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§ 39.037 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".

§ 39.037 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.

13 opinions cite § 39.037

  1. Serrano v. State 15 So. 3d 629 · 1D07-3338 · 1st DCA 2009

    This opinion cites § 39.037 6 times, the section generally

    …he was taken into custody, or at anytime thereafter. In Ramirez, when addressing a similar, but less egregious, failure, the court pointed out “the statute [39.037(2) ] would be rendered meaningless if all that is required are perfunctory attempts to contact a juvenile’s parents” and “the State ... must bear the burden of…

  2. Ramirez v. State 739 So. 2d 568 · SC89 · Florida Supreme Court 1999

    This opinion cites § 39.037 5 times, the section generally

    · cited by 228 in all courts

    …that because Ramirez was a juvenile, police were obligated to attempt, and "continue such attempt," to notify his parents upon taking him into custody. § 39.037(2), Fla. Stat. (1995) (emphasis supplied). [6] Although the failure to comply with this statutory requirement does not render a confession involuntary, we have…

  3. M.A.B. v. State 957 So. 2d 1219 · 2D05-1367 · 2nd DCA 2007

    This opinion cites § 39.037 3 times, the section generally

    …necessarily render a waiver invalid. See State v. Pitts, 936 So.2d 1111, 1132 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006). [8] In Ramirez , the court construed section 39.037(2), Florida Statutes (1995), as requiring law enforcement to attempt and to continue such attempt to contact a juvenile's parents upon taking a juvenile into…

  4. S.J. v. State 596 So. 2d 1181 · 5D92-665 · 5th DCA 1992

    This opinion cites § 39.037 2 times, the section generally

    …order" for failing to appear at a court ordered hearing. The child then filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Fourth District said that section 39.037 provides that a child may be taken into custody for failing to appear at a court hearing. However, the court noted that section 39.037 states that it shall …

  5. State v. Roman 983 So. 2d 731 · 3D06-1949 · 3rd DCA 2008

    This opinion cites § 39.037 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 6 in all courts

    …afforded a private conference with her son before the substantive questioning began. The parental notification statute relied upon in Allen , section 39.037(2), Florida Statutes (1994), became section 985.207(2), Florida Statutes (2002). The person taking a juvenile into custody is directed "to attempt to notify the…

  6. State v. S.C.W. 718 So. 2d 320 · 2D98-00540 · 2nd DCA 1998

    This opinion cites § 39.037 1 time, the section generally

    …the juvenile complaints in this record refer to a "date arrested," a child is "taken into custody," rather than "arrested." § 985.207(3), Fla. Stat. (1997); § 39.037(3), Fla. Stat. (1995). The juvenile delinquency statutes were revised and moved from chapter 39 to chapter 985, effective October 1, 1997. These amendments do…

  7. State v. S.C.W. 718 So. 2d 320 · 2D98-00540-2 · 2nd DCA 1998

    This opinion cites § 39.037 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 3 in all courts

    …the juvenile complaints in this record refer to a "date arrested,” a child is "taken into custody,” rather than “arrested." § 985.207(3), Fla. Stat.(1997); § 39.037(3), Fla. Stat. (1995). The juvenile delinquency statutes were revised and moved from chapter 39 to chapter 985, effective October 1, 1997. These amendments do…

  8. Brookins v. State 704 So. 2d 576 · 1D96-2191 · 1st DCA 1997

    This opinion cites § 39.037 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 17 in all courts

    …conduct. Likewise, we reject the defendant's claim that his statement was rendered inadmissible by the officers' failure to contact his mother. Section 39.037(2), Florida Statutes, requires that a person taking a child into custody attempt to notify the parent, guardian or legal custodian of the child and "continue…

  9. State v. Paille 601 So. 2d 1321 · 2D90-02659 · 2nd DCA 1992

    This opinion cites § 39.037 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 10 in all courts

    …given after he is taken into custody, is not automatically rendered inadmissible just because it was given prior to notification of his parents. Section 39.037, Florida Statutes (formerly § 39.03), requires that a parent be immediately notified upon a decision to detain or place a child in shelter care. The purpose…

  10. S.J. v. State 596 So. 2d 1181 · DCA92-665 · District Court of Appeal 1992

    This opinion cites § 39.037 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 7 in all courts

    …said that section 39.-037 provides that a child may be taken into custody for failing to appear at a court hearing. However, the court noted that section 39.037 states that it shall not be construed to allow the detention of a child not meeting the detention criteria in section 39.044. The Fourth District held in …

  11. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. State 599 So. 2d 123 · 5D91-2269TO91-2273 · 5th DCA 1992

    This opinion cites § 39.037 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 6 in all courts

    …Florida Statute (1989), which authorized the taking into custody of a juvenile alleged to have violated community control, was deleted in the 1990 revision. § 39.037, Fla. Stat. (1991). See also § 39.054(1)(4), Fla. Stat. (1991). [10] We also find some support for this interpretation on the RAI form. On page one, the…

  12. State v. F.T.H. 579 So. 2d 911 · 5D90-2138 · 5th DCA 1991

    This opinion cites § 39.037 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 3 in all courts

    …standing on the street. He did not know the juvenile’s identity and instructed Officer Wayne Farrell to make contact with the juvenile. .See § 39.037(3), Fla.Stat. (Supp.1990). . We recognize the R.C. court noted that the juvenile, who was accompanied by his mother to the interrogation, was in his…

  13. W.N. v. Fryer 572 So. 2d 24 · 4D90-3047 · 4th DCA 1990

    This opinion cites § 39.037 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 7 in all courts

    …Statutes. Although petitioner was released two weeks later, we nevertheless grant review. P.R. v. Johnson, 541 So.2d 791 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989). Section 39.037, Florida Statutes (1990) provides that a child may be taken into custody for failing to appear at a court hearing after being properly noticed. This section…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.037

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 § 39.037.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.037

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No CFOP cites § 39.037.