Florida Statute 63.64 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 63
ADOPTION

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F.S. 63.064

63.064 Persons whose consent to an adoption may be waived.—The court may waive the consent of the following individuals to an adoption:

(1) A parent who has deserted a child without means of identification or who has abandoned a child.

(2) A parent whose parental rights have been terminated by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) A parent who has been judicially declared incompetent and for whom restoration of competency is medically improbable.

(4) A legal guardian or lawful custodian of the person to be adopted, other than a parent, who has failed to respond in writing to a request for consent for a period of 60 days or who, after examination of his or her written reasons for withholding consent, is found by the court to be withholding his or her consent unreasonably.

(5) The spouse of the person to be adopted, if the failure of the spouse to consent to the adoption is excused by reason of prolonged and unexplained absence, unavailability, incapacity, or circumstances that are found by the court to constitute unreasonable withholding of consent.

History.—s. 14, ch. 2003-58.

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Amendments to 63.064

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 63.064

Total Results: 9

By v. Department of Children and Families

887 So. 2d 1253, 29 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 659, 2004 Fla. LEXIS 1990, 2004 WL 2534335

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 10, 2004 | Docket: 466585

Cited 38 times | Published

withholding his or her consent unreasonably." § 63.064(4), Fla. Stat. (2003). An analogous provision

Amendments to Approved Family Law Forms

20 So. 3d 173

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 2009 | Docket: 751733

Cited 3 times | Published

situations where consent may not be required, see section 63.064, Florida Statutes. If you are attempting to

JCJ v. Heart of Adoptions, Inc.

989 So. 2d 32, 2008 WL 2596365

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 2, 2008 | Docket: 1665228

Cited 2 times | Published

biological father's right to oppose adoption. See § 63.064(1). A natural parent's liberty interest in the

In re Amendments to the Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms

173 So. 3d 19

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 2015 | Docket: 60294087

Cited 1 times | Published

situations where consent may not be required, see section 63.064, Florida Statutes. If you are attempting to

In re Amendments to the Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms

59 So. 3d 792, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 734, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 2116, 2010 WL 5129227

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 16, 2010 | Docket: 60299743

Cited 1 times | Published

situations where consent may not be required, see section 63.064, Florida Statutes. If you are attempting to

In Re AMENDMENTS TO the FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS

205 So. 3d 1, 40 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 647, 2015 Fla. LEXIS 2607

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 19, 2015 | Docket: 3014109

Published

situations where consent may not be required, see section 63.064, Florida Statutes. If you are attempting to

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms

173 So. 3d 19, 40 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 163, 2015 Fla. LEXIS 583, 2015 WL 1343088

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 2015 | Docket: 2644899

Published

situations where consent may not be required, see section 63.064, Florida Statutes. If you are attempting to

In Re Amend. to the Fla. Family Law Forms

59 So. 3d 792

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 16, 2010 | Docket: 2361433

Published

situations where consent may not be required, see section 63.064, Florida Statutes. If you are attempting to

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

870 So. 2d 791, 2004 WL 583720

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 25, 2004 | Docket: 64829869

Published

consent may not be required, see section 63.064, Florida Statutes. Section 63.064, Florida Statutes, requires