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FL Stat § 63.167 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 63 - Adoption|63.167 - State Adoption Information Center.

63.167 State adoption information center.—(1) The department shall establish a state adoption information center for the purpose of increasing public knowledge about adoption and promoting to adolescents and pregnant women the availability of adoption services. The department shall contract with one or more licensed child-placing agencies to operate the state adoption information center.(2) The functions of the state adoption information center shall include:(a) Providing a training program for persons who counsel adolescents, including, but not limited to, school counselors, county child welfare services employees, and family planning clinic employees.(b) Recruiting adoption services specialist trainees, and providing a training program for such specialists.(c) Operating a toll-free telephone number to provide information and referral services. The state adoption information center shall provide contact information for all adoption entities in the caller’s county or, if no adoption entities are located in the caller’s county, the number of the nearest adoption entity when contacted for a referral to make an adoption plan and shall rotate the order in which the names of adoption entities are provided to callers.(d) Distributing pamphlets which provide information on the availability of adoption services.(e) Promoting adoption through the communications media.(f) Maintaining a list of licensed child-placing agencies eligible and willing to take custody of and place newborn infants left at a hospital, pursuant to s. 383.50. The names and contact information for the licensed child-placing agencies on the list shall be provided on a rotating basis to the statewide central abuse hotline.(3) The department shall ensure equitable distribution of referrals to licensed child-placing agencies.History.—s. 62, ch. 90-306; s. 4, ch. 2000-188; s. 31, ch. 2003-58; s. 21, ch. 2012-81; s. 22, ch. 2012-116.
FL Stat § 63.172 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 63 - Adoption|63.172 - Effect of Judgment of Adoption.

63.172 Effect of judgment of adoption.—(1) A judgment of adoption, whether entered by a court of this state, another state, or of any other place, has the following effect:(a) It relieves the birth parents of the adopted person, except a birth parent who is a petitioner or who is married to a petitioner, of all parental rights and responsibilities.(b) It terminates all legal relationships between the adopted person and the adopted person’s relatives, including the birth parents, except a birth parent who is a petitioner or who is married to a petitioner, so that the adopted person thereafter is a stranger to his or her former relatives for all purposes, including the interpretation or construction of documents, statutes, and instruments, whether executed before or after entry of the adoption judgment, that do not expressly include the adopted person by name or by some designation not based on a parent and child or blood relationship, except that rights of inheritance shall be as provided in the Florida Probate Code.(c) Except for rights of inheritance, it creates the relationship between the adopted person and the petitioner and all relatives of the petitioner that would have existed if the adopted person were a blood descendant of the petitioner born within wedlock. This relationship shall be created for all purposes, including applicability of statutes, documents, and instruments, whether executed before or after entry of the adoption judgment, that do not expressly exclude an adopted person from their operation or effect.(2) 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 thereafter adopts the child, the child’s right of inheritance from or through the deceased parent is unaffected by the adoption and, unless the court orders otherwise, the adoption will not terminate any grandparental rights delineated under chapter 752. For purposes of this subsection, a close relative of a child is the child’s brother, sister, grandparent, aunt, or uncle.History.—s. 17, ch. 73-159; s. 11, ch. 75-226; s. 1, ch. 79-369; s. 1, ch. 87-27; s. 1, ch. 90-139; s. 18, ch. 92-96; s. 1, ch. 93-192; s. 342, ch. 95-147; s. 1, ch. 2001-226.
FL Stat § 63.182 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 63 - Adoption|63.182 - Statute of Repose.

63.182 Statute of repose.—(1) Notwithstanding s. 95.031 or s. 95.11 or any other statute, an action or proceeding of any kind to vacate, set aside, or otherwise nullify a judgment of adoption or an underlying judgment terminating parental rights on any ground may not be filed more than 1 year after entry of the judgment terminating parental rights.(2)(a) Except for the specific persons expressly entitled to be given notice of an adoption in accordance with this chapter, the interest that entitles a person to notice of an adoption must be direct, financial, and immediate, and the person must show that he or she will gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment. A showing of an indirect, inconsequential, or contingent interest is wholly inadequate, and a person with this indirect interest lacks standing to set aside a judgment of adoption.(b) This subsection is remedial and shall apply to all adoptions, including those in which a judgment of adoption has already been entered.History.—s. 18, ch. 73-159; s. 6, ch. 2000-188; s. 32, ch. 2003-58; s. 32, ch. 2003-154; s. 4, ch. 2006-265.
FL Stat § 63.192 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 63 - Adoption|63.192 - Recognition of Foreign Judgment or Decree Affecting Adoption.

