CopyCited 9 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 2467056
...Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tanya E. DiFilippo, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Children and Family Services. ALTENBERND, Judge. Adoption Miracles, LLC, a licensed child-placing agency pursuant to section
63.202, Florida Statutes (2004), and therefore an adoption entity pursuant to section
63.032(3), Florida Statutes (2004), seeks review of an order denying its motion to intervene in a dependency proceeding regarding the child, S.N.W....
CopyCited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 16035
ALTENBERND, Judge. Adoption Miracles, LLC, a licensed child-placing agency pursuant to section
63.202, Florida Statutes (2004), and therefore an adoption entity pursuant to section
63.032(3), Florida Statutes (2004), seeks review of an order denying its motion to intervene in a dependency proceeding regarding the child, S.N.W....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 162
...." HRS then petitioned this court for review of the hearing officer's order. Florida Statutes, Chapter 63, is entitled the "Florida Adoption Act," and establishes standards for hearings on adoptions. Section
63.162(1) provides that "hearings held in proceedings under this Act shall be held in closed court... ." Although §
63.202, Florida Statutes, empowers HRS to license adoption agencies, hearings with regard to such licensing are governed by the provisions of §
409.175 and Chapter 120, Florida Statutes....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 55 U.S.L.W. 2511, 1986 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16013
...He stated that he has spoken with Mr. Kurtz, the president of Friends of Children and Mr. McBride, the Office Manager at Friends of Children, and has told both of them that Friends could not conduct such activities in Florida without obtaining a license as required by § 63.202....
...on the Placement of Children. (Interstate Compact). HRS argues that Friends is prohibited from conducting such studies in Florida because it is not a Florida licensed adoption agency. *1225 In support of its position, HRS relies on Florida Statutes Section 63.202(2)....
...There is no more specific provision in Florida Statutes that would prohibit a non-licensed agency from conducting home studies. Therefore, in order to determine whether Friends may lawfully conduct such studies, the court must determine whether a home study is a placement activity prohibited by Section 63.202(2)....
...ravel to Georgia. The legislature has included a statutory definition of agency in the Florida Adoption Act. This definition supports HRS's interpretation of the statute: "Agency" means any child-placing agency licensed by the department pursuant to S. 63.202 to place minors for adoption....
...ADVANCED EXPENSES: HRS's last claim is that Florida law prohibits Friends from advancing medical expenses to expectant mothers who are planning to place their child with Friends for adoption in Georgia. HRS first argues that payment of expenses is a placement activity prohibited by Section 63.202(2)....
CopyPublished | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 4738869, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 16959
...the placemenVservice fee; and (3) $1,100 for an interstate placement fee (Appellees are residents of Connecticut). . Section
63.032(6), Florida Statutes (2011), defines "agency” as “any child-placing agency licensed by the department pursuant to section
63.202 to place minors for adoption.”
