| | Who is Qualified?
| When to
Contact an
Attorney
| What You
Will Pay
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Foster Parent Adoption
| Licensed foster parents or relative caregivers
for whom the Department of
Children & Families issues a
Consent for Adoption after parental
rights are terminated
| Once parental rights are
terminated, even if
on appeal
| Usually included
as part of the
Adoption Subsidy
so attorney is paid
by State
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Stepparent & Close Family
Member Adoptions
| With the consent of both parents, stepparents
and other family members within the 3rd degree of
consanguinity (blood relatives)
| Once there is agreement
of all parties or when
you have searched
unsuccessfully for
a missing parent
| Attorney's Fee,
Document fees,
and Legal
Costs
|
Identified Adoptions
| Adoptive and birth parents have connected and
agreed to the adoption, typically of an infant, and
need guidance to meet the legal requirements
| As soon as all parties agree
| Social Worker Fee,
Attorney's Fee,
Document fees
and Legal Costs
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Foreign Adoptions
|
Adoptive parents who have traveled
abroad and adopted a child who
want a Florida certificate of birth
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Upon return from
foreign country
|
Attorney's Fee, Birth Certificate Fee
and Legal Costs |
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