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HEART OF ADOPTIONS, INC. v. J.A.

No. SC07-738.

963 So.2d 189 (2007)

HEART OF ADOPTIONS, INC., Petitioner, v. J.A., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 12, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanne T. Tate, Tampa, FL and Raymond R. Elligett, Jr. of Schropp, Buell and Elligett, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Petitioner.

Rhonda Raulerson Portwood, Inverness, FL, for Respondent.

Susan Lee Stockham, Sarasota, FL, and Allison M. Perry, Tampa, FL, on behalf of the Concerned United Birthparents; Amy U. Hickman of Hausmann and Hickman, P.A., Boynton Beach, FL, and John G. Crabtree, Key Biscayne, FL, on behalf of the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar; and Patricia L. Strowbridge, Orlando, FL, on behalf of the Florida Adoption Council, Inc., as Amicus Curiae.

PARIENTE, J.

We have for review J.A. v. Heart of Adoptions, Inc. (In re Baby H), ___ So.2d ___, 32 Fla. L. Weekly D807, 2007 WL 914676 (Fla. 2d DCA Mar. 28, 2007), in which the Second District Court of Appeal certified the following question as a matter of great public importance:

IN A PROCEEDING ON A PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS PENDING ADOPTION, MAY THE UNMARRIED BIOLOGICAL FATHER'S RIGHTS IN RELATION TO THE CHILD BE TERMINATED BASED...

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