The 420 Friendly Co-Parent
Your ex is going around telling everyone that weed ruined your marriage. Maybe she is just jealous because you chose cannabis over her. You know what they say. When someone gives you an ultimatum, always decide against the person giving the ultimatum. Your ex said, “It’s me or the weed.” Your stash of weed didn’t say, “It’s me or your spouse.” Therefore, it was your ex that ruined your marriage, not your weed. Your earthy green friend is there for you until the end, and it is your good fortune that, in recent years, the law has started to come around and appreciate your enduring friendship. The fact remains, though, that your ex’s jealousy over your personal favorite green-eyed monster can make your divorce uglier. The good news is that a proposed amendment to a state law will make it easier for parents who legally use medical cannabis to protect their right to parenting time with their minor children. For help drafting a parenting plan even as your ex-spouse throws a hissy fit about your use of medical cannabis, contact a Boca Raton child custody lawyer.
Proposed Amendment to Florida Law Aims to Protect the Parenting Time of Registered Medical Cannabis Patients
If you are a legal parent of a minor child, you have the right to court-ordered parenting time. Your ex might disapprove of the untidiness of your house, your laissez faire attitude toward snacks, and your political views, but these do not take away your legal right to a stable relationship with your children, whether your ex likes it or not. The court can only restrict your parenting time if there is evidence that it is dangerous for the children to be alone with you; to prove this, your ex must show that you engaged in domestic violence or illicit drug use when the children were present, or that you drove drunk while the children were in the car with you. In most cases, this means that the court will order supervised parenting time, which means that another adult, such as one of your parents, must always be present during your parenting time.
Earlier this month, Senator Tina Scott Polsky introduced an amendment to Florida Statute 39.806, which would prohibit the courts from making adverse decisions about a parent’s parenting time based on the parent’s status as a medical cannabis patient. In other words, the mere existence of your medical cannabis card could not count against you in parenting plan decisions. At trial, the court may ask you to give evidence that you keep cannabis products out of your children’s reach and that you do not drive while impaired. The proposed amendment would resolve contradictions, regarding parenting time, since cannabis is ordinarily an illicit drug under federal law, but the proposed amendment would treat medical cannabis patient status just like any other health issue, namely with the rebuttable presumption that it does not affect the parent-child relationship.
Contact Schwartz | White About Medical Cannabis and Your Family Law Case
A South Florida family law attorney can help you get your fair share of parenting time even if you are a registered medical cannabis patient. Contact Schwartz | White in Boca Raton, Florida about your case.
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