Dependency Law Finder

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1. Abandonment p. 10
2. Definition: p. 10
3. Examples of Abandonment as a maltreatment: p. 10
4. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 10
5. Information to inform maltreatment assessment: p. 10
6. Assessing for Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 11
7. Excluding Factors: p. 11
8. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 11
9. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 11
10. Asphyxiation/Suffocation/Drowning p. 12
11. Definition: p. 12
12. Examples of Asphyxiation/Suffocation/Drowning as a Maltreatment: p. 12
13. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 12
14. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 12
15. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 12
16. Assessing for Maltreatment Findings p. 12
17. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 12
18. Bizarre Punishment p. 14
19. Definition: p. 14
20. Examples of Bizarre Punishment as a Maltreatment: p. 14
21. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 14
22. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 14
23. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 15
24. Excluding Factors: p. 15
25. Assessing for Maltreatment Findings p. 15
26. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 15
27. Bone Fracture p. 17
28. Definition: p. 17
29. Examples of Bone Fracture as a Maltreatment: p. 17
30. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 17
31. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 17
32. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 17
33. Excluding Factors: p. 17
34. Assessing for Maltreatment Findings p. 17
35. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 17
36. Burns p. 19
37. Definition: p. 19
38. Examples of Maltreatment: p. 19
39. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 19
40. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 19
41. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 20
42. Excluding Factors: p. 20
43. Assessing for Maltreatment Findings p. 20
44. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 20
45. Death p. 21
46. Definition: p. 21
47. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 21
48. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 21
49. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 22
50. Excluding Factors: p. 22
51. Assessing for Maltreatment Findings p. 22
52. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 22
53. Environmental Hazards p. 23
54. Definition: p. 23
55. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 23
56. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 23
57. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 24
58. Excluding Factors: p. 24
59. Assessing for Maltreatment Findings p. 25
60. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 25
61. Failure to Protect p. 26
62. Definition: p. 26
63. Examples of Failure to Protect: p. 26
64. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 26
65. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 26
66. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 26
67. Excluding Factors: p. 26
68. Assessing for Maltreatment Findings p. 26
69. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 26
70. Failure to Thrive/Malnutrition/Dehydration p. 28
71. Definition: p. 28
72. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 28
73. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 28
74. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 29
75. Excluding Factors: p. 29
76. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 29
77. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 29
78. Household Violence Threatens Child p. 30
79. Definition: p. 30
80. Examples: p. 30
81. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 30
82. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 30
83. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 30
84. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 31
85. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 31
86. Note: p. 31
87. Human Trafficking – CSEC p. 32
88. Definition: p. 32
89. Examples of Human Trafficking – CSEC: p. 32
90. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 32
91. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 32
92. Note: p. 33
93. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 33
94. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 33
95. Human Trafficking – Labor p. 34
96. Definition: p. 34
97. Examples of Human Trafficking – Labor: p. 34
98. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 34
99. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 34
100. Excluding Factors: p. 35
101. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 36
102. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 36
103. Inadequate Supervision p. 37
104. Definition: p. 37
105. Examples: p. 37
106. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 38
107. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 38
108. Additional screening questions that must be asked by the Hotline counselor or… p. 40
109. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 41
110. Excluding Factors: p. 41
111. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 41
112. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 41
113. Internal Injuries p. 43
114. Definition: p. 43
115. Examples: p. 43
116. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 43
117. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 43
118. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 43
119. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 43
120. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 43
121. Intimate Partner Violence Threatens Child p. 45
122. Definition: p. 45
123. Examples: p. 45
124. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 45
125. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 45
126. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 46
127. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 46
128. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 46
129. Note: p. 47
130. Medical Neglect p. 48
131. Definition: p. 48
132. Examples: p. 48
133. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 48
134. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 48
135. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 48
136. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 49
137. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 49
138. Mental Injury p. 50
139. Definition: p. 50
140. Examples: p. 50
141. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 50
142. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 50
143. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 50
144. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 51
145. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 51
146. Physical Injury p. 52
147. Definition: p. 52
148. Examples of Maltreatment: p. 52
149. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 52
150. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 52
151. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 53
152. Excluding Factors: p. 53
153. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 53
154. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 53
155. Sexual Abuse p. 55
156. (Battery, Molestation, Exploitation) p. 55
157. Definition: p. 55
158. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 55
159. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 55
160. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 56
161. Excluding Factors: p. 56
162. Assessing a Maltreatment Findings p. 56
163. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 56
164. Substance-Exposed Newborn p. 57
165. Definition: p. 57
166. Examples of Substance-Exposed Newborns: p. 57
167. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 57
168. Factors to consider in Assessment of maltreatment p. 57
169. Frequently associated maltreatments p. 58
170. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 58
171. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding p. 58
172. Substance Misuse p. 60
173. Definition: p. 60
174. Examples: p. 60
175. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 60
176. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 60
177. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 60
178. Excluding Factors: p. 60
179. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 60
180. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 60
181. Substance Misuse p. 62
182. (Alcohol, Illicit Drugs, Prescription Drugs) p. 62
183. Definition: p. 62
184. Examples: p. 62
185. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 62
186. Factors to consider in Assessment of maltreatment p. 62
187. Frequently associated maltreatments p. 63
188. Excluding Factors p. 64
189. Assessing for Maltreatment Finding p. 64
190. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding p. 64
191. Threatened Harm p. 65
192. Definition: p. 65
193. Factors to Consider in Assessment of Maltreatment: p. 65
194. Excluding Factors: p. 66
195. Assessing for Maltreatment p. 66
196. Information Necessary to Support a Verified Finding: p. 66
197. Special Conditions Referrals p. 67
198. Caregiver(s) Unavailable p. 68
199. Definition: p. 68
200. Examples of Caregiver Unavailable: p. 68
201. Assessing for Special Conditions p. 68
202. Factors to Consider in Assessment: p. 68
203. Excluding Factors: p. 68
204. Child-on-Child Sexual Abuse p. 69
205. Definition: p. 69
206. Examples of Child-on-Child Sexual Abuse: p. 69
207. Assessing for Special Conditions p. 69
208. Factors to Consider in Assessment: p. 69
209. Frequently Associated Maltreatments: p. 69
210. Excluding Factors: p. 69
211. Foster Care Referral p. 70
212. Definition: p. 70
213. Assessing for Special Conditions p. 70
214. Factors to Consider in Assessment: p. 70
215. Parent Needs Assistance p. 71
216. Definition: p. 71
217. Examples of Parent Needs Assistance: p. 71
218. Assessing for Special Conditions p. 71
219. Factors to Consider in Assessment: p. 71

