Adoptions and gestational surrogacy
| Author | Steven F. Samilow |
| Pages | 1183-1242 |
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ADOPTION AND
GESTATIONAL SURROGACY
I. THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
§15:01 Florida Adoption Act
§15:02 Minors and Adults May Be Adopted
§15:03 Adopting a Minor
§15:04 Stepparent and Close Relative Adoptions
§15:05 Adult Adoption
§15:06 Best Interests of the Child Is the Touchstone
§15:07 Guardian Ad Litem
§15:08 Department of Children and Families
§15:09 Adoption Entity
§15:10 Adoption Plan
§15:11 Disclosure Statement
§15:12 Other Requirements of Adoption Entities
§15:13 Grandparent Notification
§15:14 Firearms
§15:15 Home Study
§15:16 Payment of Adoption Expenses
§15:17 Timing of the Final Hearing
§15:18 Indian Child Welfare Act
§15:19 Full Faith and Credit
§15:20 Adoption by Homosexuals
§15:21 Confidentiality: Hearings and Records
§15:22 Finality of the Final Judgment
II. ADOPTION PLACMENT
§15:30 Private Placement/Independent Adoption
§15:31 Preplanned Adoptions
§15:32 Agency Adoptions
§15:33 Agency Custody of the Child Pending Adoption
§15:34 Court Approval for Placement with Prospective Adoptive Parents
§15:35 Alternative Temporary Placement: Attorney-Intermediary
§15:36 Comparing Private Placement and Agency Adoptions
III. JURISDICTION AND VENUE
§15:40 Subject Matter Jurisdiction
§15:41 Where to File Petition
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§15:42 Objections to Venue
§15:43 Hearing Requirement
§15:44 Waiver
§15:45 Costs
IV. NOTICE AND CONSENT
A. Overview
§15:50 General Points
§15:51 Manner of Consent
§15:52 Service
§15:53 Alternative to Parental Consent: Abandonment
§15:54 Minor’s Consent to Being Adopted
§15:55 Consent of Birth Mother
§15:56 Consent of Birth Father Who Was Married to Birth Mother
§15:57 Consent of Putative Father Who Was Not Married to Birth Mother
§15:58 Notice/Constitutional Issues Connected with Putative Father’s Consent Rights
§15:59 Analysis of Putative Father Rights in Light of Constitutional Requirements
§15:60 Florida Putative Father Registry
§15:61 Operative Date for Putative Father’s Consent
§15:62 Removal from the Florida Putative Father Registry
§15:63 Affidavit of Non-Paternity
§15:64 DNA Testing
§15:65 Notice to Other Persons
§15:66 Intervention by Adoption Entity
B. Special Consent Rules for Infant Adoptions
§15:70 Notice of Intended Adoption Plan
§15:71 Requirements of the Notice of Intended Adoption Plan
§15:72 Compliance with Notice of Intended Adoption Plan
§15:73 Failure to Comply with Notice of Intended Adoption Plan
§15:74 Substantial Compliance
§15:75 Multiple Potential Fathers and the Notice of Intended Adoption Plan
§15:76 Failure to Timely Serve Notice of Intended Adoption Plan
§15:77 Additional Consent Requirements for Putative Father: Child with Adoptive Parents
§15:78 Child Older Than Six Months of Age
§15:79 Child Six Months of Age or Younger
C. Other Consent Issues
§15:90 Timing of Parental Consent
§15:91 Implied Consent for Abandoned Newborn Infants
§15:92 Consent When the Father and/or Mother Is a Minor
§15:93 Consent When the Pregnancy Resulted from a Crime
§15:94 Consent for Adult Adoptions
§15:95 Form of the Consent
§15:96 Setting Aside a Consent
§15:97 Right to Counsel
§15:98 Substituted Consent
D. Eschewing the Need for Parental Consent
§15:110 Abandonment in Lieu of Consent
§15:111 Pre-Birth Conduct
§15:112 Post-Birth Conduct
§15:113 Standard of Proof
V. MINOR ADOPTION
§15:120 Procedure
§15:121 Petition for Termination of Parental Rights
§15:122 Adoption Petition
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VI. STEPPARENT ADOPTION
§15:130 General Points
§15:131 Motivation
§15:132 Same Sex Couples
§15:133 Consent
§15:134 Abandonment by Birth Parent
§15:135 Indigent Bir th Parent’s Right to Counsel
§15:136 Procedure
§15:137 Miscellaneous
VII. CLOSE RELATIVE ADOPTION
§15:140 General Points
§15:141 Who May Adopt
§15:142 Grandparents
§15:143 Procedure
VIII. SECOND PARENT ADOPTION
§15:150 General Points
§15:151 How Second Parent Adoptions Work
§15:152 Use of Second Parent Adoptions
§15:153 Benefits of Second Parent Adoptions
IX. ADULT ADOPTION
§15:160 Unmarried Couples
§15:161 Stepparents and Stepchildren and Undoing a Minor Adoption
§15:162 Parental Consent/Notice of Adoption
§15:163 Spousal Consent
§15:164 Benefits
§15:165 Final Hearing
§15:166 Miscellaneous
X. FOSTER PARENTS AND ADOPTION
§15:180 Dependency Cases
§15:181 Foster Homes
§15:182 Foster Parents
§15:183 Limitations on DCF
§15:184 Rights of Foster Parents
§15:185 Adoption of Children in Foster Care
§15:186 Adoption Placement Criteria for Foster Children
XI. INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN
§15:200 General Points
§15:201 Nomenclature
§15:202 How the ICPC Works
XII. GESTATIONAL SURROGACY
§15:210 General Points
§15:211 Sperm and Egg Donation
§15:212 Gestational Surrogacy
§15:213 Gestational Surrogacy Contracts
§15:214 Payments to Gestational Surrogates
§15:215 Petition to Affirm of Parental Status
§15:216 Final Hearing on Affirmation of Parental Status
§15:217 Presumption of Natural Parenthood
§15:218 Bir th Record
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