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October 6, 2023

What can I do if the other parent violates my rights to time-sharing or parental responsibility set forth in the parenting plan?

If the other parent violates your court-ordered rights in your parenting plan, you may file a petition to enforce your existing court order and ask the court to punish the parent for the violation. The court may hold the parent in contempt of court and punish the parent by ordering one of the remedies listed in If the other parent fails to pay the child support that the court ordered, can I refuse to honor his/her visitation (time- sharing) rights?1

1 Fla. Stat. § 61.13(4)(c), (4)(d)

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