Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.015 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".

§ 39.015 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 § 39.015

  1. G.G. v. Florida Department of Law Enforcement 97 So. 3d 268 · 1D11-5495 · 1st DCA 2012

    This opinion cites § 39.015 3 times, the section generally

    · cited by 4 in all courts

    …Notwithstanding s. 119.14, these records shall not be available for public disclosure and inspection under s. 119.07(1), except as provided in ss. 39.015(9) and 913.053, but shall be available to other law enforcement agencies, criminal justice agencies, state attorneys, the courts, the child, the parents or…

  2. In re T.J. 59 So. 3d 1187 · 3D10-1111 · 3rd DCA 2011

    Reversed & remanded This opinion cites § 39.015 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 6 in all courts

    Summary denial of an orphaned immigrant teen's dependency petition reversed, though a majority found the diligent search for her father insufficient.

    …the question of whether T.J.'s aunt was ever "entrusted with" or "responsible for" T.J.'s care. As detailed in F.L.M. and L.T., an analysis under section 39.015(e) is independently sufficient. [5] The significance of "no request for services" was not lost on our sister District Courts in F.L.M. and L.T., nor has…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.015

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 § 39.015.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.015

How DCF carries it out. A page opens in the CFOP reader with the citation highlighted.

No CFOP cites § 39.015.