Florida Code — 39
Browse 136 sections in division 39 of the Florida code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 39.001. Purposes and intent; personnel standards and screening.
- § 39.0014. Responsibilities of public agencies.
- § 39.00145. Records concerning children.
- § 39.00146. Case record face sheet.
- § 39.0016. Education of abused, neglected, and abandoned children; agency agreements; children having or suspected of having a disability.
- § 39.01. Definitions.
- § 39.011. Immunity from liability.
- § 39.012. Rules for implementation.
- § 39.0121. Specific rulemaking authority.
- § 39.013. Procedures and jurisdiction; right to counsel; guardian ad litem.
- § 39.01304. Early childhood court programs.
- § 39.01305. Appointment of an attorney for a dependent child with certain special needs.
- § 39.0131. Permanent mailing address and primary e-mail address designation.
- § 39.0132. Oaths, records, and confidential information.
- § 39.0133. Court and witness fees.
- § 39.0134. Appointed counsel; compensation.
- § 39.0135. Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund.
- § 39.0136. Time limitations; continuances.
- § 39.0137. Federal law; rulemaking authority.
- § 39.01375. Best interest determination for placement.
- § 39.0138. Criminal history and other records checks; limit on placement of a child.
- § 39.0139. Visitation or other contact; restrictions.
- § 39.0141. Missing children; report required.
- § 39.0142. Notifying law enforcement officers of parent or caregiver names.
- § 39.0143. Dually-involved children.
- § 39.101. Central abuse hotline.
- § 39.201. Required reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, sexual abuse of a child, and juvenile sexual abuse; required reports of death; reports involving a child who has exhibited inappropriate sexual behavior.
- § 39.2015. Critical incident rapid response team; sexual abuse report investigations.
- § 39.202. Confidentiality of reports and records in cases of child abuse or neglect; exception.
- § 39.2021. Release of confidential information.
- § 39.2022. Public disclosure of reported child deaths.
- § 39.203. Immunity from liability in cases of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
- § 39.204. Abrogation of privileged communications in cases involving child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
- § 39.205. Penalties relating to reporting of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
- § 39.206. Administrative fines for false report of abuse, abandonment, or neglect of a child; civil damages.
- § 39.208. Cross-reporting child abuse, abandonment, or neglect and animal cruelty.
- § 39.301. Initiation of protective investigations.
- § 39.302. Protective investigations of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
- § 39.303. Child Protection Teams and sexual abuse treatment programs; services; eligible cases.
- § 39.3031. Rules for implementation of s. 39.303.
- § 39.3032. Memorandum of agreement.
- § 39.3035. Child advocacy centers; standards; state funding.
- § 39.304. Photographs, medical examinations, X rays, and medical treatment of abused, abandoned, or neglected child.
- § 39.306. Child protective investigations; working agreements with local law enforcement.
- § 39.3068. Reports of medical neglect.
- § 39.307. Reports of child-on-child sexual abuse.
- § 39.308. Guidelines for onsite child protective investigation.
- § 39.395. Detaining a child; medical or hospital personnel.
- § 39.401. Taking a child alleged to be dependent into custody; law enforcement officers and authorized agents of the department.
- § 39.4015. Family finding.
- § 39.402. Placement in a shelter.
- § 39.4021. Priority placement for out-of-home placements.
- § 39.4022. Multidisciplinary teams; staffings; assessments; report.
- § 39.40225. Contracts for development of model placement transition plans.
- § 39.4023. Placement and education transitions; transition plans.
- § 39.4024. Placement of siblings; visitation; continuing contact.
- § 39.407. Medical, psychiatric, and psychological examination and treatment of child; physical, mental, or substance abuse examination of person with or requesting child custody.
- § 39.4075. Referral of a dependency case to mediation.
- § 39.4085. Goals for dependent children; responsibilities; education; Office of the Children’s Ombudsman.
- § 39.4087. Department goals and requirements relating to caregivers; dispute resolution.
- § 39.4091. Participation in childhood activities.
- § 39.4092. Multidisciplinary legal representation model program for parents of children in the dependency system.
- § 39.501. Petition for dependency.
