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Florida Statutes Source: Online Sunshine
- Chapter 39, Florida Statutes: Proceedings Relating to Children 136 sections
- Chapter 409, Florida Statutes: Social and Economic Assistance (child welfare sections) 54 sections
- Chapter 63, Florida Statutes: Adoption 51 sections
- Chapter 61, Florida Statutes: Dissolution of Marriage; Support; Time-sharing (the UCCJEA only) 42 sections
- Chapter 743, Florida Statutes: Disability of Nonage of Minors Removed 18 sections
- Chapter 741, Florida Statutes: Marriage; Domestic Violence (marriage of minors only) 1 sections
- Chapter 1009, Florida Statutes: Educational Costs (the tuition and fee exemption and Bright Futures schools only) 2 sections
Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure Source: The Florida Bar
- Part I · Rules of General Application 5 rules
- Part II · Delinquency Proceedings 36 rules
- Part III · Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Proceedings 59 rules
- Part IV · Proceedings for Families and Children in Need of Services 22 rules
- Part V · Other Proceedings 21 rules
Florida Administrative Code Source: flrules.org
- Chapter 65C-1: Home Care for Disabled Adults 5 rules
- Chapter 65C-2: Community Care for Disabled Adults 4 rules
- Chapter 65C-9: Undocumented Foreign National Children 2 rules
- Chapter 65C-15: Child-Placing Agencies 18 rules
- Chapter 65C-16: Adoptions 19 rules
- Chapter 65C-17: Master Trust 4 rules
- Chapter 65C-20: Family Day Care Standards and Large Family Child Care Homes 3 rules
- Chapter 65C-22: Child Care Standards 5 rules
- Chapter 65C-23: At-Risk Hardship Exemption and Prevention Services 1 rule
- Chapter 65C-26: Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (T.E.A.C.H.) Scholarship Program 3 rules
- Chapter 65C-28: Out-of-Home Care 20 rules
- Chapter 65C-29: Protective Investigations 12 rules
- Chapter 65C-30: General Child Welfare Provisions 22 rules
- Chapter 65C-32: Parent Education and Family Stabilization Course 8 rules
- Chapter 65C-33: Child Welfare Training and Certification 12 rules
- Chapter 65C-35: Psychotropic Medication for Children in Out of Home Care 11 rules
- Chapter 65C-38: State Automated Child Welfare System (SACWIS) Checks for the Placement of Children 2 rules
- Chapter 65C-41: Extended Foster Care 7 rules
- Chapter 65C-42: Road to Independence 4 rules
- Chapter 65C-43: Placement and Services for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children 5 rules
- Chapter 65C-44: Guardianship Assistance Program 8 rules
- Chapter 65C-45: Levels of Licensure 21 rules
- Chapter 65C-46: Child-Caring Agency Licensing 26 rules
- Chapter 6A-10: Other agencies' rules: Board of Education (the tuition and fee exemption) 1 rule
DCF operating procedures (CFOPs) Source: DCF Resource Library
- Series 5: Publications Management 4 CFOPs
- Series 15: Documentation Management 12 CFOPs
- Series 30: Legal 4 CFOPs
- Series 40: Travel 3 CFOPs
- Series 50: Systems Management 15 CFOPs
- Series 55: Financial Management 7 CFOPs
- Series 60: Human Resources 52 CFOPs
- Series 70: Facilities Acquisition and Management 12 CFOPs
- Series 75: Procurement and Contract Management 5 CFOPs
- Series 80: Property Management 2 CFOPs
- Series 140: Adult Services 6 CFOPs
- Series 155: Forensic Transfers to Civil Mental Health Treatment Facilities 41 CFOPs
- Series 170: Child Welfare 21 CFOPs
- Series 175: Family Safety 5 CFOPs
- Series 180: Inspector General 2 CFOPs
- Series 215: Safety 5 CFOPs
DCF child welfare forms Source: DCF forms
- Interstate placements (ICPC, ICAMA) 40 forms
- Licensing: foster homes and agencies 34 forms
- Case management, placement and services 30 forms
- Young adults: extended foster care and independent living 24 forms
- Adoption 20 forms
- Abuse hotline and protective investigations 16 forms
- Money: Master Trust, benefits, fees and claims 15 forms
- Hearings and due process 7 forms
- Human trafficking and sexually exploited children 7 forms
- Guardianship assistance 6 forms
- Child care 3 forms
- Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) 138 U.S. Code and CFR sections
- Social Security Act, Titles IV-B and IV-E (child welfare services; foster care and adoption assistance) (Title IV-B / IV-E) 98 U.S. Code and CFR sections
- Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) 8 provisions in other acts
- Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 10 provisions in other acts
- Family First Prevention Services Act 7 provisions in other acts
- Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) 39 U.S. Code and CFR sections
- Special Immigrant Juvenile status (SIJ) 5 U.S. Code and CFR sections
- International Child Abduction Remedies Act (Hague Convention) (ICARA) 31 U.S. Code and CFR sections
- Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA) 3 U.S. Code and CFR sections
- Multiethnic Placement Act (as amended by the Interethnic Adoption Provisions) (MEPA) 1 U.S. Code and CFR sections
- Higher Education Act, Federal Pell Grants 37 U.S. Code and CFR sections
- McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Education for Homeless Children and Youths 6 U.S. Code and CFR sections
Appellate opinions in dependency and termination cases Source: CourtListener
- Florida District Courts of Appeal (1st through 6th) 7,959 opinions
- Florida Supreme Court 547 opinions
- U.S. Supreme Court 86 opinions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 52 opinions
Proposed changes (Law Changes)
- Federal Register Proposed and final rules for those regulations
- Congress Bills amending those statutes (GovInfo bill text, congress.gov status)
- Florida Administrative Register DCF's rulemaking notices for Chapter 65C
- JAPC FALCON Each rulemaking's timeline: hearings, JAPC letters, challenges, adoption
- Florida Senate Bills that would change Chapter 39, 63, or the 409 and 61 sections here
- Florida Supreme Court Juvenile Rules amendment cases; review of dependency decisions
- U.S. Supreme Court Cases granted review on parental rights or child welfare