. Best Interests of the Child becomes the Standard

Family Court is Not a Family-Friendly Placeby Lisa Marie Macci, Esq. The "best interests" of the child is now the so-called "gender neutral" standard adopted by courts for cases of child custody. While this lofty ideal sounds lovely on its face, it is meaningless in legal terms. Chapter 61 of the Florida Statutes provides a non-exclusive list of items for the judges to utilize in determining "best interests" of the child for custody purposes, without specifying what weight should be given to the factors and otherwise lacking much guidance.
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