Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.019 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".

§ 39.019 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 § 39.019

  1. O.I.C.L. v. Department of Children & Families 169 So. 3d 1244 · 4D15-53 · 4th DCA 2015

    Affirmed This opinion cites § 39.019 2 times, the section generally

    · cited by 19 in all courts

    Denial of an immigrant teen's private dependency petition affirmed: his uncle was a capable caregiver, and remote or poverty-based neglect did not show dependency.

    …provides that a child is “dependent” upon a finding that the child has “no parent or legal custodians capable of providing supervision and care.” § 39.019(15)(e), Fla. Stat. As mentioned above, the trial court made no finding that the uncle is a “legal custodian,” which involves a legal status conveyed by a court, §…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.019

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 § 39.019.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.019

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

No CFOP cites § 39.019.