| 1 | Representative Cannon offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 1485 and 1486, insert: |
| 5 | Section 24. Section 382.017, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 382.017 Foreign births.-- |
| 8 | (1) Upon request, the department shall prepare and |
| 9 | register a certificate of foreign birth for an adoptee born in a |
| 10 | foreign country who is not a citizen of the United States and |
| 11 | whose judgment of adoption was entered by a court of competent |
| 12 | jurisdiction of this state. The certificate shall be established |
| 13 | upon receipt of the report or certified copy of the adoption |
| 14 | decree, proof of the date and place of the adoptee's birth, and |
| 15 | a request that the certificate be prepared from the court, the |
| 16 | adopting parents, or the adoptee if of legal age. The |
| 17 | certificate shall be labeled "Certificate of Foreign Birth" and |
| 18 | shall show the true country and date of birth of the adoptee, |
| 19 | and must include a statement that the certificate is not |
| 20 | evidence of United States citizenship. After registering the |
| 21 | certificate of foreign birth in the new name of the adoptee, the |
| 22 | department shall place the adoption report or decree under seal, |
| 23 | not to be broken except pursuant to court order. |
| 24 | (2) A certificate of foreign birth for an adoptee born in |
| 25 | a foreign country may be issued without a judgment of adoption |
| 26 | by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state if the |
| 27 | adopting parents submit: |
| 28 | (a) A certified translation of all documents described in |
| 29 | this subsection that are not in English; |
| 30 | (b) The decree, order, or certificate of adoption |
| 31 | evidencing finalization of the adoption in the foreign country; |
| 32 | (c) An IR-3 visa with proof of United States citizenship |
| 33 | issued upon entry into the United States for the adoptee; |
| 34 | (d) A written statement from each adopting parent |
| 35 | certifying under penalty of perjury that the adoption complies |
| 36 | with the eligibility requirements of s. 63.042(3); and |
| 37 | (e) Proof that each adopting parent is a resident of this |
| 38 | state. |
| 39 | (3)(2) If the adoptee was born in a foreign country but |
| 40 | was a citizen of the United States at the time of birth, the |
| 41 | department shall not prepare a certificate of foreign birth but |
| 42 | shall notify the adoptive parents, or the adoptee if of legal |
| 43 | age, of the procedure for obtaining a revised birth certificate |
| 44 | through the United States Department of State. |
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| 47 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 48 | Remove line 104 and insert: |
| 49 | petition was filed; amending s. 382.017, F.S.; providing that a |
| 50 | certificate of foreign birth for an adoptee born in a foreign |
| 51 | country may be issued without a judgment of adoption by a court |
| 52 | in this state if the adopting parents submit specified |
| 53 | documentation; amending s. 742.021, F.S.; requiring |