Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 590
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  01/20/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Bradley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 18
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (49) of section 39.01, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         39.01 Definitions.—When used in this chapter, unless the
    8  context otherwise requires:
    9         (49) “Parent” means a woman who gives birth to a child and
   10  a man whose consent to the adoption of the child would be
   11  required under s. 63.062(1). If a child has been legally
   12  adopted, the term “parent” means the adoptive mother or father
   13  of the child. The term does not include an individual whose
   14  parental relationship to the child has been legally terminated,
   15  or an alleged or prospective parent, unless the parental status
   16  falls within the terms of s. 39.503(1) or s. 63.062(1). For
   17  purposes of this chapter only, when the phrase “parent or legal
   18  custodian” is used, it refers to rights or responsibilities of
   19  the parent and, only if there is no living parent with intact
   20  parental rights, to the rights or responsibilities of the legal
   21  custodian who has assumed the role of the parent. A man’s
   22  acknowledgement of paternity of the child does not limit the
   23  period of time considered in determining whether the child was
   24  abandoned within the meaning of subsection (1). The term does
   25  not include an individual whose parental relationship to the
   26  child has been legally terminated, or an alleged or prospective
   27  parent, unless:
   28         (a) The parental status falls within the terms of s.
   29  39.503(1) or s. 63.062(1); or
   30         (b) Parental status is applied for the purpose of
   31  determining whether the child has been abandoned.
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   33  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   34  And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete line 2
   36  and insert:
   37         An act relating to adoption; amending s. 39.01, F.S.;
   38         redefining the term “parent”; amending s. 63.082,
   39         F.S.;