- § 39.502. Notice, process, and service.
- § 39.503. Identity or location of parent unknown; special procedures.
- § 39.5035. Deceased parents; special procedures.
- § 39.504. Injunction; penalty.
- § 39.505. No answer required.
- § 39.506. Arraignment hearings.
- § 39.507. Adjudicatory hearings; orders of adjudication.
- § 39.5075. Citizenship or residency status for immigrant children who are dependents.
- § 39.5085. Relative Caregiver Program.
- § 39.5086. Kinship navigator programs.
- § 39.509. Grandparents rights.
- § 39.510. Appeal.
- § 39.521. Disposition hearings; powers of disposition.
- § 39.522. Postdisposition change of custody.
- § 39.523. Placement in out-of-home care.
- § 39.524. Safe-harbor placement.
- § 39.6011. Case plan development.
- § 39.6012. Case plan tasks; services.
- § 39.6013. Case plan amendments.
- § 39.602. Case planning when parents do not participate and the child is in out-of-home care.
- § 39.6021. Case planning when parents are incarcerated or become incarcerated.
- § 39.603. Court approvals of case planning.
- § 39.6035. Transition plan.
- § 39.6036. Supportive adults for children transitioning out of foster care.
- § 39.604. Rilya Wilson Act; short title; legislative intent; child care; early education; preschool.
- § 39.621. Permanency determination by the court.
- § 39.6221. Permanent guardianship of a dependent child.
- § 39.6225. Guardianship Assistance Program.
- § 39.6231. Permanent placement with a fit and willing relative.
- § 39.6241. Another planned permanent living arrangement.
- § 39.6251. Continuing care for young adults.
- § 39.701. Judicial review.
- § 39.702. Citizen review panels.
- § 39.704. Exemptions from judicial review.
- § 39.801. Procedures and jurisdiction; notice; service of process.
- § 39.802. Petition for termination of parental rights; filing; elements.
- § 39.803. Identity or location of parent unknown after filing of termination of parental rights petition; special procedures.
- § 39.804. Penalties for false statements of paternity.
- § 39.805. No answer required.
- § 39.8055. Requirement to file a petition to terminate parental rights; exceptions.
- § 39.806. Grounds for termination of parental rights.
- § 39.807. Right to counsel; guardian ad litem.
- § 39.808. Advisory hearing; pretrial status conference.
- § 39.809. Adjudicatory hearing.
- § 39.810. Manifest best interests of the child.
- § 39.811. Powers of disposition; order of disposition.
- § 39.812. Postdisposition relief; petition for adoption.
- § 39.813. Continuing jurisdiction.
- § 39.814. Oaths, records, and confidential information.
- § 39.815. Appeal.
- § 39.8155. Reinstatement of parental rights.
- § 39.821. Qualifications of guardians ad litem.
- § 39.822. Appointment of guardian ad litem for abused, abandoned, or neglected child.
- § 39.823. Guardian advocates for drug dependent newborns.
- § 39.824. Jurisdiction.
- § 39.825. Petition for appointment of a guardian advocate.
- § 39.826. Process and service.
- § 39.827. Hearing for appointment of a guardian advocate.
- § 39.828. Grounds for appointment of a guardian advocate.
- § 39.829. Powers and duties of guardian advocate.
- § 39.8295. Review and removal of guardian advocate.
- § 39.8296. Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office; legislative findings and intent; creation; appointment of executive director; duties of office.
- § 39.8297. County funding for guardian ad litem employees.
- § 39.8298. Guardian ad Litem direct-support organization.
- § 39.901. Domestic violence centers; legislative findings; requirements.
- § 39.902. Definitions.
- § 39.903. Duties and functions of the department with respect to domestic violence.
- § 39.904. Report to the Legislature on the status of domestic violence cases.
- § 39.905. Domestic violence centers.
- § 39.9055. Certified domestic violence centers; capital improvement grant program.
- § 39.9057. Unlawful disclosure of certified domestic violence center location; penalties.
- § 39.906. Referral to centers and notice of rights.
- § 39.908. Confidentiality of information received by department or domestic violence center.