Florida Statute 63.135 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 63
ADOPTION

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63.135 Information to be submitted to the court.—

(1) The adoption entity or petitioner must file an affidavit under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act in the termination of parental rights proceeding in the first pleading or in an affidavit attached to that pleading.

(2) Each party has a continuing duty to inform the court of any custody proceeding concerning the child in this or any other state about which he or she obtained information during this proceeding.

History.—s. 6, ch. 87-397; s. 340, ch. 95-147; s. 27, ch. 2003-58; s. 19, ch. 2008-151.

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Cases Citing Statute 63.135

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In Re Adoption of a Minor Child, 593 So. 2d 185 (Fla. 1991).

Cited 18 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 771, 1991 Fla. LEXIS 2126, 1991 WL 259752

...etained jurisdiction for "all issues concerning and affecting" the child. On May 11, 1988, the sister filed a petition for adoption in the Circuit Court for Broward County with the natural father's written consent and filed the affidavit required by section 63.135, Florida Statutes (1987)....

...uit court to proceed in accordance with this opinion. It is so ordered. SHAW, C.J., and OVERTON, McDONALD, GRIMES, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution. [2] Section 63.135, Florida Statutes (1987), provides: (1) Each party in an adoption proceeding involving a child over the age of 6 months, in the first pleading or in an affidavit attached to that pleading, shall give information under oath as to the ch...

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The Florida Bar v. Dove, 985 So. 2d 1001 (Fla. 2008).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2008 WL 2373903

...Notwithstanding that letter and notice, Dove ignored and attempted to avoid the Grandparents and did not even inform them of the jurisdiction and venue in which the adoption proceedings had been filed; moreover, Dove did not advise the circuit court of these facts. Cf. § 63.135(1)(c), Fla....

...y from the Birth Mother without the Biological Father's approval, and declared that he wanted to stop the adoption proceedings. Dove concealed this communication of the Biological Father from the circuit court and never disclosed the true facts. Cf. § 63.135(1)(c), Fla....

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In Re Adoption of a Minor Child, 570 So. 2d 340 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 149748

...ay 11, 1988, the sister, having moved to Florida with Baby R.R., filed a Petition for Adoption in the Circuit Court in Broward County. The sister attached the natural father's written consent to the adoption. She also filed the affidavit required by section 63.135, Florida Statutes (1987)....

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