The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 63.064

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 63.064.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

CHILDREN S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA, v. V. D. In a, 188 So. 3d 920 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . Id. at §§ 63.064(1) (governing actions required of an unmarried biological father to establish parental . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS, 205 So. 3d 1 (Fla. 2015)

. . . For more information about situations where consent may not be required, see section 63.064, Florida . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS, 173 So. 3d 19 (Fla. 2015)

. . . For more information about situations where consent may not be required, see section 63.064, Florida . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS, 59 So. 3d 792 (Fla. 2010)

. . . For more information about situations where consent may not be required, see section 63.064, Florida . . .

J. C. J. v. HEART OF ADOPTIONS, INC. C. L. S., 989 So. 2d 32 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . See Id. at 202 (citing §§ 63.089, 63.064(1), 63.032(1), Fla. Stat. (2005)). . . . See § 63.064(1). . . .

HEART OF ADOPTIONS, INC. v. J. A., 963 So. 2d 189 (Fla. 2007)

. . . However, the adoption entity may pursue its claim of abandonment under sections 63.089, 63.064(1) and . . .

B. Y. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,, 887 So. 2d 1253 (Fla. 2004)

. . . .” § 63.064(4), Fla. Stat. (2003). . . . Id. § 63.064(5). . . . the parent has been judicially declared incompetent and is medically unlikely to regain competence. § 63.064 . . .

AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS- STEPPARENT ADOPTION FORMS, 870 So. 2d 791 (Fla. 2004)

. . . Florida Legislature also created new laws related to adoption, including sections 63.053, 63.054, and 63.064 . . . For more information about situations where consent may not be required, see section 63.064, Florida . . . Section 63.064, Florida Statutes, requires that in each adoption proceeding the Florida Putative Father . . .