How does the court determine visitation with minor children?
Because family law courts in Florida are courts of equity, they can award visitation based on what the court determines is fair and is in the best interests of the minor children. Florida courts favor minor children spending as much time as possible with both parents. However, the court’s determination of how visitation will occur varies depending on the circumstances. By way of example, if the minor children reside primarily with one parent, the nonresidential parent might have overnight visitation every other weekend and on one or two nights during the week. Provision may also be made for visitation on holidays, with major holidays usually being alternated or at least divided between the parents. Each parent may also be given a continuous period of time during the summer. Visitation may vary significantly from this example if one parent lives at a location distant from the minor children. For example, if one parent lives in Tampa and the other in Miami, the parent not having primary