CFOPs that cite it (7)

• CFOP 170-1 Florida Child Welfare Practice Model Page 16
• CFOP 170-2 Completing Hotline Intake Assessment Pages 14, 19, 24
• CFOP 170-5 Child Protective Investigations Pages 47, 83
• CFOP 170-6 Child Fatality Response Page 6
• CFOP 170-7 Develop and Manage Safety Plans Pages 14, 20
• CFOP 170-9 Family Assessment and Case Planning Page 30
• CFOP 5-1 Numerical and Subject Index to Administrative Publications Page 7

Florida Statutes (15)

• § 39.01 Definitions. Pages 1, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 23, 26, 30, 37, 43, 45, 48, 50, 52, 55, 60, 62, 65, 69
• s. 893.03, F.S. Pages 2, 4, 57, 62
• s. 383.50, F.S. Pages 1, 3, 11
• § 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. Pages 7, 8
• s. 741.28, F.S. Pages 31, 47
• s. 794.011, F.S. Pages 3, 55
• Chapter 39, F.S. Page 1
• Chapter 800, F.S. Page 3
• Chapter 984, F.S. Page 3
• § 39.524 Safe-harbor placement. Page 32
• § 409.1754 Commercial sexual exploitation of children; screening and assessment; training; multidisciplinary staffings; service plans. Page 33
• s. 450.151, F.S. Page 3
• s. 787.06, F.S. Page 34
• s. 827.071, F.S. Page 3
• s. 984.03, F.S. Page 1

Administrative Code rules (4)

• Rule 65C-30.001 Definitions. Pages 1, 4, 5
• Rule 65C-29.002 Reports of Child Abuse, Neglect or Abandonment. Pages 6, 41
• Rule 65C-29.007 Child-on-Child Sexual Abuse. Page 7
• 65C-43, F.A.C. Page 33