| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to adoption; amending s. 63.042, F.S.; |
| 3 | providing that a person who is a homosexual is eligible to |
| 4 | be an adoptive parent under certain enumerated |
| 5 | circumstances; requiring that the eligibility criteria be |
| 6 | met by clear and convincing evidence; providing an |
| 7 | effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 63.042, Florida |
| 12 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 13 | 63.042 Who may be adopted; who may adopt.-- |
| 14 | (3) A No person is not eligible to adopt under this |
| 15 | section statute may adopt if that person is a homosexual unless |
| 16 | a court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the |
| 17 | adoptee resides with the person proposing to adopt the adoptee, |
| 18 | the adoptee recognizes the person as the adoptee's parent, and |
| 19 | granting the adoptee permanency in that home is more important |
| 20 | to the adoptee's developmental and psychological needs than |
| 21 | maintaining the adoptee in a temporary placement. |
| 22 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |