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The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Baker)

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recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between lines 20 and 21,

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insert:

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     Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 39.806, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     39.806  Grounds for termination of parental rights.--

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     (2)  Reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify families

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are not required if a court of competent jurisdiction has

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determined that any of the events described in paragraphs

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(1)(e)-(i)(j) have occurred.

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     Section 2.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (6) of section

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39.811, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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     39.811  Powers of disposition; order of disposition.--

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     (6)  The parental rights of one parent may be severed

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without severing the parental rights of the other parent only

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under the following circumstances:

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     (e)  If the parent whose rights are being terminated meets

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any of the criteria specified in s. 39.806(1)(d) and (f)-(i)

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(j).

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(Renumber subsequent sections)

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 4 before "creating" insert:

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amending s. 39.806, F.S.; providing circumstances when efforts

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to reunify are not required; amending section 39.811; providing

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for severance of rights of one parent;

1/22/2008  1:51:00 PM     CF.CF.03053