Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.18 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".

§ 39.18 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 § 39.18

  1. McDonald v. Roland 65 So. 2d 12 · CL1712672 · Florida Supreme Court 1953

    This opinion cites § 39.18 12 times, the section generally

    · cited by 34 in all courts

    …County and by virtue of Chapter 39, Florida Statutes 1951, F.S.A., is also ex officio *13 Judge of the Juvenile Court of that county. Acting under section 39.18, the appellees, as the Board of County Commissioners, fixed the appellant's salary as Juvenile Judge at $600 per year, additional to his compensation as…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.18

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 § 39.18.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.18

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

No CFOP cites § 39.18.