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Florida Family Law Forms amended.(Notice)

Publication: Florida Bar News
Date: Friday, April 30 2004

In Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms--Stepparent Adoption Forms, No. SC04-104 (Fla. Mar. 25, 2004), the Florida Supreme Court adopted extensive amendments to the Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms governing stepparent adoptions.

Legislation enacted in 2003 eliminated the requirement that petitioners in stepparent, relative, and adult adoptions file a separate termination of parental rights proceeding pending adoption, and the requirement that parents of adult adoptees provide consent to the adoption. See Ch. 2003-58, [section] 12

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