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§ 39.038 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".

§ 39.038 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 § 39.038

  1. M.L.B. v. State 604 So. 2d 1257 · DCA92-146 · District Court of Appeal 1992

    This opinion cites § 39.038 2 times, the section generally

    …the person taking a child into custody to release the child to a parent, guardian, legal custodian, or any responsible adult. This particular statute, section 39.038, Florida Statutes (1991), requires that the person to whom a child is released must agree “to produce the child in court at such time as the court may…

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

    This opinion cites § 39.038 1 time, the section generally

    …§ 39.0471, Fla. Stat. (1995). [4] See § 985.03(29), Fla. Stat.(1997); § 39.001(33), Fla. Stat. (1995). [5] See § 985.211(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (1997); § 39.038(2)(a), Fla. Stat.(1995). [6] See § 39.049(7), Fla. Stat.(1995). [7] § 985.03(53), Fla. Stat. (1997); § 39.01(70), Fla. Stat. (1995).

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

    This opinion cites § 39.038 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 3 in all courts

    …39.0471, Fla. Stat. (1995). . See § 985.03(29), Fla. Stat.(1997); § 39.001(33), Fla. Stat.(1995). . See § 985.21 l(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (1997); § 39.038(2)(a), Fla. Stat.(1995). . See § 39.049(7), Fla. Stat.(1995). . § 985.03(53), Fla. Stat. (1997); § 39.01(70), Fla. Stat. (1995).

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

    This opinion cites § 39.038 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 6 in all courts

    …the legislative aim that "less restrictive interim placement alternatives" be ordered in lieu of detention, the 1990 legislature also enacted section 39.038(2)(a), Florida Statutes (1990), providing that a child taken into custody shall be released therefrom as soon as reasonably possible to the child's parent,…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.038

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 § 39.038.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.038

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No CFOP cites § 39.038.