According to Florida statutory law, shared parental responsibility means:
“Shared parental responsibility” means a court-ordered relationship in which both parents retain full parental rights and responsibilities with respect to their child and in which both parents confer with each other so that major decisions affecting the welfare of the child will be determined jointly.
See: Florida Statute 61.046
Please note, under Florida law, major decisions affecting the welfare of a child are to be made after the parents confer and reach an agreement, and, in the event that the parents are unable to agree, then then issues should be presented to the court for resolution and the court must resolve the impasse applying the best interests of the child:
Under the principle of shared parental responsibility, major decisions affecting the welfare of a child are to be made after the parents confer and reach an agreement. See § 61.046(16), Fla. Stat. (2007). In the event that the parents reach an impasse, the dispute should be presented to the court for resolution. Sotnick v. Sotnick, 650 So.2d 157, 160 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995); Tamari v. Turko–Tamari, 599 So.2d 680, 681 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992). In *24 that event, the court must resolve the impasse, applying the best interests of the child test. See § 61.13(2)(b),(3), Fla. Stat. (2007).1
See: Gerencser v. Mills – 4 So. 3d 22
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