Senate Bill sb1700

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1700

    By Senator Posey





    24-995-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to adoption; providing a short

  3         title; creating s. 63.0725, F.S.; providing for

  4         the payment of certain fees to the adoptive

  5         parents when a family member of the child is

  6         awarded custody of the child from the adoptive

  7         parents; providing that a portion of such fee

  8         shall be awarded to the Department of Children

  9         and Family Services; providing for the payment

10         of certain fees to the department; providing an

11         effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Short title.--This act may be cited as the

16  "Thomas C. Kenaston, Jr., Adoption Reform Act."

17         Section 2.  Section 63.0725, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         63.0725  Adoption return; reimbursement.--

20         (1)  When a family member of a child who has been

21  adopted seeks the return of the child from the adoptive

22  parents, and the court awards the child to the family member

23  rather than the adoptive parents, before the court may permit

24  the child to be returned to the family member, the adoptive

25  parents must be reimbursed for the support, care, and love

26  they have given to the child at the rate of $100 per day for

27  each day the child was in the care of the adoptive parents.

28  Of the fee of $100 per day, 50 percent of the fee shall be

29  awarded to the adoptive parents and 50 percent of the fee

30  shall be awarded to the Department of Children and Family

31  Services.

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1700
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  1         (2)  In addition to the fees required in subsection

  2  (1), the family member seeking the return of the child from

  3  the adoptive parents shall also be required to reimburse fully

  4  the Department of Children and Family Services for any

  5  expenditures made by the department on behalf of the child.

  6         Section 3.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2003.

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  9                          SENATE SUMMARY

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      Creates the "Thomas C. Kenaston, Jr., Adoption Reform
11    Act," to provide that when a family member seeks the
      return of a child from the child's adoptive parents, and
12    is awarded the child, before the court may turn
      possession of the child over to the family member, the
13    adoptive parents shall be reimbursed for the support,
      care, and love they have given the child at the rate of
14    $100 per day for each day the child has been in the care
      of the adoptive parents.  Provides that 50 percent of the
15    $100 fee shall be awarded to the Department of Children
      and Family Services.  Also requires payment to the
16    department for expenditures made by the department on
      behalf of the child.
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