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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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§ 39.4086 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".

§ 39.4086 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.

2 opinions cite § 39.4086

  1. Amendments to the Rules of Juvenile Procedure 796 So. 2d 468 · SC00-1699 · Florida Supreme Court 2001

    Rule amendment Other This opinion cites § 39.4086 3 times, the section generally

    Supreme Court adopted new juvenile rule on attorneys ad litem and amended the shelter, case plan and TPR service rules to account for them.

    …legislation, a three-year pilot program was established in the Ninth Judicial Circuit providing for attorneys ad litem for dependent children. See § 39.4086, Fla. Stat. (2000). The statutory enactment provides that “it is the intent of the Legislature that children who are maintained in out-of-home care by court…

  2. Amendment to Rules of Juvenile Proc. 8.350 842 So. 2d 763 · SC00-2044-2 · Florida Supreme Court 2003

    Rule amendment Other This opinion cites § 39.4086 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 3 in all courts

    Supreme Court adopted juvenile rule 8.350 requiring a precommitment hearing and appointed counsel when a dependent child objects to placement in a residential mental-health facility.

    …Circuit Attorney Ad Litem Pilot Project provides that "[t]he attorney ad litem's representation shall be limited to proceedings under this chapter only." § 39.4086(2)(f), Fla. Stat. (2002). [5] §§ 394.451-.4789, Fla. Stat (2002).

0 admin code rules cite § 39.4086

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 § 39.4086.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.4086

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No CFOP cites § 39.4086.