Senate Bill sb2538

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2538

    By Senator Dawson





    29-1833-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to adoption; amending s.

  3         63.042, F.S.; defining the standard for

  4         selection of an adoptive parent; requiring

  5         individual assessment of prospective adoptive

  6         parents of a minor; eliminating the ban on

  7         adoption by a person who is a homosexual;

  8         providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 63.042, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         63.042  Who may be adopted; who may adopt.--

15         (3)  The standard for selecting an adoptive parent

16  shall be the best interest of the person to be adopted.  A

17  prospective adoptive parent of a minor must undergo an

18  individual assessment of his or her capacity to understand and

19  meet the needs of the particular child. No person eligible to

20  adopt under this statute may adopt if that person is a

21  homosexual.

22         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

23  law.

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26                          SENATE SUMMARY

27    Defines the standard for selecting an adoptive parent.
      Requires individual assessment of prospective adoptive
28    parents of a minor child.  Eliminates the ban on adoption
      by a person who is a homosexual.
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