Florida Statute 63.125 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 63
ADOPTION

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F.S. 63.125

63.125 Final home investigation.—

(1) The final home investigation must be conducted before the adoption becomes final. The investigation may be conducted by a licensed child-placing agency or a professional in the same manner as provided in s. 63.092 to ascertain whether the adoptive home is a suitable home for the minor and whether the proposed adoption is in the best interest of the minor. Unless directed by the court, an investigation and recommendation are not required if the petitioner is a stepparent or if the minor is related to one of the adoptive parents within the third degree of consanguinity. The department is required to perform the home investigation only if there is no licensed child-placing agency or professional pursuant to s. 63.092 in the county in which the prospective adoptive parent resides.

(2) The department, the licensed child-placing agency, or the professional that performs the investigation must file a written report of the investigation with the court and the petitioner within 90 days after placement.

(3) The report of the investigation must contain an evaluation of the placement with a recommendation on the granting of the petition for adoption and any other information the court requires regarding the petitioner or the minor.

(4) The department, the licensed child-placing agency, or the professional making the required investigation may request other state agencies or child-placing agencies within or outside this state to make investigations of designated parts of the inquiry and to make a written report to the department, the professional, or other person or agency.

(5) The final home investigation must include:

(a) The information from the preliminary home study.

(b) After the minor is placed in the intended adoptive home, two scheduled visits with the minor and the minor’s adoptive parent or parents, one of which visits must be in the home, to determine the suitability of the placement.

(d) Any other information relevant to the suitability of the intended adoptive home.

(e) Any other relevant information, as provided in rules that the department may adopt.

History.—s. 14, ch. 92-96; s. 24, ch. 2001-3; s. 25, ch. 2003-58.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 63.125

Total Results: 5

Florida Department of Children & Families v. Adoption of X.X.G.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-09-22

Citation: 45 So. 3d 79, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 14014, 61 A.L.R. 6th 621

Snippet: adoption is in the best interest of the minor.” Id. § 63.125(1); Fla. Admin. Code R. 65C-16.001(7), (8). “The

By v. Department of Children and Families

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-11-10

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

Snippet: home investigation was not required under section 63.125, Florida Statutes (1999), because B.Y. was within

Dept. of Children and Family Services v. By

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-12-31

Citation: 863 So. 2d 418, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 19802, 2003 WL 23095250

Snippet: upset by judicial intervention, even where section 63.125(1), Florida Statutes applies. B.Y. instead relies

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: non-relatives pending adoption petition via s. 63.0125. See Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.230; see also C.S., 671

Matter of Adoption of Kmc

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-10-28

Citation: 606 So. 2d 1262, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 11345, 1992 WL 317557

Snippet: is returned to the adoptive parents' home. See § 63.125, Fla. Stat. (1992).[1] The prospective parents