Chapter 63 - ADOPTION
- Section 63.012 - Short title
- Section 63.022 - Legislative intent
- Section 63.032 - Definitions
- Section 63.037 - Proceedings applicable to cases resulting from a termination of parental rights under chapter 39
- Section 63.039 - Duty of adoption entity to prospective adoptive parents; sanctions
- Section 63.042 - Who may be adopted; who may adopt
- Section 63.0422 - Prohibited conditions on adoptions; firearms and ammunition
- Section 63.0423 - Procedures with respect to surrendered infants
- Section 63.0425 - Grandparent's right to notice
- Section 63.0427 - Agreements for continued communication or contact between adopted child and siblings, parents, and other relatives
- Section 63.043 - Mandatory screening or testing for sickle-cell trait prohibited
- Section 63.052 - Guardians designated; proof of commitment
- Section 63.053 - Rights and responsibilities of an unmarried biological father; legislative findings
- Section 63.054 - Actions required by an unmarried biological father to establish parental rights; Florida Putative Father Registry
- Section 63.0541 - Public records exemption for the Florida Putative Father Registry
- Section 63.062 - Persons required to consent to adoption; affidavit of nonpaternity; waiver of venue
- Section 63.063 - Responsibility of parents for actions; fraud or misrepresentation; contesting termination of parental rights and adoption
- Section 63.064 - Persons whose consent to an adoption may be waived
- Section 63.082 - Execution of consent to adoption or affidavit of nonpaternity; family social and medical history; revocation of consent
- Section 63.085 - Disclosure by adoption entity
- Section 63.087 - Proceeding to terminate parental rights pending adoption; general provisions
- Section 63.088 - Proceeding to terminate parental rights pending adoption; notice and service; diligent search
- Section 63.089 - Proceeding to terminate parental rights pending adoption; hearing; grounds; dismissal of petition; judgment
- Section 63.092 - Report to the court of intended placement by an adoption entity; at-risk placement; preliminary study
- Section 63.093 - Adoption of children from the child welfare system
- Section 63.097 - Fees
- Section 63.102 - Filing of petition for adoption or declaratory statement; venue; proceeding for approval of fees and costs
- Section 63.112 - Petition for adoption; description; report or recommendation, exceptions; mailing
- Section 63.122 - Notice of hearing on petition
- Section 63.125 - Final home investigation
- Section 63.132 - Affidavit of expenses and receipts
- Section 63.135 - Information to be submitted to the court
- Section 63.142 - Hearing; judgment of adoption
- Section 63.152 - Application for new birth record
- Section 63.162 - Hearings and records in adoption proceedings; confidential nature
- Section 63.165 - State registry of adoption information; duty to inform and explain
- Section 63.167 - State adoption information center
- Section 63.172 - Effect of judgment of adoption
- Section 63.182 - Statute of repose
- Section 63.192 - Recognition of foreign judgment or decree affecting adoption
- Section 63.202 - Authority to license; adoption of rules
- Section 63.207 - Out-of-state placement
- Section 63.212 - Prohibited acts; penalties for violation
- Section 63.213 - Preplanned adoption agreement
- Section 63.219 - Sanctions
- Section 63.222 - Effect on prior adoption proceedings
- Section 63.232 - Duty of person adopting
- Section 63.2325 - Conditions for invalidation of a consent to adoption or affidavit of nonpaternity
- Section 63.233 - Rulemaking authority
- Section 63.235 - Petitions filed before effective date; governing law
- Section 63.236 - Petitions filed before July 1, 2008; governing law