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FL S1072
Bill
AI Summary
- Requires court costs for all adoptive parents who adopt children in the custody of the Department of Children and Families to be waived rather than reimbursed
- Maintains existing waiver of adoption fees for adoptive parents adopting children in department custody
- Permits (but does not require) waiver of fees for families adopting children through licensed child-placing agencies or independent adoptions who receive or may be eligible for maintenance subsidies
- Removes court costs from the list of nonrecurring expenses eligible for reimbursement under the $1,000 adoption expense reimbursement program
- Takes effect July 1, 2018
Legislative Description
Adoption Assistance for Children Within the Child Welfare System
Last Action
Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
3/10/2018
Committee Referrals
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs12/13/2017
Full Bill Text
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