63.132 Report of expenditures
and receipts. ---
(1) At least 10 days before the hearing, the
petitioner and any intermediary must file two copies of an
affidavit containing a full accounting of all disbursements and
receipts of anything of value, including professional fees, made or
agreed to be made by or on behalf of the petitioner and any
intermediary in connection with the adoption. The clerk of the
court shall forward a copy of the affidavit to the department. The
report must show any expenses or receipts incurred in connection
with:
(a) The birth of the minor.
(b) The placement of the minor with the petitioner.
[Footnote 1] (c) The medical or hospital care received by
the mother or by the minor during the mother's prenatal care and
confinement.
(d) The living expenses of the birth mother. The living
expenses must be documented in detail to apprise the court of the
exact expenses incurred.
(e) The services relating to the adoption or to the
placement of the minor for adoption that were received by or on
behalf of the petitioner, the intermediary, either natural parent,
the minor, or any other person.
(2) The court may require such additional information
as is deemed necessary.
(3) This section does not apply to an adoption by a
stepparent whose spouse is a natural or adoptive parent of the
child.
History: s. 13, ch. 73-159; s. 21, ch. 77-147; s. 15, ch.
92-96.
[Footnote 1] Note. Section 15, ch. 92-96, purported
to amend subsection (1), but did not set out in full paragraph (c).
In the absence of affirmative evidence that the Legislature
intended to repeal a portion of paragraph (c), the paragraph is set
out in full here, pending clarification by further action by the
Legislature.