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

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§ 39.0517 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".

§ 39.0517 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 § 39.0517

  1. Department of Children & Families v. A.A. 706 So. 2d 367 · 5D97-1086 · 5th DCA 1998

    This opinion cites § 39.0517 6 times, the section generally

    · cited by 4 in all courts

    …would constitute only misdemeanor violations of the law if she were an adult, to the custody of the Department pursuant to the court's holding that subsection 39.0517(1), Florida Statutes (Supp.1996) authorizes such a commitment. The Department argues, and we agree, that the statute limits commitment only to juveniles alleged…

  2. Department of Children & Families v. E.M.S. 841 So. 2d 621 · 5D02-3241 · 5th DCA 2003

    This opinion cites § 39.0517 4 times, the section generally

    · cited by 7 in all courts

    …language of section 985.223(2)." 752 So.2d at 89 . As indicated, this court in A.A.ST.M. addressed the prior version of section 985.223, then section 39.0517. Under former section 39.0517(1), Florida Statutes (Supp.1996): "If, at any time prior to or during a delinquency case involving a delinquent act or violation…

  3. K.D. v. Department of Juvenile Justice 694 So. 2d 817 · 4D96-4051 · 4th DCA 1997

    This opinion cites § 39.0517 3 times, the section generally

    · cited by 3 in all courts

    …further evidence, the trial court determined that outpatient treatment was not appropriate for the child and that the child met the criteria of section 39.0517(2), Florida Statutes (Supp.1996), for commitment to the Department of Children and Families Services and placement in a residential treatment program to restore…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.0517

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 § 39.0517.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.0517

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

No CFOP cites § 39.0517.