| 1 | Representative(s) Ausley offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 399-431 and insert: |
| 5 | (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Florida |
| 6 | Putative Father Registry, as created by chapter 2003-58, Laws of |
| 7 | Florida, and as subsequently amended, applies to all adoption |
| 8 | and termination of parental rights proceedings that began after |
| 9 | May 30, 2003, the date upon which the creation of the registry |
| 10 | became law, including those proceedings in which a judgment of |
| 11 | adoption or termination of parental rights has been entered. |
| 12 | (2)(1) In order to preserve the right to notice and |
| 13 | consent to an adoption under this chapter, an unmarried |
| 14 | biological father must, as the "registrant," file a notarized |
| 15 | claim of paternity form with the Florida Putative Father |
| 16 | Registry maintained by the Office of Vital Statistics of the |
| 17 | Department of Health and shall include therein confirmation of |
| 18 | his willingness and intent to support the child for whom |
| 19 | paternity is claimed in accordance with state law. The claim of |
| 20 | paternity may be filed at any time prior to the child's birth, |
| 21 | but a claim of paternity may not be filed after the date a |
| 22 | petition is filed for termination of parental rights. In each |
| 23 | proceeding for termination of parental rights, the petitioner |
| 24 | shall submit to the Office of Vital Statistics of the Department |
| 25 | of Health a copy of the petition for termination of parental |
| 26 | rights. The Office of Vital Statistics of the Department of |
| 27 | Health shall not record a claim of paternity after the date that |
| 28 | a petition for termination of parental rights is filed. The |
| 29 | failure of an unmarried biological father to register his |
| 30 | paternity prior to the date a petition for termination of |
| 31 | parental rights is filed also bars him from filing a paternity |
| 32 | claim under chapter 742. |
| 33 | (7)(6) It is the obligation of the registrant or, if |
| 34 | designated under subsection (4), his designated agent or |
| 35 | representative to notify and update the Office of Vital |
| 36 | Statistics of any change of address or change in the designation |
| 37 | of an agent or representative. The failure of a registrant, or |
| 38 | designated agent or representative, to report any such change is |
| 39 | at the registrant's own risk and shall not serve as a valid |
| 40 | defense based upon lack of notice, and the adoption entity or |
| 41 | petitioner shall have no further obligation to search for the |
| 42 | registrant unless the person petitioning for termination of |
| 43 | parental rights or adoption has actual or constructive notice of |
| 44 | the registrant's address and whereabouts from another source. |
| 45 | (8)(7) In each proceeding for termination of parental |
| 46 | rights |
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| 48 | ====== D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T ===== |
| 49 | Remove lines 394-395 and insert: |
| 50 | Section 9. Subsections (1) through (14) of section 63.054, |
| 51 | Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (2) through |
| 52 | (15), respectively, and present subsections (1), (6), and (7) of |
| 53 | that section are amended to read: |
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| 55 | ======= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ======= |
| 56 | Remove line(s) 24 and insert: |
| 57 | lost entirely; amending s. 63.054, F.S.; providing legislative |
| 58 | intent; providing that an |