K.D. v. GIFT OF LIFE ADOPTIONS, INC.

No. 2D08-6403.

17 So.3d 1244 (2009)

K.D., Appellant, v. GIFT OF LIFE ADOPTIONS, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 11, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson Stuart Flyte, Regional Counsel, Second District, Bartow, and James P. Harris, Jr., Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Tampa, for Appellant.

Tammi J. Driver of Gift of Life Adoptions, Pinellas Park, for Appellee.


SILBERMAN, Judge.

K.D., the unmarried biological father of N.M., seeks review of the final summary judgment terminating his parental rights based on his failure to file a claim with the Putative Father Registry and a pledge of commitment to N.M. We reverse because Gift of Life Adoptions, Inc., ("GLA") did not provide K.D. timely notice of and opportunity to preserve his parental rights in this case.

N.M. was born on June 14, 2005, and N.M.'s birth certificate...

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