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The 2024 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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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 63.0425

Total Results: 20

Makaros v. Cichocki

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-03-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 159 So. 3d 957

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

The Florida Bar v. Dove

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2008-06-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 985 So. 2d 1001

Snippet: asserted their priority to adopt pursuant to section 63.0425, Florida Statutes (2002), because the child had…grandparents were entitled to notice pursuant to section 63.0425, Dove did not follow the statute. She did not notify…termination-of-parental-rights and adoption proceedings.[12]See §§ 63.0425(1), 39.801(3)(a)(5), Fla. Stat. (2002);[13]see …1006, 1006-07 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999) ("Section 63.0425, Florida Statutes (1997), provides that a grandparent…regard to the adoption of this grandchild. See § 63.0425(1), Fla. Stat. (2002); B.B. v. Dep't of Children

CM v. Department of Children and Families

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-02-07T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 953 So. 2d 547

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

In Re Adoption of Baby A.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-07-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 944 So. 2d 380

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

Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2005-01-27T00:00:00-08:00

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

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

BB v. Department of Children and Families

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2003-09-19T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 854 So. 2d 822

Snippet: before the petition for adoption is filed." § 63.0425(1), Fla. Stat. (2001) (emphasis added). "If…equivalent of the statutory priority of section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes. Clearly, DCF's choice

LR v. Department of Children & Families

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-07-17T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 822 So. 2d 527

Snippet: had a statutory priority to adopt under section 63.0425, Florida Statutes.[1] DCF refused to hold off on…petition via their statutory priority under section 63.0425, a priority which they denied waiving. On July …priority to adopt the minor children under section 63.0425. In order to establish waiver of a right or privilege…statutory priority to adopt the children via section 63.0425. This statute provides qualifying grandparents … DCF's care. As discussed, supra, section 63.0425 provides the court shall give first priority to

Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms—Stepparent Adoption Forms

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2002-03-28T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 821 So. 2d 263

Snippet: enacted new adoption laws, sections 63.022-.039, 63.0425-.0427, 63.052-.132, 63.142, 63.162-.165, 63.202

Hausmann Ex Rel. Doe v. LM

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-11-06T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 806 So. 2d 511

Snippet: months, giving her statutory priority under section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1999); and (2) her substantive…adopt their minor grandchildren. They read section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1999), as the exclusive circumstance…first priority for adoption to that grandparent. § 63.0425(1), Fla. Stat. (1999). They argue that because

Yh v. Flh

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-05-15T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 784 So. 2d 565

Snippet: intervention and consolidation, Y.H. cited section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1999), which provides: When…she asserts a statutory preference under section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1999), by virtue of her daughter…lived with [Y.H.] for at least 6 months," 63.0425(1), Fla. Stat. (1999), because S.L.H.'s mother…priority preference for adoption under section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1999), because the purpose

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

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-05-15T00:00:00-07:00

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

Snippet: intervention and consolidation, Y.H. cited section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1999), which provides: When…she asserts a statutory preference under section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1999), by virtue of her daughter…she “lived with [Y.H.] for at least 6 months,” 63.0425(1), Fla. Stat. (1999), because S.L.H.’s mother

F.S. v. Danciu

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-10-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 770 So. 2d 254

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

Adoption by Choice, Inc. v. XZC

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-12-07T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 747 So. 2d 1006

Snippet: entitled to priority for adoption under section 63.0425 must be personally served with a copy of the petition… the advisory hearing on the petition. Section 63.0425, Florida Statutes (1997), provides that a grandparent

Henriquez v. Adoption Centre, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1997-02-13T00:00:00-08:00

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

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

Rushing v. Bosse

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-03-07T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 652 So. 2d 869

Snippet: attorneys knew of their existence. Subsection 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1991), requires that when

Dillon v. Robb

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1992-04-17T00:00:00-07:00

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

Snippet: priority” of consideration pursuant to section 63.0425, Florida Statutes. This section provides as follows…environment. The trial judge refused to apply section 63.0425 (grandparent priority) because it interpreted such

In Re Adoption of a Minor Child

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1991-12-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 593 So. 2d 185

Snippet: and preference in adoptions pursuant to section 63.0425, Florida Statutes, where the adoption is handled…but the adoption is not exempted under either § 63.0425(2) or (3)[, Florida Statutes 1987)]? Neither question…entitled to notice of the adoption under section 63.0425(1). Nevertheless, we find the grandparents were…intervene after the judgment of adoption. Section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1987), provides: When a child…adoption" as the phrases are used in section 63.0425(1). The precise question is: Who is to be considered

Davis v. Adoption of T.R.D.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-03-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 575 So. 2d 1364

Snippet: appellants-grandparents rely principally on section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1989), which gives them first…also resided, rely on sections 63.022(2)(Z) and 63.0425(4) which require the court to consider what is … interest of the person to be adopted. Section 63.0425(4) provides that the grandparent priority provision

In Re Adoption of a Minor Child

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-12-11T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 570 So. 2d 340

Snippet: proceedings. Florida Statute Section 63.0425 (1987) provides: 63.0425 Grandparent's right to adopt.…Florida Statute 63.0425. The sister claims that under Florida Statute section 63.0425 notification of …" for "intermediary" in section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1987), it would be clear … reason why the notice requirements of section 63.0425(1), Florida Statutes (1987) do not apply. Again…definition in 1987 at the same time it enacted section 63.0425, Florida Statutes. See Laws of Florida 87-397.

Davis v. Dixon

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-05-09T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 545 So. 2d 318

Snippet: paternal grandparents. The court found section 63.0425(1), Fla. Stat.[2] inapplicable and severed all …court to resolve this issue of relationship. [2] 63.0425 Grandparent's right to adopt. (1) When a child…grandparent's priority afforded by section 63.0425, Florida Statutes (1987), of course cannot be superior…finding in the best interests of the child. Section 63.0425(4) Florida Statutes (1987) provides: "(4)