Florida Statute 63.425 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 63
ADOPTION

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F.S. 63.0425

63.0425 Grandparent’s right to notice.—

(1) If a child has lived with a grandparent for at least 6 months within the 24-month period immediately preceding the filing of a petition for termination of parental rights pending adoption, the adoption entity shall provide notice to that grandparent of the hearing on the petition.

(2) This section does not apply if the placement for adoption is the result of the death of the child’s parent and a different preference is stated in the parent’s will.

(3) This section does not apply in stepparent adoptions.

(4) This section does not contravene the provisions of s. 63.142(4).

History.—s. 1, ch. 87-397; s. 10, ch. 2001-3; s. 6, ch. 2003-58; s. 6, ch. 2008-151.

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Amendments to 63.0425

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 63.0425

Total Results: 18

In Re Adoption of a Minor Child

593 So. 2d 185, 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 771, 1991 Fla. LEXIS 2126, 1991 WL 259752

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 12, 1991 | Docket: 1508912

Cited 18 times | Published

notification and preference in adoptions pursuant to section 63.0425, Florida Statutes, where the adoption is handled

CM v. Department of Children and Families

953 So. 2d 547, 2007 WL 412790

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 8, 2007 | Docket: 1338275

Cited 8 times | Published

statutory priorities that may pertain. See, e.g., § 63.0425, Fla. Stat. (2006) ("Grandparent's right to adopt")

Yh v. Flh

784 So. 2d 565, 2001 WL 505254

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 15, 2001 | Docket: 1743978

Cited 7 times | Published

intervention and consolidation, Y.H. cited section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1999), which provides:

LR v. Department of Children & Families

822 So. 2d 527, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 10078, 2002 WL 1614058

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 17, 2002 | Docket: 1757188

Cited 6 times | Published

they had a statutory priority to adopt under section 63.0425, Florida Statutes.[1] DCF refused to hold off

BB v. Department of Children and Families

854 So. 2d 822, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 14067, 2003 WL 22148962

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 19, 2003 | Docket: 5087

Cited 5 times | Published

adoption before the petition for adoption is filed." § 63.0425(1), Fla. Stat. (2001) (emphasis added). "If the

Hausmann Ex Rel. Doe v. LM

806 So. 2d 511, 2001 WL 1008157

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 7, 2001 | Docket: 1713041

Cited 5 times | Published

months, giving her statutory priority under section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1999); and (2) her substantive

Y.H. v. F.L.H.

784 So. 2d 565, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 6636

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 15, 2001 | Docket: 64805229

Cited 5 times | Published

intervention and consolidation, Y.H. cited section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1999), which provides:

In Re Adoption of Baby A.

944 So. 2d 380, 2006 WL 2033896

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 21, 2006 | Docket: 1649311

Cited 3 times | Published

grandparents were entitled to notice under section 63.0425, Florida Statutes (2004). It identified Jane

The Florida Bar v. Dove

985 So. 2d 1001, 2008 WL 2373903

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 12, 2008 | Docket: 1254395

Cited 2 times | Published

asserted their priority to adopt pursuant to section 63.0425, Florida Statutes (2002), because the child

Adoption by Choice, Inc. v. XZC

747 So. 2d 1006, 1999 WL 1111774

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 8, 1999 | Docket: 1283023

Cited 2 times | Published

grandparent entitled to priority for adoption under section 63.0425 must be personally served with a copy of the

In Re Adoption of a Minor Child

570 So. 2d 340, 1990 WL 149748

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 12, 1990 | Docket: 1704157

Cited 2 times | Published

rights in these proceedings. Florida Statute Section 63.0425 (1987) provides: 63.0425 Grandparent's right

Davis v. Dixon

545 So. 2d 318, 1989 WL 47174

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 9, 1989 | Docket: 1344819

Cited 2 times | Published

the paternal grandparents. The court found section 63.0425(1), Fla. Stat.[2] inapplicable and severed

Makaros v. Cichocki

159 So. 3d 957, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 3584, 2015 WL 1071067

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 13, 2015 | Docket: 60246715

Published

standing to set aside a judgment of adoption.”); cf. § 63.0425(3), Fla. Stat. (2012) (stating that a grandparent’s

Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure

894 So. 2d 875, 30 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 59, 2005 Fla. LEXIS 92, 2005 WL 170713

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 27, 2005 | Docket: 64836240

Published

by law. The amendment conforms the rule to section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (2004). We further amend

F.S. v. Danciu

770 So. 2d 254, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 14770, 2000 WL 1658284

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 27, 2000 | Docket: 64801366

Published

grandparents for at least six months under section 63.0425, Florida Statutes (1999). See Lonergan v. Estate

Henriquez v. Adoption Centre, Inc.

690 So. 2d 613, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 1004, 1997 WL 63674

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 13, 1997 | Docket: 64772153

Published

Stat. (1995); Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.080; see also § 63.0425, Fla. Stat. (1993); In re Adoption of a Minor

Dillon v. Robb

597 So. 2d 891, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 4281, 1992 WL 75651

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 17, 1992 | Docket: 64666855

Published

Dillon “priority” of consideration pursuant to section 63.0425, Florida Statutes. This section provides as

Davis v. Adoption of T.R.D.

575 So. 2d 1364, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 2146, 1991 WL 31829

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 12, 1991 | Docket: 64657061

Published

appellants-grandparents rely principally on section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1989), which gives them