Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

201. [7] Vance, supra, 790; 16 Couch, supra, § 61:29. [8] For cases distinguishing between the concepts

...., 79 So.3d at 797 n. 8. Although the biological mother in this case is seeking vindication of her right to be a parent to her child, this right comes with critical legal and financial responsibilities, including possible child support payments. See § 61.29, Fla....

See 16 G. Couch, Cyclopedia of Insurance Law, § 61:29 (2d ed. 1983). While this action is controlled

...(2023) (authorizing courts to consider the support and best interests of the “minor child”); § 61.13, Fla. Stat. (2023) (generally providing for child support until the age of 18 and requiring a time-sharing schedule for the “minor child”); § 61.29(1)(a), Fla....

...In establishing child support guidelines, the legislature was clearly expressing the strong public policy of this state, emphasizing the importance of protecting - children, by assuring that their parents who are not living together provide adequate financial support for them. See § 61.29, Fla....

...underemployed spouse bears the burden of showing both employability and that jobs are available.” Durand v. Durand, 16 So. 3d 982, 985 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009). Schram, however, was decided prior to the 2010 amendments to the child support statutes. The legislature enacted section 61.29(1), Florida Statutes (2011), which declared that, “Each parent has a fundamental obligation to support his or her minor or legally dependent child.” (emphasis added)....

...3d 1226, 1228 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014); Wood v. Blunck, 152 So. 3d 693, 695 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014). However, statutory principles limit that discretion. First, “[e]ach parent has a fundamental obligation to support his or her minor or legally dependent child.” § 61.29(1), Fla....

...parent, unless the court finds that the parent cannot work due to circumstances beyond the parent’s control. Otherwise, income must be imputed in accordance with the statute and the fundamental obligation of each parent to support their children. § 61.29(1), Fla....

...and facilitate each parent’s “fundamental obligation to support his or her minor or legally dependent child” and is “based on the parent’s combined net income estimated to have been allocated to the child as if the parents and children were living in an intact household.” § 61.29, Fla....