The Florida Senate

SB 2526: Adoption

GENERAL BILL by Silver

Adoption; provides that prospective adoptive parents become legal custodians of child pending finalization of adoption; provides for removal of child from unsuitable home; prescribes certain obligations that must be met by father of prospective adoptee in order to preserve his right of consent in adoption; prohibits birth parents from contracting with, or accepting benefits from, more than one agency or intermediary, etc. Amends FS.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  3/7/2000	Senate	• Filed
  3/29/2000	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Children and Families SJ 00306
  5/5/2000	Senate	• Died in Committee on Judiciary

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• SB 2526, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/25/2000 at 4:13 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 1873	Adoption	Sanderson	Similar	Last Action: 5/5/2000 H Died in Committee on Family Law & Children (CJC) Location:
  H 833	Adoption	Argenio	Compare	Last Action: 5/5/2000 H Died in Committee on Family Law & Children (CJC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/HB 1901 (Ch. 2000-188) Location:
  S 346 (c1)	Adoption	Campbell	Compare	Last Action: 5/5/2000 S Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 01145; Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/HB 1901 (Ch. 2000-188) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (26)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  39.01	Definitions.
  63.022	Legislative intent.
  63.032	Definitions.
  63.0323
  63.042	Who may be adopted; who may adopt.
  63.052	Guardians designated; proof of commitment.
  63.062	Persons required to consent to adoption.
  63.063
  63.064
  63.065
  63.066
  63.072	Persons whose consent to an adoption may be waived.
  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.
  63.125	Final home investigation.
  63.132	Report of expenditures and receipts.
  63.162	Hearings and records in adoption proceedings; confidential nature.
  63.182	Appeal and validation of judgment.
  63.207	Out-of-state placement.
  63.212	Prohibited acts; penalties for violation.
  63.215
  984.03	Definitions.
  985.03	Definitions.

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