63.192 Recognition of foreign judgment or decree affecting adoption.—A judgment terminating the relationship of parent and child or establishing the relationship by adoption, or a decree granting legal guardianship for purposes of adoption, issued pursuant to due process of law by a court or authorized body of any other jurisdiction within or without the United States shall be recognized in this state, and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be determined as though the judgment or decree were issued by a court of this state. A judgment or decree of a court or authorized body terminating the relationship of a parent and child, whether independent, incorporated in an adoption decree, or incorporated in a legal guardianship order issued pursuant to due process of law of any other jurisdiction within or without the United States, shall be deemed to effectively terminate parental rights for purposes of a proceeding on a petition for adoption in this state. If a minor child has been made available for adoption in a foreign state or foreign country and the parental rights of the minor child’s parent have been terminated or the child has been declared to be abandoned or orphaned, no additional termination of parental rights proceeding need occur, and the adoption may be finalized according to the procedures set forth in this chapter.History.—s. 19, ch. 73-159; s. 21, ch. 2008-151.
FL Stat § 63.202 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 63 - Adoption|63.202 - Authority to License; Adoption of Rules.

63.202 Authority to license; adoption of rules.—(1) The Department of Children and Families is authorized and empowered to license child placement agencies that it determines to be qualified to place minors for adoption.(2) No agency shall place a minor for adoption unless such agency is licensed by the department, except a child-caring agency registered under s. 409.176.(3) The department may adopt rules necessary to ensure that all child-placing agencies comply with this chapter to receive or renew a license.History.—s. 20, ch. 73-159; s. 23, ch. 77-147; s. 7, ch. 78-190; s. 8, ch. 87-397; s. 12, ch. 97-101; s. 29, ch. 2001-3; s. 22, ch. 2012-81; s. 29, ch. 2014-19.
FL Stat § 63.207 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 63 - Adoption|63.207 - Out-of-State Placement.

63.207 Out-of-state placement.—(1) Unless the parent placing a minor for adoption files an affidavit that the parent chooses to place the minor outside the state, giving the reason for that placement, or the minor is to be placed with a relative or with a stepparent, or the minor is a special needs child, as defined in s. 409.166, or for other good cause shown, an adoption entity may not:(a) Take or send a minor out of the state for the purpose of placement for adoption; or(b) Place or attempt to place a minor for the purpose of adoption with a family who primarily lives and works outside Florida in another state. If an adoption entity is acting under this subsection, the adoption entity must file a petition for declaratory statement pursuant to s. 63.102 for prior approval of fees and costs. The court shall review the costs pursuant to s. 63.097. The petition for declaratory statement must be converted to a petition for an adoption upon placement of the minor in the home. When a minor is placed for adoption with prospective adoptive parents who primarily live and work outside this state, the circuit court in this state may retain jurisdiction over the matter until the adoption becomes final. The prospective adoptive parents may finalize the adoption in this state.(2) An adoption entity may not counsel a birth mother to leave the state for the purpose of giving birth to a child outside the state in order to secure a fee in excess of that permitted under s. 63.097 when it is the intention that the child is to be placed for adoption outside the state.(3) When applicable, the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children authorized in s. 409.401 shall be used in placing children outside the state for adoption.History.—s. 12, ch. 75-226; s. 24, ch. 77-147; s. 8, ch. 78-190; s. 4, ch. 84-101; s. 9, ch. 87-397; s. 21, ch. 92-96; s. 30, ch. 2001-3; s. 34, ch. 2003-58.
FL Stat § 63.219 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 63 - Adoption|63.219 - Sanctions.

63.219 Sanctions.—Upon a finding by the court that an adoption entity has willfully violated any substantive provision of this chapter relative to the rights of the parties to the adoption and legality of the adoption process, the court is authorized to prohibit the adoption entity from placing a minor for adoption in the future in this state.History.—s. 23, ch. 92-96; s. 32, ch. 2001-3; s. 37, ch. 2003-58.
FL Stat § 63.222 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 63 - Adoption|63.222 - Effect on Prior Adoption Proceedings.

63.222 Effect on prior adoption proceedings.—Any adoption made before July 1, 2012, is valid, and any proceedings pending on that date and any subsequent amendments thereto are not affected thereby unless the amendment is designated as a remedial provision.History.—s. 22, ch. 73-159; s. 25, ch. 2012-81.
FL Stat § 63.232 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 63 - Adoption|63.232 - Duty of Person Adopting.

63.232 Duty of person adopting.—In order to protect the rights of all the parties involved in an adoption, any person adopting or attempting to adopt another person shall comply with the procedures established by this act.History.—s. 23, ch. 73-159.
FL Stat § 63.2325 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 63 - Adoption|63.2325 - Conditions for Invalidation of a Consent to Adoption or Affidavit of Nonpaternity.

