adoption

The expansion will allow eligible state employees to receive paid maternity leave for up to seven weeks and parental leave for two weeks, which can be combined to provide nine weeks for mothers.

A newborn was surrendered recently under a program that lets people give up an unwanted infant anonymously. There are dozens of baby boxes scattered across the U.S., but the practice is controversial.

Rejecting a “coparenting agreement,” a state appeals court has ruled against a woman who sought parental rights for a child born during a same-sex…

A number of child welfare bills are continuing to move in the Florida Legislature.

A nearly four-decade-old law banning gays from adopting children, which hasn't been enforced in five years, will come off Florida's books July 1, but Gov.…

A bill that would create incentives to adopt children in state care passed the House on Wednesday on a vote made much closer because of opposition from…

A bill that would provide incentives to state employees who adopt children in Florida's foster-care system continued moving forward Wednesday with several…

Ten years ago, children were slipping through the cracks of Florida’s state-run foster care system resulting in child abuse episodes that gained national…