Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.051 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".

§ 39.051 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.

3 opinions cite § 39.051

  1. In re B.R.C.M. 182 So. 3d 749 · 3D15-0962 · 3rd DCA 2015

    Affirmed This opinion cites § 39.051 2 times, the section generally

    · cited by 5 in all courts

    Denial of an immigrant teen's private dependency petition affirmed because dependency law serves children in need, not immigration goals; a dissent urged a hearing.

    …sought an order requiring B.R.C.M.’s father to contribute to his support. 2 Counsel for the Department admitted at oral argument in this case that section 39.051(51) of the Florida Statutes makes it a party to every private dependency 3 the dependency provisions of Chapter 39 of…

  2. Guardian ad Litem Program v. S.S. 2D23-2529 · 2nd DCA 2024

    Certiorari / writ granted This opinion cites § 39.051 1 time, the section generally

    Certiorari granted and order quashed because prospective adoptive parents are only participants, not parties, and cannot intervene as parties in a dependency case.

    … 6 they allow for "participants" to be added to a chapter 39 proceeding "without the necessity of filing a motion to intervene." Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.210(b); § 39.051(57); see also K.N., 359 So. 3d at 745 ("[W]hile a court 'may add additional participants,' that same language is absent from the definition of parties. Its…

  3. Guardian ad Litem Program v. S.S. 2D2023-2529 · 2nd DCA 2024

    Certiorari / writ granted This opinion cites § 39.051 1 time, the section generally

    Certiorari granted and the order quashed because prospective adoptive parents are participants, not parties, and the court wrongly let them intervene as parties.

    … 6 they allow for "participants" to be added to a chapter 39 proceeding "without the necessity of filing a motion to intervene." Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.210(b); § 39.051(57); see also K.N., 359 So. 3d at 745 ("[W]hile a court 'may add additional participants,' that same language is absent from the definition of parties. Its…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.051

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 § 39.051.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.051

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No CFOP cites § 39.051.