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§ 39.0321 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".

§ 39.0321 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.

4 opinions cite § 39.0321

  1. A.A. v. Rolle 604 So. 2d 813 · SC78142 · Florida Supreme Court 1992

    This opinion cites § 39.0321 6 times, the section generally

    · cited by 33 in all courts

    …law violation prior to adjudication and disposition. § 39.1105, Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1988) (emphasis added). Accordingly, the legislature enacted section 39.0321, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1988), which provided: *816 39.0321 Prohibited use of secure detention. — A child alleged to have committed a delinquent…

  2. Interest of D.G.H. v. Gnat 682 So. 2d 210 · 1D96-2884 · 1st DCA 1996

    This opinion cites § 39.0321 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 6 in all courts

    …Fla.Stat. (1981). And the 1988 legislature first specifically recognized the problems inherent in the overuse of secure detention, by its enactment of section 39.0321, Florida Statutes (Supp.1988), listing a number of circumstances which prohibited a child's placement in such detention. After the passage of the 1990 act,…

  3. A.A. v. Rolle 580 So. 2d 282 · 3D91-1167 · 3rd DCA 1991

    This opinion cites § 39.0321 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 12 in all courts

    …use of detention for purposes of punishment of any type. For this proposition A.A. relies on paragraph 39.043(1), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1990) (formerly § 39.0321(1), Fla. Stat. (1989)), and T.D.L. v. Chinault, 570 So.2d 1335 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990), which so holds. We are unable to subscribe to that position. The…

  4. T.D.L. v. Chinault 570 So. 2d 1335 · 2D90-01069 · 2nd DCA 1990

    This opinion cites § 39.0321 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 18 in all courts

    … R.M.P. v. Jones, 419 So.2d 618 (Fla. 1982); O.W. v. Byrd, 461 So.2d 967 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984). The foregoing authority, however, predates section 39.0321, Florida Statutes, enacted in 1988. Ch. 88-831, § 14, Laws of Fla. In this recent enactment, the legislature has specifically proscribed the use of secure…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.0321

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 § 39.0321.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.0321

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No CFOP cites § 39.0321.