The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . However, the trial court found that the adoption was not authorized by section 63.042(2)(c), Florida . . . trial and appellate courts focused on whether the father was a person "who may adopt" under section 63.042 . . .
. . . Section 63.042 establishes who may adopt and who may be adopted. . . . The public policy of Florida expressly permits the adoption of adults. § 63.042(1), Fla. . . .
. . . court agreed that it never had subject matter jurisdiction to grant the adoption pursuant to sections 63.042 . . .
. . . Because we conclude that the trial court erred in ruling that this action was not authorized by section 63.042 . . . The trial court reasoned that “the plain language of [section 63.042(2)(c) ], especially when taken in . . . Under Florida law, “[a]ny person, a minor or adult, may be adopted.” § 63.042(1), Fla. . . . to the adoption is excused by the court for good cause shown or in the best interest of the child. § 63.042 . . . reinstate the amended petition and conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine, pursuant to section 63.042 . . .
. . . In re Adoption of Holland, 965 So.2d 1213, 1214 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007) (citing § 63.042(1), Fla. . . . See § 63.042, Fla. Stat. (2011). . . . See, e.g., § 63.042(2)(e), Fla. . . . Section 63.042(1), Florida Statutes (2011) provides that "[a]ny person, a minor or an adult, may be adopted . . .
. . . He also argued that section 63.042, Florida Statutes, violates the equal protection clause of the constitution . . .
. . . See § 63.042(2)(c)(l), Fla. Stat. (2010). It goes without peradventure that Mr. . . .
. . . Section 63.042(3) does not Support the Trial Court’s Ruling that Section 742.14 Deprives Appellant of . . . manner utilized by her and Appellant and that this disapproval is evident in the provisions of section 63.042 . . . X.X.G., 45 So.3d 79, 92 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010), has recently held that “subsection 63.042(3), Florida Statutes . . . the record from the trial court was insufficient to determine a constitutional challenge to section 63.042 . . .
. . . changes in law and Department of Children and Families’ policy after the Legislature enacted subsection 63.042 . . . After 1977 The Department, while acknowledging a general obligation to follow Florida law (including § 63.042 . . . parent, rejecting a claim that the Washington adoption was contrary to Florida public policy under § 63.042 . . . Conclusion In striking the categorical ban of section 63.042(3) on equal protection grounds, we need . . . the Department’s decisions (a) not to appeal the 2008 Monroe County circuit court decision finding § 63.042 . . . A single adult is specifically allowed to adopt. § 63.042(2)(b), Fla. Stat. . . . Stat. § 63.042(2)(b). 2. . . . Stat. § 63.042(4). 10. . . . Stat. § 63.042(3). 51. . . . But for Section [63.042(3) ], Fla. . . .
. . . . § 63.042(3) unconstitutional and allowed homosexual foster parents to adopt two brothers they had raised . . . explain that this case does not concern the merits of the underlying case, that is, whether section 63.042 . . .
. . . enforce the judgment because granting parental rights to a former same-sex partner contravenes section 63.042 . . . Unlike section 63.042, section 63.192 does not exclude homosexuals from its provisions. Thus, Ms. . . .
. . . . § 63.042(1), Fla. Stat. (2007). . . .
. . . . § 63.042(3), Fla. Stat. (2005). . . .
. . . Stat. ch. 63.042(3) (homosexuals); N.H.Rev. Stat. Ann. § 170-B:4 (two unmarried people); Lofton v. . . .
. . . In Lofton, the Eleventh Circuit concluded section 63.042(3), Florida Statutes (2003), which prevents . . .
. . . . § 63.042(3) (2003), which provides that “[n]o person eligible to adopt under this statute may adopt . . . Stat. § 63.042(l)(b) (2003). . . . As Florida Statute § 63.042(l)(b) makes explicit, the fact that two persons are married does not make . . .
. . . BIRCH, Circuit Judge: In this appeal, we decide the states’ rights issue of whether Florida Statute § 63.042 . . . Stat. § 63.042(3) (2002). . . . Stat. § 63.042(3), wrote to the American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) and informed it that Lofton and . . . Stat. § 63.042(3) unconstitutional and to enjoin its enforcement. . . . Stat. § 63.042(3) provides: "No person eligible to adopt under this statute may adopt if that person . . .
. . . In fact, under sections 63.003 and 63.042 of the Texas Transportation Code, the Commission does not select . . . Code §§ 63.003, 63.042. . . . .
. . . Section 63.042, which covers who may adopt a child, provides that a husband and wife may jointly adopt . . . See § 63.042(3),(4), Fla. Stat. (1999). . . .
. . . The issue before this Court is whether Florida Statute § 63.042(3) (“homosexual adoption provision”) . . . The homosexual adoption provision provides in pertinent part: 63.042. . . . Stat. sec 63.042(3).” (Answer to Am. Compl. at ¶ 11.) . . .
. . . While most individuals are eligible to adopt a child to whom they are a legal stranger, see section 63.042 . . .
. . . She alleged that McKesson and Blackwell were a gay couple, that the adoption violated section 63.042( . . .
. . . . § 63.042(2)(a)); equal rights in property acquired during the marriage (Fla.Stat. § 61.075); the right . . .
. . . INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of Florida Statute § 63.042(3) barring a homosexual . . . Smith and Skahen are currently residents of Key West, Florida, however, the Bradleys allege that § 63.042 . . . was rejected by the Florida Department of Children and Families because he was disqualified under § 63.042 . . . Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit to adopt Roe” but is automatically disqualified under § 63.042 . . . F.S. § 63.042. . . .
. . . Among those whom section 63.042(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1997), names as persons who may adopt is an . . .
. . . The real problem in this area is section 63.042(3), Florida Statutes (1997), which prevents someone like . . . Neither this court nor the supreme court has ruled on the constitutionality of section 63.042(3) under . . .
. . . Since any adult can file a petition for adoption, see § 63.042(2), Fla.Stat., the trial court’s reasoning . . .
. . . Section 63.042(2)(b), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1992) allows an unmarried adult to adopt, including the . . .
. . . claimed by the Does in their motion to intervene is (1) that they are qualified pursuant to section 63.042 . . .
. . . Cox, 627 So.2d 1210 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993), which expressly declared valid section 63.042(3), Florida Statutes . . . HRS then denied them the opportunity to attend based on the homosexual exclusion contained in section 63.042 . . . On March 13, 1993, the trial court entered its summary judgment striking section 63.042(3) on its face . . . The court also held that section 63.042(3) was not violative of due process protections afforded under . . . Finally, the court held that section 63.042(3) did not violate the equal protection guarantees provided . . .
. . . Each has been denied the opportunity to apply to adopt a child because section 63.042(3), Florida Statutes . . . HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY Section 63.042(3) does not define “homosexual.” . . . If possible, this court must construe section 63.042(3) in a manner that upholds the statute. . . . On its face, section 63.042(3) does not implicate these concerns. . . . OPINION Plaintiff, EDWARD SEEBOL, challenges the unconstitutionality of § 63.042(3), Fla. . . .
. . . of Gustafson’s cross-petition for adoption but she is not a person permitted to adopt under Section 63.042 . . . trial court did not excuse this failure to join or consent for any of the reasons set forth in Section 63.042 . . .