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Fla. Stat. § 409.402 (2025)

Financial responsibility for child.

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409.402 Financial responsibility for child.Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article V thereof in the first instance. However, in the event of partial or complete default of performance thereunder, the provisions of state laws fixing responsibility for the support of children also may be invoked.
History.s. 2, ch. 74-317.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1988–1988 · leading case: Friends of Child., Inc. v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 35 Fla. Supp. 2d 208 (Fla. Div. Admin. Hr'g 1988).
Friends of Child., Inc. v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 35 Fla. Supp. 2d 208 (Fla. Div. Admin. Hr'g 1988). “(4) That in two instances, one in early 1983 and one in 1985, FRIENDS violated the Interstate Compact for the placement of children, Section 409.402, at et seq, Florida Statutes, because children it was legally responsible for entered Florida without prior approval by Florida’s…”
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