63.2325 Conditions for invalidation of a consent to adoption or affidavit of nonpaternity.—Notwithstanding the requirements of this chapter, a failure to meet any of those requirements does not constitute grounds for invalidation of a consent to adoption or revocation of an affidavit of nonpaternity unless the extent and circumstances of such a failure result in a material failure of fundamental fairness in the administration of due process, or the failure constitutes or contributes to fraud or duress in obtaining a consent to adoption or affidavit of nonpaternity.History.—s. 33, ch. 2001-3; s. 26, ch. 2012-81; s. 10, ch. 2013-15.
FL Stat § 63.233 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 63 - Adoption|63.233 - Rulemaking Authority.

63.233 Rulemaking authority.—The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter.History.—s. 11, ch. 87-397; s. 10, ch. 98-200.
FL Stat § 63.235 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 63 - Adoption|63.235 - Petitions Filed Before Effective Date; Governing Law.

63.235 Petitions filed before effective date; governing law.—Any petition for adoption filed before the effective date of this act shall be governed by the law in effect at the time the petition was filed.History.—s. 37, ch. 2001-3; s. 38, ch. 2003-58.
FL Stat § 63.236 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 63 - Adoption|63.236 - Petitions Filed Before July 1, 2008; Governing Law.

63.236 Petitions filed before July 1, 2008; governing law.—A petition for termination of parental rights filed before July 1, 2008, is governed by the law in effect at the time the petition was filed.History.—s. 23, ch. 2008-151.
FL Stat § 65.011 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 65 - Quieting Title|65.011 - Real Estate; Certain Jurisdiction Over.

65.011 Real estate; certain jurisdiction over.—Chancery courts have jurisdiction of actions by any person or corporation claiming to own any land or part thereof, or by two or more claiming to own the same land or part thereof under a common title against more than one person or corporation occupying or claiming title to the land or part thereof adversely to plaintiff, whether defendants claim or hold under a common title or not; and shall determine the title of plaintiff as against defendants and enter judgment quieting the title of, and awarding possession to, the plaintiff entitled thereto and may enter injunctions, temporary or perpetual, appoint receivers, and enter such orders about costs as are necessary to protect the rights of the parties.History.—s. 1, ch. 3884, 1889; RS 1500; GS 1949; RGS 3212; CGL 5004; s. 20, ch. 67-254.Note.—Former s. 66.10.
FL Stat § 65.021 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 65 - Quieting Title|65.021 - Real Estate; Removing Clouds.

65.021 Real estate; removing clouds.—Chancery courts have jurisdiction of actions brought by any person or corporation, whether in actual possession or not, claiming legal or equitable title to land against any person or corporation not in actual possession, who has, appears to have or claims an adverse legal or equitable estate, interest, or claim therein to determine such estate, interest, or claim and quiet or remove clouds from the title to the land. It is no bar to relief that the title has not been litigated at law or that there is only one litigant to each side of the controversy or that the adverse claim, estate, or interest is void upon its face, or though not void on its face, requires extrinsic evidence to establish its validity.History.—s. 1, ch. 4739, 1899; GS 1950; RGS 3213; s. 1, ch. 10223, 1925; CGL 5005; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 20, ch. 67-254.Note.—Former s. 66.11.
FL Stat § 65.031 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 65 - Quieting Title|65.031 - Real Estate; Removing Clouds; Plaintiffs.

65.031 Real estate; removing clouds; plaintiffs.—An action in chancery for quieting title to, or clearing a cloud from, land may be maintained in the name of the owner or of any prior owner who warranted the title. All lands, the title to which is subject to a common defect, may be embraced in one action irrespective of the number of existing legal or equitable owners.History.—s. 1, ch. 10221, 1925; CGL 5006; s. 20, ch. 67-254.Note.—Former s. 66.12.
FL Stat § 65.041 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 65 - Quieting Title|65.041 - Real Estate; Removing Clouds; Defendants.

65.041 Real estate; removing clouds; defendants.—No person not a party to the action is bound by any judgment rendered adverse to his or her interest, but any judgment favorable to the person inures to that person’s benefit to the extent of his or her legal or equitable title.History.—s. 2, ch. 10221, 1925; CGL 5007; s. 20, ch. 67-254; s. 345, ch. 95-147.Note.—Former s. 66.13.
FL Stat § 65.051 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 65 - Quieting Title|65.051 - Real Estate; Removing Clouds; Joinder.

