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Child Visitation And Time-Sharing In Florida

Last updated on October 26, 2026

When your time with your child is uncertain, the legal process can feel overwhelming. You may be setting up a parenting schedule, dealing with denied time-sharing or asking to change an existing plan. The right legal guidance can help you protect your relationship with your child.

At Weiner & Weiss, LLC, in Boca Raton, we guide parents through time-sharing matters, from creating a schedule to enforcing or changing an existing one. Both attorneys provide direct cell phone access seven days a week, including weekends and holidays. You can reach your legal team when an important parenting issue comes up.

Florida Visitation And Time-Sharing

Parents often search for visitation rights, but Florida law generally addresses those rights through time-sharing. Time-sharing establishes when each parent will spend time with the child. A court-approved parenting plan sets the schedule and other rules for parenting.

A parent seeking “visitation” is generally seeking a set time-sharing schedule. The court looks at the child’s best interests when setting that schedule. This includes each parent’s relationship with the child and ability to support the child’s relationship with the other parent.

Florida Parenting Plans

A parenting plan establishes the rules for your child’s schedule, care and major decisions. It covers key parts of the child’s daily life, including:

  • Time-sharing: Regular and overnight schedules, school breaks, vacations and holidays
  • Shared parental responsibility: How parents share decisions about healthcare, education and other important matters
  • Communication: How parents stay in touch with each other and their child
  • Child exchanges: Where and how the child will move between parents when needed

A clear plan gives both parents a set way to handle schedules, decisions and day-to-day parenting.

Determining Time-Sharing In Florida

Courts use the best interests of the child when setting parenting plans and time-sharing. Factors include the child’s routine, how parents divide parenting tasks, each parent’s moral fitness and mental and physical health, and each parent’s willingness to encourage meaningful contact with the other parent. Courts may also consider safety, substance abuse, school, community and other factors that affect the child.

Florida law starts with the expectation that equal time-sharing serves the child’s best interests, although that presumption can be challenged.

Time-Sharing Arrangements

A parenting plan may provide for:

  • Equal time-sharing: Parents share about the same amount of time with the child.
  • Majority time-sharing: The child spends more time with one parent.
  • Supervised time-sharing: Supervision may be used when safety or substance concerns call for added safeguards.
  • Long-distance parenting plans: The schedule takes into account parents who live far apart.

The right schedule depends on the child’s needs and each parent’s circumstances. A Boca Raton child visitation lawyer can help you understand the options for your family.

Enforcing Or Modifying Time-Sharing Orders

When a parent denies court-ordered time-sharing, the other parent may ask the court to enforce the order, including through a Motion for Contempt/Enforcement. Florida law also provides for makeup time when time-sharing is improperly denied.

A time-sharing schedule or parenting plan may be changed when a significant change affects the family’s circumstances and was not reasonably expected, provided the change would better serve the best interest of the child. Weiner & Weiss, LLC, can help parents assess whether enforcement or modification may be appropriate.

Protecting Your Relationship With Your Child

Weiner & Weiss, LLC, takes a child-centered approach to time-sharing disputes. Attorney Gary D. Weiner brings more than 40 years of Florida family law experience, more than 30 years as a mediator and formal Parenting Coordinator training. As a divorced parent himself, he also understands the personal challenges that parenting disputes can create.

Attorney Scott M. Weiss brings more than 20 years of South Florida family law experience and assertive courtroom representation in Palm Beach and Broward County. When expert evidence may help a case, Weiner & Weiss, LLC, looks ahead to identify and secure appropriate evaluations before a time-sharing hearing.

Discuss Your Time-Sharing Options

A parenting dispute can have a lasting effect on your involvement in your child’s life. Weiner & Weiss, LLC, can help you understand your options, prepare for court and seek a parenting plan that protects your relationship with your child.

Call 561-935-5529 or contact us online to speak with a Boca Raton child visitation lawyer.