The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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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Amendments to 63.125

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 63.125

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 63.125.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, v. In ADOPTION OF X. X. G. N. R. G., 45 So. 3d 79 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . . § 63.125(1); Fla. Admin. Code R. 65C-16.001(7), (8). . . . .” § 63.125(3), Fla. Stat. . . . Id. § 63.125(5). . . . Id. § 63.125. . . . .

K. BEHRENS, v. REGIER,, 422 F.3d 1255 (11th Cir. 2005)

. . . . §§ 63.022(2), 63.125(1), 63.142(4). . . .

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

. . . See § 63.125(1), Fla. . . . litem for the three children argued that a final home investigation was not required under section 63.125 . . .

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, v. B. Y., 863 So. 2d 418 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . and related administrative rules, and may not be upset by judicial intervention, even where section 63.125 . . . This is especially the case because no home study was required under section 63.125(1) where at least . . . litem for the three children argued that a final home investigation was not required under section 63.125 . . . contends that the final home study was not required in the present case based on the language of section 63.125 . . . withhold its consent, and do so based on inability to conduct a final home study even where section 63.125 . . .

In ABLES, Jr. N. P. A. v. Jr., 302 B.R. 917 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2003)

. . . This fact is critical because if there is no such relationship, Florida Statutes section 63.125 requires . . .

In ADOPTION K. M. C., 606 So. 2d 1262 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . A final home investigation as detailed by section 63.125(1), Florida Statutes, must be conducted before . . . See §§ 63.092(2), 63.125(1), 63.022(2)(c), Fla. Stat. . . . adoption petition, and order that the final home investigation be conducted as set forth in section 63.125 . . .

LAFFEY, v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., 572 F. Supp. 354 (D.D.C. 1983)

. . . Clark 698.25 12.125 Collins 817.0 10.5 Gilson 53 2.625 Brudney 76.375 63.125 Rezneck 371.875 Burt 116.00 . . .