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The Committee on Judiciary (Joyner) recommended the following

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amendment:

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     Senate Amendment

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     Delete line(s) 397 through 408,

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and insert:

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     (3)(a) Pursuant to chapter 48, an adoption entity shall may

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serve a notice of intended adoption plan upon any known and

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locatable unmarried biological father who is identified to the

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adoption entity by the mother by the date she signs her consent

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for adoption or who is identified by a diligent search of the

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Florida Putative Father Registry, or upon an entity whose consent

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is required. Service of the notice of intended adoption plan is

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not mandatory when the unmarried biological father signs a

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consent for adoption or an affidavit of nonpaternity. The notice

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may be served, a notice of intended adoption plan at any time

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before the child's birth or before placing prior to the placement

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of the child in the adoptive home, including prior to the birth

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of the child. The recipient of the notice may waive service of

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process by executing a waiver and acknowledging receipt of the

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plan. The notice of intended adoption plan must

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3/31/2008  12:32:00 PM     JU.JU.06128