2025 Florida Statutes
< Back to Statute SearchTitle VI CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING
SECTION 29Child support guidelines; principles; applicability.
61.29 Child support guidelines; principles; applicability.—
(1) The following principles establish the public policy of the State of Florida in the creation of the child support guidelines:
(a) Each parent has a fundamental obligation to support his or her minor or legally dependent child.
(b) The guidelines schedule is based on the parent’s combined net income estimated to have been allocated to the child as if the parents and children were living in an intact household.
(c) The guidelines encourage fair and efficient settlement of support issues between parents and minimizes the need for litigation.
History.—s. 4, ch. 2010-199; s. 3, ch. 2023-213.