Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.403 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".

§ 39.403 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 § 39.403

  1. Henry v. Migdal 720 So. 2d 568 · 4D97-3544 · 4th DCA 1998

    This opinion cites § 39.403 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 13 in all courts

    …juvenile facility, thereby leaving all responsibility for such issues to a ponderous bureaucracy. While the provisions of Chapter 415, Part II, and section 39.403 may ultimately lead to commencement of Chapter 39 proceedings, criminal proceedings, license revocation or termination of a contract authorized by section…

  2. Meredith v. Smith 515 So. 2d 1386 · DCA87-392 · District Court of Appeal 1987

    This opinion cites § 39.403 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 2 in all courts

    … . Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.720(a)(1) comes under the Dependency Proceedings section. . Appellees also failed to comply with section 39.403(1), Florida Statutes (1985), which states that "a complaint alleging that a child is dependent shall be made to the intake office operating in the county in…

  3. White v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services 483 So. 2d 861 · 5D85-625 · 5th DCA 1986

    This opinion cites § 39.403 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 16 in all courts

    …make the procedure unclear as to any earlier "dependency" proceedings. Section 39.404, Florida Statutes, contemplates one petition for dependency. Section 39.403, Florida Statutes (1983), contemplates two stages in the proceeding: an adjudicatory hearing and a disposition hearing. [3] Under section 39.41(1)(f) a…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.403

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 § 39.403.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.403

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No CFOP cites § 39.403.