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Florida's dependency statutes, court rules and DCF operating procedures, with the appellate opinions that apply them

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§ 39.010 Former number


Each citation is matched to today's text through the statutes the opinion applied (1997 on), so renumbered subsections land in the right place; those show "Cited as".

§ 39.010 isn't in the 2026 Florida Statutes. No current section names it as a former number; many pre-1998 numbers were delinquency provisions, which moved to Chapter 985 in 1997. The opinions below cite it by this number.

2 opinions cite § 39.010

  1. In re L.C. 947 So. 2d 1240 · 2D06-43 · 2nd DCA 2007

    Reversed This opinion cites § 39.010 1 time, the section generally

    Dependency reversed because the father's unsworn prior inconsistent statement was not substantive evidence, leaving no proof of violence or drug use affecting the children.

    …§ 39.01(30)(i), Fla. Stat. (2005); failure to protect the children, § 39.01(30)(j); substance or alcohol abuse, § 39.01(30)(g); *1243 and abandonment, § 39.010(1). See § 39.01(14)(f). The circuit court found that the Department of Children and Family Services had failed to prove the alleged abandonment. The court…

  2. In the Interest of L.C. v. Department of Children & Family Services 947 So. 2d 1240 · 2D06-43-2 · 2nd DCA 2007

    Reversed This opinion cites § 39.010 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 8 in all courts

    Dependency reversed because the father's unsworn prior inconsistent statement was not substantive evidence, leaving no proof of violence or drug use affecting the children.

    …§ 39.01(30)(i), Fla. Stat. (2005); failure to protect the children, § 39.01(30)®; substance or alcohol abuse, § 39.01(30)(g); *1243 and abandonment, § 39.010(1). See § 39.01(14)(f). The circuit court found that the Department of Children and Family Services had failed to prove the alleged abandonment. The court…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.010

DCF's rules in Chapter 65C, Florida Administrative Code, that cite it or name it as the law they implement.

No admin code rule cites § 39.010.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.010

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No CFOP cites § 39.010.