Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Re: Shared Parental Responisibility

You found a bad website. Shared parental responsibilty means that you both must decide and agree together on such issues as schooling, religion, doctors, etc. It does NOT mean that, when parties disagree, the primary residential parent has the final say. If it were so, the primary parent could just say, "I disagree," then just make the decision every time.

In fact, this concept was so misunderstood by nonlawyers (and some lawyers, as you obviously found) that the term "primary residential parent" now no longer exists in the Florida custody statute, as you know.

Your duty is to come to an agreement, just as married parents must do. It's not always easy, but it's the best thing for the children. If you continue to fight, I suggest you find a mediator, a parenting coordinator, or take a "high conflict parenting" course. No parent has "veto power" over the other.

Feel free to find that lawyer's website again and tell him or her to stop spreading misinformation. You can cite me as your source and have him or her call me. I hate when lawyers give bad advice.