Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.15 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".

§ 39.15 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.

1 opinion cite § 39.15

  1. Interest of V. F. B. ex rel. Batie v. State 223 So. 2d 556 · DCAK-513 · District Court of Appeal 1969

    This opinion cites § 39.15 1 time, the section generally

    …case arose. The parents question the authority of the “assigned” judge to enter the order as Juvenile Court Judge of Alachua County, under authority of F.S. 39.15(6), F.S.A. The State contends that Article V, Section 2, Florida Constitution, F.S.A., vested in the Chief Justice the authority to transfer one judge to take…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.15

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 § 39.15.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.15

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

No CFOP cites § 39.15.