Florida Statute 63.202 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 63
ADOPTION

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F.S. 63.202

63.202 Authority to license; adoption of rules.—

(1) The Department of Children and Families is authorized and empowered to license child placement agencies that it determines to be qualified to place minors for adoption.

(2) No agency shall place a minor for adoption unless such agency is licensed by the department, except a child-caring agency registered under s. 409.176.

(3) The department may adopt rules necessary to ensure that all child-placing agencies comply with this chapter to receive or renew a license.

History.—s. 20, ch. 73-159; s. 23, ch. 77-147; s. 7, ch. 78-190; s. 8, ch. 87-397; s. 12, ch. 97-101; s. 29, ch. 2001-3; s. 22, ch. 2012-81; s. 29, ch. 2014-19.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 63.202

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 63.202.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 63.202

Total Results: 11

V.R., GRANDPARENT v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-09-15T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Florida child-placing agency licensed under s. 63.202, or a child-placing agency licensed in another

Home At Last Agency, Inc. v. J.L.C.-W

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-10-05T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 98 So. 3d 699, 2012 WL 4738869, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 16959

Snippet: licensed by the department pursuant to section 63.202 to place minors for adoption.” No. 5D12

In Re SNW

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-10-07T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 912 So. 2d 368

Snippet: licensed child-placing agency pursuant to section 63.202, Florida Statutes (2004), and therefore an adoption

Adoption Miracles, LLC v. S.C.W.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-10-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 912 So. 2d 368, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 16035

Snippet: licensed child-placing agency pursuant to section 63.202, Florida Statutes (2004), and therefore an adoption

Js v. Sa

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-09-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 912 So. 2d 650

Snippet: agency licensed by the department pursuant to s. 63.202 to place minors for adoption." § 63.032(5)

J.S. v. S.A.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-09-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 912 So. 2d 650, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 14744

Snippet: agency licensed by the department pursuant to s. 63.202 to place minors for adoption.” § 63.032(5), Fla

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

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2002-03-28T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 821 So. 2d 263, 27 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 285, 2002 Fla. LEXIS 542, 2002 WL 464628

Snippet: 63.0425-.0427, 63.052-.132, 63.142, 63.162-.165, 63.202-.219, 63.2325, 63.235, Florida Statutes (2001),

Dept. of Health v. Tallahassee Demo., Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-01-06T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 481 So. 2d 958

Snippet: shall be held in closed court... ." Although § 63.202, Florida Statutes, empowers HRS to license adoption

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1984-07-31T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: agency licensed by the department pursuant to s. 63.202 to place minors for adoption." Subsection

Albright v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1979-05-02T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 378 So. 2d 1234

Snippet: , 142 So. 886 (1932); Curtis v. State, 44 Ala. 63, 202 So.2d 170 (Ct.App. 1967). Because there was no

A & T MOTORS, INC. v. Roemelmeyer

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1963-12-09T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 158 So. 2d 567

Snippet: Interstate Acceptance, in bankruptcy, Appellee. No. 63-202. District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District… Signed: Alvin L. Savage." 63-202 District Court of Appeal of Florida fladistctapp