The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 743
DISABILITY OF NONAGE OF MINORS REMOVED

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F.S. 743.065

743.065 Unwed pregnant minor or minor mother; consent to medical services for minor or minor’s child valid.—

(1) An unwed pregnant minor may consent to the performance of medical or surgical care or services relating to her pregnancy by a hospital or clinic or by a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, and such consent is valid and binding as if she had achieved her majority.

(2) An unwed minor mother may consent to the performance of medical or surgical care or services for her child by a hospital or clinic or by a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, and such consent is valid and binding as if she had achieved her majority.

(3) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of chapter 390.

History.—s. 1, ch. 79-302; s. 83, ch. 99-3; s. 4, ch. 2020-147.

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Amendments to 743.065

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 743.065

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 743.065.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In DOE A,, 204 So.3d 175 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . the right to seek the medical procedure even if her parents are notified and do not consent); see § 743.065 . . .

In JANE DOE A,, 136 So. 3d 723 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . .” § 743.065(1), Fla. Stat. . . . Amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.110, 84 So.3d 224, 225 (Fla.2012). .Although section 743.065 . . .

SCOFIELD, a v. SIBLEY, M. D. S, 874 So. 2d 611 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . Section 743.065, Florida Statutes (1987), provides: 743.065 Unwed pregnant minor or minor mother; consent . . .

NORTH FLORIDA WOMEN S HEALTH AND COUNSELING SERVICES, INC. v. STATE, 866 So. 2d 612 (Fla. 2003)

. . . Section 743.065, Florida Statutes, continues to allow an unwed pregnant minor to consent to dangerous . . . Section 748.065, Florida Statutes (1987), provides: 743.065 Unwed pregnant minor or minor mother; consent . . . In support of this last point, the court cited section 743.065, Florida Statutes (1999), which was the . . . The trial court then quoted the following passage from T.W.: Under [section 743.065], a minor may consent . . . Section 743.065, Florida Statutes, continues to allow an unwed pregnant minor to consent to dangerous . . . unfortunate consequence of the present majority decision if the Legislature changes section 384.30(1) or 743.065 . . .

S. C. a v. GUARDIAN AD LITEM,, 845 So. 2d 953 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . See § 743.065, Fla. Stat. (2001). . . .

STATE M. D. J. Jr. v. NORTH FLORIDA WOMEN S HEALTH AND COUNSELING SERVICES, INC. W. v. s, 852 So. 2d 254 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . The Legislature has made exceptions, both for other pregnancy-related treatment, see § 743.065(1), Fla.Stat . . . I agree, however, that in light of section 743.065 the state’s interest in the parental consent statute . . . Section 743.065 expressly grants to a pregnant, unwed minor the ability to consent, as though she were . . . Decisions relating to the medical services covered under section 743.065 do not differ qualitatively . . . For example, under section 743.065, the pregnant minor girl may refuse to consent to medical treatment . . .

STATE OF FLORIDA v. PHILLIPS WILLIAMS, 42 Fla. Supp. 2d 119 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1990)

. . . S. 743.065 Re Adoption of Brock, 25 So.2d 659 (Fla. 1946); Pugh v Barwick, 56 So.2d 124 (Fla. 1952) In . . .

In T. W. A, 551 So. 2d 1186 (Fla. 1989)

. . . . § 743.065, Fla.Stat. (1987). . . . I agree, however, that in light of section 743.065 the state’s interest in the parental consent statute . . . Section 743.065 expressly grants to a pregnant, unwed minor the ability to consent, as though she were . . . Decisions relating to the medical services covered under section 743.065 do not differ qualitatively . . . For example, under section 743.065, the pregnant minor girl may refuse to consent to medical treatment . . . A minor’s incapacity was recognized by the legislature when it enacted section 743.065, Florida Statutes . . . Moreover, I cannot accept the majority’s conclusion that section 743.065, Florida Statutes (1987), which . . .