The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 63
ADOPTION

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F.S. 63.192

63.192 Recognition of foreign judgment or decree affecting adoption.—A judgment terminating the relationship of parent and child or establishing the relationship by adoption, or a decree granting legal guardianship for purposes of adoption, issued pursuant to due process of law by a court or authorized body of any other jurisdiction within or without the United States shall be recognized in this state, and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be determined as though the judgment or decree were issued by a court of this state. A judgment or decree of a court or authorized body terminating the relationship of a parent and child, whether independent, incorporated in an adoption decree, or incorporated in a legal guardianship order issued pursuant to due process of law of any other jurisdiction within or without the United States, shall be deemed to effectively terminate parental rights for purposes of a proceeding on a petition for adoption in this state. If a minor child has been made available for adoption in a foreign state or foreign country and the parental rights of the minor child’s parent have been terminated or the child has been declared to be abandoned or orphaned, no additional termination of parental rights proceeding need occur, and the adoption may be finalized according to the procedures set forth in this chapter.

History.—s. 19, ch. 73-159; s. 21, ch. 2008-151.

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Amendments to 63.192

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 63.192

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 63.192.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

KEMP ASSOCIATES, INC. v. CHISHOLM,, 162 So. 3d 172 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . Section 63.192, Florida Statutes (2010), which we must interpret consistent with the Full Faith and Credit . . .

DENNIS, Co- v. D. KLINE N. A. Co-, 120 So. 3d 11 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . Section 63.192, Florida Statutes (2011), provides that Florida courts must recognize the adoption decrees . . .

EMBRY, v. RYAN,, 11 So. 3d 408 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . As noted in the majority opinion, section 63.192 not only mandates recognition of adoption judgments . . . Unlike section 63.042, section 63.192 does not exclude homosexuals from its provisions. Thus, Ms. . . . . § 63.192, Fla. Stat. (2007) (emphasis added). . . .

KUPEC, v. COOPER,, 593 So. 2d 1176 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . Section 63.192, Fla.Stat. (1991). . . .