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2000 Florida Code
TITLE VI CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 63 Adoption  
63.185   Residency requirement.

63.185  Residency requirement.--For any person to adopt in this state, his or her primary residence and place of employment in Florida is required, except for adoption of a special needs child, as defined in s. 409.166.

History.--s. 7, ch. 87-397; s. 4, ch. 91-99; s. 20, ch. 92-96; s. 343, ch. 95-147.

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