Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 501.025
CopyCited 5 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1687
...his case, she did so before any would-be adoptive parents took custody of the child? Why, if a person agreeing in writing to purchase encyclopedias from a door to door salesman is entitled to cancel that agreement three days later, as is provided in section 501.025, Florida Statutes (1985), should not a natural mother be entitled to cancel one week later her consent to the permanent loss to her of the child to whom she gave birth? Also, was the natural mother's consent under the circumstances of...
...Had the Mother waited a substantial period of time, it is doubtful that her credibility would have been established as well as it is." Yet, we should add that if there were to be a specific "cooling off period" during which a consent to an adoption may be withdrawn, similar in principle to that provided by section 501.025 for purchase agreements with door to door salesmen, that is a matter for the legislature to decide....
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1977).
Published | Florida Attorney General Reports
qualify as home solicitation sales because: Section
501.025, F. S., provides that the buyer's rights arise
CopyPublished | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1687, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 9270
...his case, she did so before any would-be adoptive parents took custody of the child? Why, if a person agreeing in writing to purchase encyclopedias from a door to door salesman is entitled to cancel that agreement three days later, as is provided in section 501.025, Florida Statutes (1985), should not a natural mother be entitled to cancel one week later her consent to the permanent loss to her of the child to whom she gave birth? Also, was the natural mother’s consent under the circumstances...
...Had the Mother waited a substantial period of time, it is doubtful that her credibility would have been established as well as it is.” Yet, we should add that if there were to be a specific “cooling off period” during which a consent to an adoption may be withdrawn, similar in principle to that provided by section 501.025 for purchase agreements with door to door salesmen, that is a matter for the legislature to decide....
