Florida Statute 63.135 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 63
ADOPTION

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F.S. 63.135

63.135 Information to be submitted to the court.—

(1) The adoption entity or petitioner must file an affidavit under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act in the termination of parental rights proceeding in the first pleading or in an affidavit attached to that pleading.

(2) Each party has a continuing duty to inform the court of any custody proceeding concerning the child in this or any other state about which he or she obtained information during this proceeding.

History.—s. 6, ch. 87-397; s. 340, ch. 95-147; s. 27, ch. 2003-58; s. 19, ch. 2008-151.

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Cases Citing Statute 63.135

Total Results: 3

In Re Adoption of a Minor Child

593 So. 2d 185, 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 771, 1991 Fla. LEXIS 2126, 1991 WL 259752

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 12, 1991 | Docket: 1508912

Cited 18 times | Published

consent and filed the affidavit required by section 63.135, Florida Statutes (1987).[2] The affidavit

The Florida Bar v. Dove

985 So. 2d 1001, 2008 WL 2373903

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 12, 2008 | Docket: 1254395

Cited 2 times | Published

not advise the circuit court of these facts. Cf. § 63.135(1)(c), Fla. Stat. (2002) ("Each party in an adoption

In Re Adoption of a Minor Child

570 So. 2d 340, 1990 WL 149748

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 12, 1990 | Docket: 1704157

Cited 2 times | Published

adoption. She also filed the affidavit required by section 63.135, Florida Statutes (1987). This affidavit informed