65.051 Real estate; removing clouds; joinder.—Two or more persons who are interested in removing a cloud from or quieting title to land as against the same clouds or adverse claims may join as plaintiffs in a single action to remove such clouds or quiet the title, although their interests relate to separate lands or parts thereof.History.—s. 1, ch. 10222, 1925; CGL 5008; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 20, ch. 67-254.Note.—Former s. 66.14.
FL Stat § 65.071 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 65 - Quieting Title|65.071 - Quieting Title; Deeds Without Joinder of Wife When Separated for 30 Years.

165.071 Quieting title; deeds without joinder of wife when separated for 30 years.—An action in chancery may be brought to quiet title to land to preclude any wife from claiming dower or any heirs from claiming any interest to land when the following facts exist:(1) When any husband and wife have not cohabited as husband and wife for 30 years or more and during this time the husband has conveyed land as a single man and the land has come into the hands of purchasers for a valuable consideration without notice that the husband was married at the time he conveyed the land, and the purchasers have relied on the acknowledgment to deeds by the husband that he was a single man, and it afterwards became known that he was a married man at the time he deeded the land and his marriage has never been dissolved and he refuses to voluntarily get a dissolution of marriage to clear the title to preclude his wife from claiming any inchoate dower therein and his heirs from claiming any interest therein and when the wife has never lived in the county where the land is located with the husband as his wife and has never asserted any inchoate right to dower in the land, the inchoate right to dower is divested and is a cloud on the title to the land and the purchaser of the land has the right to remove the cloud and to prevent the wife or heirs from claiming any dower or other interest from such purchasers and their successors in title.(2) When these facts are proven, the court shall adjudge that the wife and heirs of the husband are forever barred and perpetually enjoined from claiming any interest in the land arising out of dower or otherwise, and that the wife did not join in the execution of the deeds by which the husband deeded the land as a single man under the facts above-stated is not effective to reserve an inchoate right of dower in the land held by such purchasers.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 19116, 1939; CGL 5011(1), (2); s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 20, ch. 67-254; s. 1, ch. 73-300.1Note.—Chapter 73-107 abolished the right of dower in property transferred prior to death. See also s. 732.111.Note.—Former s. 66.25.
FL Stat § 65.081 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 65 - Quieting Title|65.081 - Tax Titles; Quieting Title.

65.081 Tax titles; quieting title.—(1) PARTIES.—Any grantee under any tax deed issued by the state, or any municipality or other political subdivision thereof, or any purchaser from the state, or any municipality or other political subdivision thereof, of any land the title to which has been acquired by this state or such municipality or political subdivision through any proceeding or foreclosure for the nonpayment of taxes or special assessments, or the successor in title to the grantee or purchaser, may maintain an action in chancery to quiet title to the land included in the tax deed, or so purchased against the holder of the record title to the land, and against any other person or corporation claiming any interest in the land or any lien or encumbrance thereon, before issuance of the tax deed or before the loss of title to the land in the tax proceeding or foreclosure.(2) DERAIGNING TITLE.—Actions may be maintained hereunder whether or not plaintiff is in possession of the land involved but when defendant is in actual possession of the land a jury trial may be had as provided in other actions to quiet title. When the action is based on a tax deed, the complaint need not deraign title beyond the issuance of the tax deed. When the action is based on a conveyance by this state, or any municipality or other political subdivision thereof, of land the title to which it has acquired through a foreclosure or other proceeding for the nonpayment of taxes, the complaint need not deraign title beyond the deed or other instrument or act vesting title in the state or municipality or other political subdivision of the state.(3) WHEN TAXES HAVE BEEN PAID.—No defense to the action or attack upon the tax deed shall be made except the defense that the taxes assessed against the property had been paid by the former owner before issuance of the tax deed.(4) WHEN TAX DEED HAS BEEN ISSUED BEFORE CONVEYANCE BY SOVEREIGN.—No defense shall be made to the action because of assessment of the property or issuance of the tax deed before the United States or the state has parted with title to the property, and no other attack shall be made on it, except the defense that the taxes assessed against the property had been paid by the person, or a claimant under him or her, to whom the United States patent or conveyance from the state was issued before the issuance of the tax deed.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 21822, 1943; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 20, ch. 67-254; s. 29, ch. 74-382; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 347, ch. 95-147.Note.—Former ss. 66.26, 66.27.
FL Stat § 66.011 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 66 - Ejectment|66.011 - Common-Law Ejectment Abolished.

66.011 Common-law ejectment abolished.—In ejectment it is not necessary to have any fictitious parties. Plaintiff may bring action directly against the party in possession or claiming adversely.History.—s. 1, ch. 999, 1859; RS 1511; GS 1966; RGS 3234; CGL 5040; s. 21, ch. 67-254.Note.—Former s. 70.01.