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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 63
ADOPTION
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F.S. 63.0425
63.0425 Grandparent’s right to notice.
(1) If a child has lived with a grandparent for at least 6 months within the 24-month period immediately preceding the filing of a petition for termination of parental rights pending adoption, the adoption entity shall provide notice to that grandparent of the hearing on the petition.
(2) This section does not apply if the placement for adoption is the result of the death of the child’s parent and a different preference is stated in the parent’s will.
(3) This section does not apply in stepparent adoptions.
(4) This section does not contravene the provisions of s. 63.142(4).
History.s. 1, ch. 87-397; s. 10, ch. 2001-3; s. 6, ch. 2003-58; s. 6, ch. 2008-151.

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Amendments to 63.0425


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 63.0425
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 63.0425.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

MAKAROS, v. CICHOCKI, 159 So. 3d 957 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . . § 63.0425(3), Fla. . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR, v. DOVE,, 985 So. 2d 1001 (Fla. 2008)

. . . , 2002, in which the grandparents specifically asserted their priority to adopt pursuant to section 63.0425 . . . Despite having reason to believe that the grandparents were entitled to notice pursuant to section 63.0425 . . . parental rights pending adoption must include a "certificate of compliance with the requirements of s. 63.0425 . . . In 2003, section 63.0425 was revised to provide that adoption entities must give a grandparent notice . . . See § 63.0425, Fla. Stat. (2003). . . . . See §§ 63.0425(1), 39.801(3)(a)(5), Fla. . . . See § 63.0425(1), Fla. Stat. (2002); B.B. v. . . . See § 63.0425(1), Fla. Stat. (2002). . . . Cf. §§ 63.0425(1), 39.801(3)(a)(5), Fla. Stat. (2002); In re X.Z.C., 747 So.2d at 1006-07. . . . Any grandparent entitled to priority for adoption under s. 63.0425. (Emphasis supplied.) . . . .

C. M. A. A. A v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,, 953 So. 2d 547 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . See, e.g., § 63.0425, Fla. Stat. (2006) (“Grandparent’s right to adopt”). . . .

In ADOPTION OF BABY A. a A. S. v. A. S. v., 944 So. 2d 380 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Among the allegations, it provided that no grandparents were entitled to notice under section 63.0425 . . .

AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE, 894 So. 2d 875 (Fla. 2005)

. . . The amendment conforms the rule to section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (2004). . . .

B. B. In M. E. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,, 854 So. 2d 822 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . .” § 63.0425(1), Fla. Stat. (2001) (emphasis added). . . . adoptive placement, the court order created for her the equivalent of the statutory priority of section 63.0425 . . .

L. R. L. R. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN FAMILIES,, 822 So. 2d 527 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . “strong likelihood” of being approved of since they had a statutory priority to adopt under section 63.0425 . . . grandparents alleged they had standing to file a petition via their statutory priority under section 63.0425 . . . time did the grandparents waive their statutory priority to adopt the minor children under section 63.0425 . . . As discussed, supra, section 63.0425 provides the court shall give first priority to petitions filed . . . court to adopt the child, the court shall give first priority for adoption to that grandparent.’’ § 63.0425 . . .

AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS- STEPPARENT ADOPTION FORMS, 821 So. 2d 263 (Fla. 2002)

. . . The 2001 Florida Legislature enacted new adoption laws, sections 63.022-.039, 63.0425-.0427, 63.052-.132 . . .

HAUSMANN, DOE, v. L. M. J. M., 806 So. 2d 511 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . They read section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1999), as the exclusive circumstance under which grandparents . . . the court to adopt the child, the court shall give first priority for adoption to that grandparent. § 63.0425 . . . child had lived with the grandmother for over six months, giving her statutory priority under section 63.0425 . . .

Y. H. v. F. L. H. K. W. H., 784 So. 2d 565 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . As grounds for intervention and consolidation, Y.H. cited section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1999) . . . First, she asserts a statutory preference under section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1999), by virtue . . . while her granddaughter S.L.H. was in her mother’s womb, she “lived with [Y.H.] for at least 6 months,” 63.0425 . . . also agree that appellant (“GP/Mother”) does not have a priority preference for adoption under section 63.0425 . . .

F. S. v. DANCIU,, 770 So. 2d 254 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . ’s finding that the child had not lived with the grandparents for at least six months under section 63.0425 . . .

ADOPTION BY CHOICE, INC. v. In X. Z. C. a, 747 So. 2d 1006 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . Statutes (Supp.1998), provides that any grandparent entitled to priority for adoption under section 63.0425 . . . Section 63.0425, Florida Statutes (1997), provides that a grandparent be provided with notice when his . . .

A. HENRIQUEZ C. v. ADOPTION CENTRE, INC., 690 So. 2d 613 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . P. 1.080; see also § 63.0425, Fla. . . .

RUSHING, a v. E. BOSSE, R. P. A., 652 So. 2d 869 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . Subsection 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1991), requires that when a child, who is to be placed for adoption . . .

DILLON, v. D. ROBB,, 597 So. 2d 891 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . The trial judge refused to give Dillon “priority” of consideration pursuant to section 63.0425, Florida . . . The trial judge refused to apply section 63.0425 (grandparent priority) because it interpreted such priority . . . The court interpreted section 63.0425, Florida Statutes (1989) to deny the grandmother a statutorily . . . Section 63.0425(2), (3) and (4), Florida Statutes (1991). . . .

In ADOPTION OF A MINOR CHILD, 593 So. 2d 185 (Fla. 1991)

. . . (2) Are grandparents entitled to notification and preference in adoptions pursuant to section 63.0425 . . . handled by the attorney for a petitioner-relative, but the adoption is not exempted under either § 63.0425 . . . of section 63.032(8) and the grandparents were not entitled to notice of the adoption under section 63.0425 . . . Section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1987), provides: When a child who has lived with a grandparent . . . We believe that this reading gives unintended breadth to section 63.0425(1). . . .

DAVIS v. In ADOPTION OF T. R. D. a, 575 So. 2d 1364 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . The appellants-grandparents rely principally on section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1989), which gives . . . maternal grand-aunt and uncle, with whom the child has also resided, rely on sections 63.022(2)(Z) and 63.0425 . . . Section 63.0425(4) provides that the grandparent priority provision is not intended to contravene the . . .

In ADOPTION A MINOR CHILD, 570 So. 2d 340 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . (2) Are grandparents entitled to notification and preference in adoptions pursuant to section 63.0425 . . . handled by the attorney for a petitioner-relative, but the adoption is not exempted under either § 63.0425 . . . Florida Statute Section 63.0425 (1987) provides: 63.0425 Grandparent’s right to adopt. —(1) When a child . . . The sister claims that under Florida Statute section 63.0425 notification of grandparents is only required . . . Thus, if we were to substitute “attorney” for “intermediary” in section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes . . . The legislature added this definition in 1987 at the same time it enacted section 63.0425, Florida Statutes . . . Fla.Stat. §§ 63.0425(2) & (3) (1987). Neither exception applies in this case. . . .

DAVIS v. DIXON, 545 So. 2d 318 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . Upon remand it may be necessary for the trial court to resolve this issue of relationship. . 63.0425 . . . give first priority for adoption to that grandparent. .The grandparent’s priority afforded by section 63.0425 . . . Section 63.0425(4) Florida Statutes (1987) provides: “(4) Nothing in this section shall contravene the . . .