Florida Statute 63.093 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 63
ADOPTION

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F.S. 63.093

63.093 Adoption of children from the child welfare system.—

(1) The department or community-based care lead agency as defined in s. 409.986(3), or its subcontracted agency, must respond to an initial inquiry from a prospective adoptive parent within 7 business days after receipt of the inquiry. The response must inform the prospective adoptive parent of the adoption process and the requirements for adopting a child from the child welfare system.

(2) The department or community-based care lead agency, or its subcontracted agency, must refer a prospective adoptive parent who is interested in adopting a child in the custody of the department to a department-approved adoptive parent training program. A prospective adoptive parent must successfully complete the training program, unless the prospective adoptive parent is a licensed foster parent or a relative or nonrelative caregiver who has:

(a) Attended the training program within the last 5 years; or

(b) Had the child who is available for adoption placed in their home for 6 months or longer and has been determined to understand the challenges and parenting skills needed to successfully parent the child who is available for adoption.

(3) A prospective adoptive parent must complete an adoption application created by the department.

(4) Before a child is placed in an adoptive home, the community-based care lead agency or its subcontracted agency must complete an adoptive home study of a prospective adoptive parent that includes observation, screening, and evaluation of the child and the prospective adoptive parent. An adoptive home study must be updated every 12 months after the date on which the first study was approved. If the child was placed before the termination of parental rights, the updated placement or licensing home study may serve as the adoption home study. In addition, the community-based care lead agency or its subcontracted agency must complete a preparation process, as established by department rule, with the prospective adoptive parent.

(5) At the conclusion of the adoptive home study and preparation process, a decision must be made about the prospective adoptive parent’s appropriateness to adopt. This decision must be reflected in the final recommendation included in the adoptive home study. If the recommendation is for approval, the adoptive parent application file must be submitted to the community-based care lead agency or its subcontracted agency for approval. The community-based care lead agency or its subcontracted agency must approve or deny the home study within 14 business days after receipt of the recommendation.

(6) The department shall adopt rules to eliminate duplicative practices and delays in the adoption home study process for a member of a uniformed service on active duty seeking to adopt in the state, including, but not limited to, providing a credit for adoption classes that have been taken in another state which substantially cover the preservice training required under s. 409.175(14)(b).

Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), this section does not apply to a child adopted through the process provided in s. 63.082(6).

History.—s. 9, ch. 2020-138; s. 10, ch. 2024-177.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 63.093

Total Results: 7

Gilbert v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-06-20

Citation: 789 So. 2d 426, 2001 WL 685993

Snippet: (1985), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 813, 107 S.Ct. *429 63, 93 L.Ed.2d 21 (1986). Certainly, this factor would

Smith v. DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERVS.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1991-01-03

Citation: 573 So. 2d 320

Snippet: the requirements of due process." 410 U.S. at 662-63, 93 S.Ct. at 1175-76 (citation omitted). Further, I

Stall v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1990-10-11

Citation: 570 So. 2d 257, 1990 WL 154236

Snippet: Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U.S. 49, 63, 93 S.Ct. 2628, 2638, 37 L.Ed.2d 446 (1973). [6] Except

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1974-03-28

Snippet: posited by you, my predecessor in office ruled in AGO 063-93 that a board generally may delegate its authority

Miami National Bank v. Citation Homes, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-11-05

Citation: 157 So. 2d 155

Snippet: HORTON, Judge. By this appeal, Miami National Bank seeks review of a final decree in an action to foreclose a mortgage on certain real property located in Dade County, Florida. The final decree adjudged the appellant’s mortgage good and valid but that the lien of such mortgage was inferior to mechanic’s liens claimed by appellees under Chapter 84, Fla.Stat., F.S.A. The decree was entered upon a pre-trial stipulation of fact together with certain documentary evidence and testimony. The sole question

Savage v. Horne

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1947-07-18

Citation: 31 So. 2d 477, 159 Fla. 301, 1947 Fla. LEXIS 775

Snippet: counsel for the appellees. Language at text page 63 (93 Fla.) is viz: "The vendee abandoned the contract

Harper v. Strong

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1938-11-15

Citation: 184 So. 848, 135 Fla. 10, 1938 Fla. LEXIS 1508

Snippet: Co., 87 N.Y. 467; Wagner v. Goldschmidt, 51 Or. 63, 93 P. 689, yet this right does not justify clients