§ 39.161 Former number
§ 39.161 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.
Only1 opinion cite § 39.161
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Department of Children & Family Services v. K.D. 88 So. 3d 977 · 2D10-3474 · 2nd DCA 2012
· cited by 9 in all courts
En banc: denial of termination and sua sponte permanent guardianship reversed; availability of guardianship cannot defeat best interests or least restrictive means after grounds proven.
…instances. In re T.M., 641 So.2d at 413 . The supreme court rejected this argument. [I]n such extraordinary circumstances as are described in section 39.161, paragraphs (3) and (¾), the termination of parental rights without the use of plans or agreements is the least restrictive means. Only by the use of such…
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