Casbar v. Dicanio

How courts have described this case

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• stating that when parents attempt to contract away the rights of a child, such contracts are \void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy\
• recognizing that termination of parental rights can be accomplished only by resort to chapters 63 (adoption) and 39 (termination of parental rights) and any attempt by a parent to contract away the child’s right to support is void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy
• reversing denial of mother’s motion to set aside final order terminating father’s parental rights pursuant to agreement of parties and dismissal of child’s separate petition to determine paternity and child support
• under Florida law parental rights may be terminated only by adoption or through Chapter 39 proceedings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).