742.07 Effect of adoption.—Upon the adoption of a child, for whom support has been ordered, by some person other than the father, the liability of the father for the support of the child shall be terminated.
Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 581377
...*877 One of the children died in 1986; the other was adopted by the former wife's new husband in 1991. Mary Kranz filed a motion for contempt against Larry Kranz, seeking payments of child support arrearages that had accrued up to the time the child was adopted. The general master found that section 742.07, Florida Statutes (1991), provides that the natural parent's liability for child support ceases upon the adoption of the child, and that the effect of the statute is to discharge any arrearage....
Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 2033896
...ceeding to adopt the child. [18] We can find no provision in chapter 742 that bars an unmarried biological father from filing a complaint to determine parentage merely because he has failed to register with the Florida Putative Father Registry. [19] Section 742.07 explains that an adoption by another party causes the father's support obligation to terminate....
