JAMES K. POWNALL, I. I. A., APPELLANT,

v.

ROBERT C. LOUCKS, P. E., APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• In re the Adoption OF John DOE v. DOE, 524 So. 2d 1037 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988)
  …ts birth: 41. The natural father is estopped to claim his written consent is required under Florida law because his actions and communications to the natural mother and third parties show that he impliedly consented to the adoption. Wylie v. Botos, 416 So. 2d 1253 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).14 42. When the natural father learned the natural mother was pregnant, he initially attempted to have the pregnancy terminated, later agreed to the child being placed for adoption, and then did nothing showing continual and rep…

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• B.B. v. P.J.M. and K.M., 933 So. 2d 57 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006)
  …l [*71] right or interest relative to the child in the context of the adoption proceeding. See In Re A.J.B., 548 So. 2d 906, 908 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989) (holding that, in In Re Adoption of Mullenix, 359 So. 2d 65 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978), and Wylie v. Botos, 416 So. 2d 1253 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), the courts “recognized that section 63.062 imposes upon a natural father the duty to take some type of affirmative action in order to make his consent ... a prerequisite to the child’s adoption.”). Clearly, given the legislative…
• In the Interest of A.J.B., 548 So. 2d 906 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989)
  …t Mr. Kent did not provide consent for the adoption and that neither abandonment nor any other legal excuse of consent was pled by the Burdicks. However, relying upon In Re: Adoption of Mullenix, 359 So. 2d 65 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978) and Wylie v. Botos, 416 So. 2d 1253 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), he concluded that Mr. Kent's consent was not required since he had not met any of the section 63.062(l)(b), Florida Statutes, criteria for required consent of the father prior to the January 1988 filing of the original petition…

Authorities Cited

• Pitcher v. Schneider (Fla. 5th DCA 2018)
• Albert v. Applegate et ux., 377 So. 2d 1150 (Fla. 1979)