Florida Statute 63.43 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 63
ADOPTION

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F.S. 63.043

63.043 Mandatory screening or testing for sickle-cell trait prohibited.—No person, firm, corporation, unincorporated association, state agency, unit of local government, or any public or private entity shall require screening or testing for the sickle-cell trait as a condition for becoming eligible for adoption if otherwise eligible for adoption under the laws of this state.

History.—s. 4, ch. 78-35; s. 8, ch. 2003-58.

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Riens v. Riens

25 So. 2d 79, 157 Fla. 118, 1946 Fla. LEXIS 675

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 26, 1946 | Docket: 3267510

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speeding the cause." This section was reenacted as Section 63.43 Fla. Stats. 1941 (same F.S.A.). There is no