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I want to adopt my granddaughter, but I can't find the forms.
by Shirley J.
(Orange Park, FL)
Hello, My husband and I want to adopt my eight year old granddaughter. Her mother, my daughter, is in agreement. We don't know where the father is. I found the forms for stepparent adoption, but those are the only ones I found. Do I just use those forms? Am I missing something? Thank you!
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I want to adopt my granddaughter, but I can't find the forms.
There aren't any Florida Supreme Court approved forms for grandparent adoption, or for any type of family adoption, except for stepparent adoption. The process is nearly identical, except that in a grandparent adoption there may be two consent forms, one for the mother and one for the father, instead of the one for the noncustodial parent. Family adoptions are governed by Florida Statute Chapter 63.
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