Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Rich)
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 38. Section 382.017, Florida Statutes, is
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20 382.017 Foreign births.--
21 (1) Upon request, the department shall prepare and
22 register a certificate of foreign birth for an adoptee born in
23 a foreign country who is not a citizen of the United States
24 and whose judgment of adoption was entered by a court of
25 competent jurisdiction of this state. The certificate shall
26 be established upon receipt of the report or certified copy of
27 the adoption decree, proof of the date and place of the
28 adoptee's birth, and a request that the certificate be
29 prepared from the court, the adopting parents, or the adoptee
30 if of legal age. The certificate shall be labeled
31 "Certificate of Foreign Birth" and shall show the true country
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1 and date of birth of the adoptee, and must include a statement
2 that the certificate is not evidence of United States
3 citizenship. After registering the certificate of foreign
4 birth in the new name of the adoptee, the department shall
5 place the adoption report or decree under seal, not to be
6 broken except pursuant to court order.
7 (2) A certificate of foreign birth for an adoptee born
8 in a foreign country may be issued without a judgment of
9 adoption by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state if
10 the adopting parents submit:
11 (a) A certified translation of all documents described
12 in this subsection that are not in English;
13 (b) The decree, order, or certificate of adoption
14 evidencing finalization of the adoption in the foreign
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16 (c) An IR-3 visa with proof of United States
17 citizenship issued upon entry into the United States for the
18 adoptee;
19 (d) A written statement from each adopting parent
20 certifying under penalty of perjury that the adoption complies
21 with the eligibility requirements of s. 63.042(3); and
22 (e) Proof that each adopting parent is a resident of
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24 (3)(2) If the adoptee was born in a foreign country
25 but was a citizen of the United States at the time of birth,
26 the department shall not prepare a certificate of foreign
27 birth but shall notify the adoptive parents, or the adoptee if
28 of legal age, of the procedure for obtaining a revised birth
29 certificate through the United States Department of State.
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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6 amending s. 382.017, F.S.; providing that a
7 certificate of foreign birth for an adoptee
8 born in a foreign country may be issued without
9 a judgment of adoption by a court in this state
10 if the adopting parents submit specified
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