Supreme Court of Florida
Heart of Adoptions, Inc. v. J.A., SC07-738
The rights of an unmarried biological father in relation to the child, who is known or identified by the mother as the potential father and who is locatable by diligent search, may be terminated based on his failure to file a claim with the Florida Putative Father Registry only if the father was served with notice under Florida Statutes section 63.062(3)(a) and he fails to comply with the requirements of that subsection within the thirty-day period.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/12/2007
- Published 07/12/2007
Judges
- PARIENTE, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Jeanne T. Tate, Tampa, FL and Raymond R. Elligett, Jr. of Schropp, Buell and Elligett, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Petitioner., Susan Lee Stockham, Sarasota, FL, and Allison M. Perry, Tampa, FL, on behalf of the Concerned United Birthparents; Amy U. Hickman of Hausmann and Hickman, P.A., Boynton Beach, FL, and John G. Crabtree, Key Biscayne, FL, on behalf of the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar; and Patricia L. Strowbridge, Orlando, FL, on behalf of the Florida Adoption Council, Inc., as Amicus Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- Rhonda Raulerson Portwood, Inverness, FL, for Respondent.