Understanding Florida's Rules for Identified Adoption Across State Lines
What an identified adoption is and how Florida law shapes it An identified adoption, sometimes called a designated adoption, happens when the prospective adoptive parents find a birth parent on their own, through a friend, a relative, or an online connection, rather than through an agency's matching process. In Florida, this type of adoption is legal and increasingly common, but it comes with its own set of legal requirements, especially when the birth mother lives in anoth