Child Relocation 2026

USA – FLORIDA

Alabama

Georgia

Tallahassee

Atlantic Ocean

Florida

Gulf of Mexico

Law and Practice Contributed by: Raymond J. Rafool, II, Seth J. Rutman, Kaylin R. Cohen and Melissa L. Kanoff Rafool, PLLC

Contents 1. The Care Provider’s Ability to Take Decisions About the Child P.162 1.1 Parental Responsibility p.162 1.2 Requirements for Birth Mothers p.162 1.3 Requirements for Fathers p.162 1.4 Requirements for Non-Genetic Parents p.163 1.5 Relevance of Marriage at Point of Conception or Birth p.163 1.6 Same-Sex Relationships p.163 1.7 Adoption p.163 2. Relocation P.163 2.1 Whose Consent Is Required for Relocation? p.163 2.2 Relocation Without Full Consent p.164 2.3 Application to a State Authority for Permission to Relocate a Child p.164 2.4 Relocation Within a Jurisdiction p.166 3. Child Abduction P.166 3.1 Legality p.166 3.2 Steps Taken to Return Abducted Children p.167 3.3 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction p.167 3.4 Non-Hague Convention Countries p.168

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