The Florida Senate

63.097  Fees.--

(1)  APPROVAL OF FEES TO INTERMEDIARIES.--Any fee over $1,000 and those costs as set out in s. 63.212(1)(d) over $2,500, paid to an intermediary other than actual, documented medical costs, court costs, and hospital costs must be approved by the court prior to assessment of the fee by the intermediary and upon a showing of justification for the larger fee.

(2)  FEES FOR AGENCIES OR THE DEPARTMENT.--When an intermediary uses the services of a licensed child-placing agency, a professional, any other person or agency pursuant to s. 63.092, or, if necessary, the department, the person seeking to adopt the child must pay the licensed child-placing agency, professional, other person or agency, or the department an amount equal to the cost of all services performed, including, but not limited to, the cost of conducting the preliminary home study, counseling, and the final home investigation. The court, upon a finding that the person seeking to adopt the child is financially unable to pay that amount, may order that such person pay a lesser amount.

History.--s. 6, ch. 75-226; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 6, ch. 78-190; s. 2, ch. 84-101; s. 4, ch. 87-397; s. 1, ch. 90-55; s. 10, ch. 92-96.