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The 2000 Florida Statutes

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

CHAPTER 63

ADOPTION

63.012  Short title.

63.022  Legislative intent.

63.032  Definitions.

63.042  Who may be adopted; who may adopt.

63.0423  Procedures with respect to abandoned newborns.

63.0425  Grandparent's right to adopt.

63.0427  Adopted minor's right to continued communication or contact with siblings.

63.043  Mandatory screening or testing for sickle-cell trait prohibited.

63.052  Guardians designated; proof of commitment.

63.062  Persons required to consent to adoption.

63.072  Persons whose consent to an adoption may be waived.

63.082  Execution of consent; family medical history; withdrawal of consent.

63.085  Disclosure by intermediary.

63.092  Report to the court of intended placement by an intermediary; preliminary study.

63.097  Fees.

63.102  Filing of petition; venue; proceeding for approval of fees and costs.

63.112  Petition for adoption; description; report or recommendation, exceptions; mailing.

63.122  Notice of hearing on petition.

63.125  Final home investigation.

63.132  Report of expenditures and receipts.

63.135  Information under oath to be submitted to the court.

63.142  Hearing; judgment of adoption.

63.152  Application for new birth record.

63.162  Hearings and records in adoption proceedings; confidential nature.

63.165  State registry of adoption information; duty to inform and explain.

63.167  State adoption information center.

63.172  Effect of judgment of adoption.

63.182  Statute of repose.

63.185  Residency requirement.

63.192  Recognition of foreign judgment affecting adoption.

63.202  Authority to license; adoption of rules.

63.207  Out-of-state placement.

63.212  Prohibited acts; penalties for violation.

63.219  Sanctions.

63.222  Effect on prior adoption proceedings.

63.232  Duty of person adopting.

63.233  Rulemaking authority.