In re Adoption of K.E.
A petitioner sought to adopt her first cousin once removed as a 'relative' under chapter 63, which limits relatives to those within the third degree of consanguinity. The trial court dismissed, using the civil law method of computing degrees (fifth degree). The Fourth District reversed, holding that section 63.032(16) incorporates the common law method, under which first cousins once removed are third-degree relatives.
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