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What’s in a name?

Remember “visitation?” And references to “primary” and “secondary” custodial parents?  Well, those words are no longer being used in the family law world.  Recently, the Florida Legislature changed the nomenclature of visitation in Florida Chapter 61 to “time-sharing.”  The parties involved are now called “mother” and “father.”  There is no longer a “primary residential parent.”  This may seem inconsequential… Read More »