F.S. S. 39.0139: Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse by Those Entrusted with Their Care (Florida‪)‬

The Florida Legislature passed the "Keeping Children Safe Act," F.S. [section]39.0139, effective July 1, 2007, in an effort to prevent sexual abuse during visitation pursuant to judicial determinations from those persons the child is ordered to visit. The legislature's passage of this act acknowledges that a great percentage of the increasing sexual abuse to children occurs not from strangers but from persons who are known to the children. Pursuant to F.S. [section]39.0139, visitation is suspended by operation of law and a rebuttable presumption of detriment is created when any of three triggers activate the procedures in the statute. The three triggers which activate the protective procedures set forth in F.S. [section]39.0139 and create a rebuttable presumption of detriment to a child are when: