MATTER OF ADOPTION OF DOE

No. 72593.

543 So.2d 741 (1989)

In the matter of the ADOPTION OF John DOE, Infant Baby Boy. Bob DOE and Jane Doe, Petitioners, v. Richard ROE and Mary Roe, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chandler R. Muller of Muller, Kirkconnell, Lindsey and Snure, P.A., Winter Park, and Anthony B. Marchese, Tampa, for petitioners.

John L. O'Donnell, Jr. of DeWolf, Ward, O'Donnell & Hoofman, P.A., Orlando, for respondents.

Cynthia L. Greene of Frumkes and Greene, P.A., Miami, Chairman, and Elaine N. Duggar, Tallahassee, Nancy Rainey Palmer, Casselberry, and Cynthia S. Swanson, Gainesville, amicus curiae for The Family Law Section of The Florida Bar.


SHAW, Justice.

We review In Re the Adoption of John Doe, 524 So.2d 1037 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988), to answer a certified question of great public importance. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

The facts of the case are fully set forth in the decision below which quoted extensively from the factual findings of the trial court. Richard and Mary Roe met in Tempe, Arizona, in the summer of 1985, and Mary became pregnant in...

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