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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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§ 39.08 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".

§ 39.08 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.

5 opinions cite § 39.08

  1. In Interest of Ivey 319 So. 2d 53 · 1DZ-362 · 1st DCA 1975

    This opinion cites § 39.08 2 times, the section generally

    · cited by 12 in all courts

    …father of the infants, though present at the hearing, did not testify. Chapter 39, Florida Statutes, deals with juveniles and juvenile treatment. Section 39.08 provides in pertinent part as follows: "After a petition has been filed, the judge may order the child named in the petition to be examined by a physician,…

  2. School Board of Seminole County v. Leffler 472 So. 2d 481 · DCA85-304 · District Court of Appeal 1985

    This opinion cites § 39.08 1 time, the section generally

    COWART, Judge. The juvenile judge may, pursuant to section 39.08(1), Florida Statutes, order the child named in a petition for delinquency to be evaluated by a district school board educational needs assessment team.…

  3. In Interest of C.B. 453 So. 2d 220 · 5D83-668 · 5th DCA 1984

    This opinion cites § 39.08 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 8 in all courts

    …39.41(1)(f)1.a. The order severing the appellant's parent rights is AFFIRMED. FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr. and SHARP, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Section 39.08(1), Florida Statutes (1983). [2] Section 39.01(9), Florida Statutes (1983), provides: "Child who is found to be dependent" means a child who, pursuant to…

  4. Carter v. Metropolitan Dade County 253 So. 2d 920 · 3D70-998 · 3rd DCA 1971

    This opinion cites § 39.08 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 3 in all courts

    …A.L.R.2d 9 (1961) and Mr. Justice Roberts concurring specially in Community Blood Bank, Inc. v. Russell, Fla. 1967, 196 So.2d 115 , 118 et seq.; Section 39.08, Fla. Stat., F.S.A.; Bredice v. Doctors Hospital, Inc., 50 F.R.D. 249 (D.D.C., 1970) adhered to 51 F.R.D. 187 (D.D.C., 1970); and Winn-Dixie Stores,…

  5. In re D.A.W. 178 So. 2d 745 · DCA5696 · District Court of Appeal 1965

    This opinion cites § 39.08 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 2 in all courts

    …to be examined by a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist, and after adjudication to be dependent, may order the child to be treated by the same, (§ 39.08), and that hearings shall be conducted without a jury, applying the rules of evidence in use in equity cases, and adjourning the hearings from time to time as…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.08

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 § 39.08.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.08

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No CFOP cites § 39.08.