time after its birth intermarry, the child shall...
• 742.10 - Establishment Of Paternity For Children Born Out Of Wedlock.
  (1) Except as provided in chapters 39 and 63, this chapter provides the primary jurisdiction and procedures for the determination of paternity for children born out...
• 742.105 - Effect Of A Determination Of Paternity From A Foreign Jurisdiction.
  A final order of paternity entered in a foreign jurisdiction, whether resulting from a voluntary acknowledgment or an administrative or judicial process, or an affidavit...
• 742.107 - Determining Paternity Of Child With Mother Under 16 Years Of Age When Impregnated.
  (1) The Legislature intends to facilitate the criminal prosecution of persons 21 years of age or older who have impregnated a child under 16 years of...
• 742.108 - Criminal Penalties For False Statements Of Paternity.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who knowingly and willfully provides false information to the sheriff’s office, other law enforcement agency, or governmental...
• 742.11 - Presumed Status Of Child Conceived By Means Of Artificial Or In Vitro Insemination Or Donated Eggs Or Preembryos.
  (1) Except in the case of gestational surrogacy, any child born within wedlock who has been conceived by the means of artificial or in vitro insemination...
• 742.12 - Scientific Testing To Determine Paternity.
  (1) In any proceeding to establish paternity, the court on its own motion may require the child, mother, and alleged fathers to submit to scientific tests...
• 742.13 - Definitions.
  As used in ss. 742.11-742.17, the term:(1) “Assisted reproductive technology” means those procreative procedures which involve the laboratory handling of human eggs or preembryos, including, but...
• 742.14 - Donation Of Eggs, Sperm, Or Preembryos.
  The donor of any egg, sperm, or preembryo, other than the commissioning couple or a father who has executed a preplanned adoption agreement under s....
• 742.15 - Gestational Surrogacy Contract.
  (1) Prior to engaging in gestational surrogacy, a binding and enforceable gestational surrogacy contract shall be made between the commissioning couple and the gestational surrogate. A...
• 742.16 - Expedited Affirmation Of Parental Status For Gestational Surrogacy.
  (1) Within 3 days after the birth of a child delivered of a gestational surrogate, the commissioning couple shall petition a court of competent jurisdiction for...
• 742.17 - Disposition Of Eggs, Sperm, Or Preembryos; Rights Of Inheritance.
  A commissioning couple and the treating physician shall enter into a written agreement that provides for the disposition of the commissioning couple’s eggs, sperm, and...
• 742.18 - Disestablishment Of Paternity Or Termination Of Child Support Obligation.
  (1) This section establishes circumstances under which a male may disestablish paternity or terminate a child support obligation when the male is not the biological father...

Last modified: September 23, 2016