Your Caring Melbourne Child Custody Attorneys

Child custody and visitation is an emotional and often high-conflict area of family law. If you’re going through a divorce or other family law issue that concerns the custody of your children, you need a skilled child custody lawyer on your side.

At Platt Cole Russell & Simpson PLLC, we bring extensive experience in custody and visitation to your case. We are known throughout Brevard County for the quality of our preparation and for our willingness to push to obtain the outcome that you need. We have exceptional resources to draw on when necessary – psychologists, educators and child development authorities – and are ready to fight on your behalf to protect your relationship with your child.

Florida’s New Child Custody Laws

As of June 2023, child custody and visitation are now referred to as time sharing. Primary and secondary child custody and visitation parents are replaced with the terms majority parent and minority parent. This change has the effect of making mothers and fathers equals in determining custody and visitation, in keeping with the bests interests of the child. This means a parent will need to prove that equal timesharing is not in the child’s best interests, otherwise the court will presume that it is and make their decisions based on that.

The new law also states that the courts must consider certain factors when determining time sharing, including:

• Minimizing disruption and loss for the child
• The child’s security and stability
• Protecting the child from conflict
• Maximizing the relationship between the child and each parent

Understanding the new laws and how it may impact your custody case can be complicated without the help of an experienced custody lawyer. We stay up-to-date on the laws and will take the time to make sure you know how they’ll affect your case. We are skilled child custody lawyers who are committed to representing you from start to finish and achieving a favorable outcome while protecting your rights and interests.