Florida Statute 63.0425 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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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Amendments to 63.0425

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 63.0425

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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 63.0425.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 63.0425

Total Results: 20

Makaros v. Cichocki

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-03-13

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

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

The Florida Bar v. Dove

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-06-12

Citation: 985 So. 2d 1001, 2008 WL 2373903

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

CM v. Department of Children and Families

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-02-08

Citation: 953 So. 2d 547, 2007 WL 412790

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

In Re Adoption of Baby A.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-07-21

Citation: 944 So. 2d 380, 2006 WL 2033896

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-01-27

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-09-19

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

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

LR v. Department of Children & Families

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-07-17

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

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

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

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-03-28

Citation: 821 So. 2d 263, 27 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 285, 2002 Fla. LEXIS 542, 2002 WL 464628

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-11-07

Citation: 806 So. 2d 511, 2001 WL 1008157

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

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-05-15

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

Yh v. Flh

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-05-15

Citation: 784 So. 2d 565, 2001 WL 505254

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

F.S. v. Danciu

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-10-27

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

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1999-12-08

Citation: 747 So. 2d 1006, 1999 WL 1111774

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

Henriquez v. Adoption Centre, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-02-13

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-03-08

Citation: 652 So. 2d 869, 1995 WL 92294

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

Dillon v. Robb

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-04-17

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:

In Re Adoption of a Minor Child

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1991-12-12

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

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

Davis v. Adoption of T.R.D.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1991-03-12

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

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

In Re Adoption of a Minor Child

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1990-12-12

Citation: 570 So. 2d 340, 1990 WL 149748

Snippet: proceedings. Florida Statute Section 63.0425 (1987) provides: 63.0425 Grandparent's right to adopt. (1)

Davis v. Dixon

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-05-09

Citation: 545 So. 2d 318, 1989 WL 47174

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