Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 590
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Bradley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 85 - 99
    4  and insert:
    5  entity, the court shall consider and weigh all relevant factors,
    6  including, but not limited to: the rights of the parent to
    7  determine an appropriate placement for the child,
    8         1. The permanency offered;,
    9         2. The established bonded relationship between the child
   10  and the current caregiver in child’s bonding with any potential
   11  adoptive home in which that the child has been residing; in,
   12         3. The stability of the potential adoptive home in which
   13  the child has been residing as well as the desirability of
   14  maintaining continuity of placement; and
   15         4. The importance of maintaining sibling relationships, if
   16  possible;
   17         5. The reasonable preferences and wishes of the child, if
   18  the court deems the child to be of sufficient maturity,
   19  understanding, and experience to express a preference;
   20         6. Whether a petition for termination of parental rights
   21  has been filed pursuant to s. 39.806(1)(f), (g), or (h);
   22         7. What is best for the child; and
   23         8. The right of the parent to determine an appropriate
   24  placement for the child.