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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 63
Adoption
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Section 63.185, Florida Statutes 2000

63.185  Residency requirement.--For any person to adopt in this state, his or her primary residence and place of employment in Florida is required, except for adoption of a special needs child, as defined in s. 409.166.

History.--s. 7, ch. 87-397; s. 4, ch. 91-99; s. 20, ch. 92-96; s. 343, ch. 95-147.