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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 63
ADOPTION

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F.S. 63.182

63.182 Statute of repose.—

(1) Notwithstanding s. 95.031 or s. 95.11 or any other statute, an action or proceeding of any kind to vacate, set aside, or otherwise nullify a judgment of adoption or an underlying judgment terminating parental rights on any ground may not be filed more than 1 year after entry of the judgment terminating parental rights.

(2)(a) Except for the specific persons expressly entitled to be given notice of an adoption in accordance with this chapter, the interest that entitles a person to notice of an adoption must be direct, financial, and immediate, and the person must show that he or she will gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment. A showing of an indirect, inconsequential, or contingent interest is wholly inadequate, and a person with this indirect interest lacks standing to set aside a judgment of adoption.

(b) This subsection is remedial and shall apply to all adoptions, including those in which a judgment of adoption has already been entered.

History.—s. 18, ch. 73-159; s. 6, ch. 2000-188; s. 32, ch. 2003-58; s. 32, ch. 2003-154; s. 4, ch. 2006-265.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 63.182

Total Results: 20

GUARDIAN AD LITEM, K.F. AND J.F., ADOPTIVE PARENTS OF RA.W. vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, R.W., JR., AND T.W., BIOLOGICAL/FORMER PARENTS, R.W., SR., AND C.W., MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS/ADOPTIVE PARENTS OF R.W., III

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-10-18T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: barred by the statute of repose codified at section 63.182(1), Florida Statutes (2017), and thus not meet

Leggett v. Adoption GVLP

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-04-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 271 So. 3d 1168

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 63.182(1), Fla. Stat. (2018) ("[A]n action or proceeding of

Leggett v. Adoption GVLP

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-04-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 271 So. 3d 1168

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 63.182(1), Fla. Stat. (2018) ("[A]n action or proceeding of

J.G., THE FATHER v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-05-30T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: of the judgment terminating parental rights.” § 63.182(1), Fla. Stat. (2015). Since J.G. did not file

Edwards v. Maxwell

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-03-31T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 215 So. 3d 616, 2017 WL 1201873, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 4409

Snippet: could bring an action to vacate an adoption. See § 63.182(2)(a), Fla. Stat.; Stefanos v. Rivera-Berrios, …or contingent interest is “wholly inadequate.” § 63.182(2)(a), Fla. Stat.; Stefanos, 673 So.2d at 13. So… in the adoption. 120 So.3d at 22-23 (quoting § 63.182(2)(a), Fla. Stat.). Mr. Maxwell lacked such a direct

M.N., Jr. the Father v. Department of Children And Families and Guardian Ad Litem Program

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-04-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 161 So. 3d 1290, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 5107

Snippet: the Father’s argument, we affirm. Section 63.182(1), Florida Statutes (2013), a statute of repose

Makaros v. Cichocki

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-03-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 159 So. 3d 957, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 3584, 2015 WL 1071067

Snippet: notice of the stepparent adoption proceedings. See § 63.182(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2012) (“[T]he interest that

Kemp & Associates, Inc. v. Chisholm

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 162 So. 3d 172, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 1555, 2015 WL 477856

Snippet: providing six months). Florida law permits one year. § 63.182(1), Fla. Stat. (1997). . In 1975, the Florida

Dennis v. Kline

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-06-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 120 So. 3d 11, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 9614, 2013 WL 3014115

Snippet: interested parties. See 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 2713.10 Section 63.182(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2011), sets the notice… children were entitled to notice under section 63.182(2)(a) because the girlfriend adoption “directly

Goodman v. Goodman

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-03-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 126 So. 3d 310, 2013 WL 1222944, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 4927

Snippet: proceeding, pursuant to section 63.182, Florida Statutes (2011). Section 63.182(2)(a) states, in pertinent …judgment.... The trial court found that section 63.182(2)(a) created a category of persons, beyond those…of the adoption proceeding, pursuant to section 63.182(2)(a). The guardian and Carroll correctly pointed

F.R. v. Adoption of Baby Boy Born November 2, 2010

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-05-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 135 So. 3d 301, 2012 WL 1813520, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 8019

Snippet: provides for a one-year filing window. Section, 63.182, Florida Statutes (2010), entitled "Statute

Martin v. Adoption of L.M.D.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-07-05T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 64 So. 3d 758, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 10435, 2011 WL 2652372

Snippet: independent statute of repose for adoptions. § 63.182, Fla. Stat. (2009). The statute provides that “…of the judgment terminating parental rights.” § 63.182 (emphasis added). The following is a brief recitation

Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved FamiLy Law Forms—Stepparent Adoption Forms

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2004-03-25T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 870 So. 2d 791, 2004 WL 583720

Snippet: 089, 63.102, 63.112, 63.122, 63.132, 63.142, and 63.182, Florida Statutes (2002). The 2003 Florida Legislature

Amendments to the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure & Family Law Forms

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2000-09-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 810 So. 2d 1, 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 13, 2000 Fla. LEXIS 2272, 2000 WL 1352932

Snippet: children). 3. I understand pursuant to section 63.182, Florida Statutes, that: “After one year of the

Mc v. Ah

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-10-13T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 745 So. 2d 396

Snippet: final. Neither party raises or discusses section 63.182, Florida Statutes, which states that: "After

M.C. v. A.H.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-10-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 745 So. 2d 396

Snippet: final. Neither party raises or discusses section 63.182, Florida Statutes, which states that: "After

Amendments to the Florida Family Law Rules

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1998-02-25T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 713 So. 2d 1

Snippet: child(ren). 3. I understand pursuant to section 63.182, Florida Statutes, that: "After one

Peregood v. Cosmides

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-10-27T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 663 So. 2d 665

Snippet: #x27;s minority. [3] We are aware that section 63.182, Florida Statutes (1993) provides that: [a]fter

Preston v. Tolone

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-10-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 661 So. 2d 967, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 11243, 1995 WL 627457

Snippet: judgment, *969relying on section 63.182, Florida Statutes (1991). Section 63.182 provides: After one year from… not determinative. Section 63.182 has no application here. Section 63.182 serves as a closure on adoptions…that the one year time limit set forth in section 63.182 is not applicable to bar this suit. The trial judge… be addressed in this case. In my view, section 63.182 is simply not applicable to bar Preston’s attack…Sending the case back for trial on the ground section 63.182 is “not implicated at this time” does not answer

In Re Adoption of a Minor Child

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1991-12-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 593 So. 2d 185

Snippet: within the one-year period permitted by section 63.182, Florida Statutes (1987), to attack a final judgment…the motion to intervene on May 15, 1989. Section 63.182, Florida Statutes (1987), provides: After one (… court was also correct in interpreting section 63.182 to allow an interested party to collaterally attack