IRWIN J. SHERWIN AND MARCIA SHERWIN, HIS WIFE, PETITIONERS,

v.

MANSUR AFTAB, RESPONDENT

Citator

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• Stefanos v. Rivera-Berrios, 673 So. 2d 12 (Fla. 1996)
  …on succinctly summarizes the situation before us: The issue properly before the adoption judge was whether the natural father has been sufficiently “rehabilitated” so that he may now contest for the adoption of his child. See In Interest of T.G.T., 433 So. 2d 11 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). We are required by our earlier decision to recognize that the father was derelict in failing to pay medical bills for the birth of his child and support for the child (even though the mother admits that she led him to believe s…

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• State v. Hollis, 439 So. 2d 947 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983)
  …n 30 days. HRS urges that the court had no jurisdiction to order it to file a petition for permanent commitment, primarily because of the doctrine of separation of powers. We must reject this argument in light of our recent opinion in In re T.G.T., 433 So. 2d 11, (Fla. 1st DCA, 1983), which held that the court had the statutory power to so act. Faced in T.G.T. with a factual situation similar to that before us, we there stated: The issue before us is whether a circuit judge may on his own motion initiate p…
• Y.H. v. F.L.H. and K.W.H., 784 So. 2d 565 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)
  …lishing new rights to his or her child through independent adoption proceedings. Section 68.042(2)(b), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1992) allows an unmarried adult to adopt, including the birth parent of the person to be adopted. See, e.g., In re T.G.T., 433 So. 2d 11 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983) (permitting mother of child who was permanently committed in a dependency proceeding to petition for adoption of her child upon rehabilitation); Green v. State Dep’t of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 412 So. 2d 413 (Fla. 3d DCA…