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New Florida Law Grants Equal Parental Rights to Unwed Fathers Effective July 1st

Florida Law Advisers, P.A. | August 22, 2023 | News

A new Florida law effective as of July 1 gives fathers whose children were born out of wedlock equal parental rights in the Sunshine State. The new law, Shared Parental Responsibility After the Establishment of Paternity, creates a procedure for unmarried fathers, with the mother’s consent, to establish paternity and then take part in the…

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