florida-adoption

Fact-checked deep-research synthesis on vetting reputable FL private infant adoption agencies and avoiding scams (22 sources fetched, 21/25 claims passed 3-vote adversarial verification).

• Created florida-adoption-scams-and-vetting (concept): DCF roster as primary fraud filter, § 63.212 facilitator illegality, FBI/FTC/NCFA scam taxonomy + red-flag checklist, § 63.097 fee legitimacy, recourse channels
• Created florida-dcf (entity): the state licensing authority + roster publisher; § 409.175 mandatory licensing
• Created a-bond-of-love-adoption-agency (entity): Sarasota 501(c)(3) nonprofit on the DCF roster, not in the prior 9-agency comparison
• Created florida-reputable-national-icpc-agencies (question): the national/ICPC reputable-agency angle was explicitly unanswered by the research
• Updated florida-birth-mother-expense-rules: added § 63.097(3) court-approval dollar thresholds ($5K / $800 / $5K) + unemployment/disability eligibility condition + § 63.212 unlawful-fee hook
• Updated florida-adoption-attorney-vs-agency: added § 63.212 "adoption entity" definition (attorney and agency are both legal routes; an unlicensed facilitator is illegal)
• Updated florida-adoption-agencies-comparison: added a-bond-of-love-adoption-agency, cross-verified Gift of Life / Lifetime license numbers, added Lifetime founder-facilitator caveat
• Updated florida-adoption-costs: noted no externally-verified total-cost range (two fee examples refuted in verification); statutory boundary cross-link

Notes:

• 4 claims were killed in verification (2 specific cost figures, an NCFA-directory claim, a vetting-phrasing claim) and were deliberately NOT carried into the wiki.
• No mechanism page created — this source is vetting/legal reference, not a forcing-function → beneficiary causal chain (valid zero outcome per schema).
• Did NOT re-ingest 2026-04-20-florida-adoption-agencies-research: it was already folded into florida-adoption-agencies-comparison under a research | log entry (2026-04-20), so it is processed despite lacking an ingest | keyword.

Autoresearch synthesis on Florida private adoption options ingested (3 rounds, 13 URLs).

• Created florida-putative-father-registry (entity): state registry governing unmarried father consent rights
• Created florida-private-adoption-types (concept): taxonomy of 5 adoption routes with cost/requirement comparison
• Created florida-private-adoption-process (concept): 5-step legal process from matching to finalization
• Created florida-adoption-costs (concept): full cost breakdown by route; tax credit; attorney fee contradiction flagged
• Created florida-birth-parent-consent (concept): consent timing and revocation rules under § 63.082
• Created florida-birth-mother-expense-rules (concept): § 63.097 allowable vs. prohibited expenses; 2025 reporting requirement
• Created florida-adoption-attorney-vs-agency (concept): core route decision with tradeoff table
• Created florida-open-adoption-agreements (concept): PACAs not legally enforceable; § 63.0427 exception noted as underexplored
• Created florida-adoptive-parent-eligibility (concept): permissive statutory requirements; permanent and 5-year criminal disqualifiers
• Created florida-adoption-advertising-mechanics (question): practical mechanics of § 63.212 advertising requirement unresolved
• Created florida-icpc-timeline-impact (question): ICPC timeline impact for out-of-state placements unquantified
• Created florida-independent-adoption-match-disruption-risk (question): disruption rate data absent for independent route

Thread florida-adoption scaffolded via /thread-create.

• Scope: undefined — set in SCOPE.md when ready

Web research across ~25 sources comparing 9 licensed FL private adoption agencies.

• Created 2026-04-20-florida-adoption-agencies-research (source): agency-by-agency profiles with costs, LGBTQ+ policies, accreditation, red flags
• Created florida-adoption-agencies-comparison (concept): scannable comparison table across overview, cost, LGBTQ+ eligibility, and accreditation/reputation
• Updated index and log to reflect new source and concept

Key findings:

• Only 3 of 9 agencies explicitly confirm LGBTQ+ eligibility (Heart of Adoptions, Adoption Choices of FL, American Adoptions); Catholic Charities explicitly excludes same-sex couples
• Only 3 agencies publish cost ranges: Heart of Adoptions ($30K–$40K+), American Adoptions ($60K–$65K), Lifetime Adoption ($30K–$60K+); all others undisclosed
• Only Catholic Charities holds COA accreditation (since 1974); Adoption by Shepherd Care holds IAAME Hague (intercountry) through June 2026
• Red flag: Adoption by Shepherd Care faced DCF shutdown complaint in 2011 (coercion, billing irregularities); outcome unresolved in public record; agency still operating with BBB A+
• KidzFirst Adoptions (not in comparison) was permanently enjoined from FL operations (included as cautionary datapoint)