Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.018 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".

§ 39.018 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.

1 opinion cite § 39.018

  1. J.C.-J. v. Department of Children & Family Services 987 So. 2d 828 · 2D07-5990-2 · 2nd DCA 2008

    Reversed & remanded This opinion cites § 39.018 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 3 in all courts

    Termination reversed on DCF and GAL concessions that abandonment and manifest best interests were unproven; the mother was also never offered a case plan.

    …the Mother in August 2007, prior to that time it appears that the Mother was not properly advised of her right to counsel at all appropriate stages. See § 39.018(1), Fla. Stat. (2005) (requiring the trial court to inform parents of their right to counsel in dependency proceedings at each stage of the proceedings and to…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.018

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 § 39.018.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.018

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

No CFOP cites § 39.018.