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Citation: Ann. Stat. §§ 63.162; 63.165Information may be available to:
Identifying information about a birth parent, an adoptive parent, or an adopted person may not be disclosed unless the respective party has authorized in writing the release of such information. If the adopted person is younger than age 18, written consent must be obtained from an adoptive parent.The court may, upon petition of an adult adopted person or birth parent, for good cause shown, appoint an intermediary or a licensed child-placing agency to contact a birth parent or adult adopted person, as applicable, who has not registered with the adoption registry pursuant to § 63.165, and advise both of the availability of the intermediary or agency and that the birth parent or adult adopted person, as applicable, wishes to establish contact.
Citation: Ann. Stat. §§ 63.082; 63.085; 63.032
An adoption entity must provide the prospective adoptive parents with information concerning the background of the child. An adoption entity includes:
A child-placing agency licensed by the department to place minors for adoption
A child care agency registered under § 409.176
An intermediary (a licensed attorney who arranges the placement of children for adoption)
A child-placing agency licensed in another State that is qualified by the department to place children in the State of Florida
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 63.085
The adoption entity is responsible for providing the prospective adoptive parents with information concerning the background of the child to the extent such information is disclosed to the adoption entity by the parents, legal custodian, or the department. The information to be disclosed includes:
A complete set of the child’s medical records documenting all medical treatment and care since the child’s birth and before placement
All mental health, psychological, and psychiatric records, reports, and evaluations concerning the child before placement
The child’s educational records, including all records concerning any special education needs of the child before placement
Records documenting all incidents that required the department to provide services to the child, including all orders of adjudication of dependency or termination of parental rights, any case plans drafted to address the child’s needs, all protective services investigations identifying the child as a victim, and all guardian ad litem reports filed with the court concerning the child
Written information concerning the availability of adoption subsidies for the child, if applicable
A family social and medical history form completed pursuant to § 63.162(6)
The birth mother’s medical records documenting her prenatal care and the birth and delivery of the child
Citation: Fla. Stat. § 63.085
In all cases, the prospective adoptive parents must receive all available information by the date of the final hearing on the petition for adoption.
Citation: Fla. Stat. § 63.082
The form containing biological and sociological information, or information as to the family medical history, is not required for adoptions of relatives, adult adoptions, or adoptions of stepchildren, unless parental rights are being or were terminated pursuant to chapter 39.
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 63.172
A judgment of adoption relieves the birth parents of the adopted person, except a birth parent who is the petitioner or married to the petitioner, of all parental rights and responsibilities. It terminates all legal relationships between the adopted person and the adopted person’s relatives, except that rights of inheritance shall be as provided in the Florida Probate Code.If one or both parents of a child die without the relationship of parent and child having been previously terminated and a spouse of the living parent or a close relative of the child adopts the child, the child’s right of inheritance from or through the deceased parent is unaffected by the adoption. A close relative of a child is the child’s brother, sister, grandparent, aunt, or uncle.Adoptive Parents in Relation to Adopted Person
Citation: Ann. Stat. §§ 732.108; 732.302; 736.608; 736.1102
Citation: Ann. Stat. §§ 732.302; 732.608
The testator had one or more children when the will was executed and bequeathed substantially all the estate to the other parent of the pretermitted child and that other parent survived the testator and is entitled to take under the will.
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 63.192 A judgment of court establishing the relationship of parent and child by adoption issued pursuant to due process of law by a court of any other jurisdiction within or without the United States shall be recognized in this State, and the rights and obligations of the parties on matters within the jurisdiction of this State shall be determined as though the judgment were issued by a court of this State.Readoption After an Intercountry Adoption
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 382.017 The Department of Health will prepare a certificate of foreign birth for a foreign-born adoptee who is not a U.S. citizen and whose judgment of adoption was entered by a Florida court. The certificate will be established upon receipt of: