Adoption & surrogacy in Florida
Subtitle: the legal and practical sourcebook for laypersons and lawyers
By: Melissa A. Tartaglia
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780813037332
Subjects: Surrogate mothers; Adoption; Law and legislation; Legal status, laws
Other titles: Adoption and surrogacy in Florida
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Is adoption for you?; title: Do you need an adoption entity?; title: How much will an adoption cost?; title: Locating a child to adopt; title: Deciphering adoption laws and rules; title: The Florida Adoption Act's definitions in layman's terms; title: Who can be adopted, and who can and cannot adopt?; title: Rights and responsibilities; title: The unmarried biological father; title: The interstate compact on the placement of children; title: Consent; title: Service of process and notice; title: The home study; title: Expenses and fees; title: How to adopt quickly and easily; title: When the birth parents won't consent to the adoption; title: Private, non-relative adoptions; title: Preplanned adoptions; title: How to obtain a certificate of foreign birth after adopting a foreign-born child; title: Alternatives to adoption; title: Why gestational surrogacy?; title: Gestational surrogacy in general; title: Definitions involved in gestational surrogacy; title: Required elements of an enforceable surrogacy agreement; title: Establishing parental status of the child; title: Gestational surrogacy vs. preplanned adoption vs. adoption; title: Checklists for adoption; title: Checklist for gestational surrogacy; title: Adoption forms.