The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . attorney, or agency is seeking fees, costs, or other expenses in excess of those provided under section 63.097 . . .
. . . Stat. 63.097(1)),” which was signed by an employee of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) and . . . Appellees clearly alleged in the Amended Motion that the fees approved by DCF under section 63.097(1) . . . Section 63.097, Florida Statutes (2011), sets forth the fees permitted in an adoption proceeding and, . . . The fees at issue here are agency fees that fall under section 63.097(1). . . . Given the agreement of both parties and the plain language of section 63.097(1), we conclude that the . . .
. . . attorney, or agency is seeking fees, costs, or other expenses in excess of those provided under section 63.097 . . .
. . . attorney, or agency is seeking fees, costs, or other expenses in excess of those provided under section 63.097 . . .
. . . attorney, or agency is seeking fees, costs, or other expenses in excess of those provided under sections 63.097 . . .
. . . (amending §§ 63.062, 63.087, 63.088, 63.097, and 63.212, Fla. Stat. (2000)). . . . attorney, or agency is seeking fees, costs, or other expenses in excess of those provided under sections 63.097 . . .
. . . (amending §§ 63.062, 63.087, 63.088, 63.097, and 63.212, Fla. Stat. (2001)). . . . attorney, or agency is seeking feeser, costs, or other expenses in excess of those provided under sections 63.097 . . .
. . . intermediary, attorney, or agency is seeking fees or costs- in excess of those provided under sections 63.097 . . .
. . . See § 63.097, .212(4), Fla.Stat. (Supp.1992). We reverse. . . . As provided by section 63.097, Florida Statutes (1992), any fee over $1,000 that is paid to an intermediary . . .
. . . The trial judge issued the order in reliance on the language of sections 63.097 and 63.212(4), Florida . . . Section 63.097 provided that “[a]ny fee, including those costs as set out in § 63.212(l)(d), over $500 . . . Section 63.097, while entitled, “Approval of fees to intermediaries,” is not only confusing but misleading . . . Because sections 63.097 and 63.212(4) require prior court approval, the payment of living expenses by . . . The 1987 legislature amended those sections to provide: 63.097 Approval of fees to intermediaries. . . .
. . . based on the record, that the trial court abused its discretion when it limited fees under section 63.097 . . .