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§ 39.412 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".

§ 39.412 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.

4 opinions cite § 39.412

  1. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services ex rel. M.H. v. State 447 So. 2d 359 · 3DAV-237 · 3rd DCA 1984

    This opinion cites § 39.412 2 times, the section generally

    · cited by 3 in all courts

    …abide by a curfew. M.H. subsequently ran away from home and missed several days of school. Upon motion of the Assistant State Attorney, pursuant to Section 39.412, Florida Statutes (1981), 2 the court found M.H. in contempt, withholding adjudication of delinquency, 3 and placing her in community control with the…

  2. W.S.M. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services 692 So. 2d 246 · 5D96-60 · 5th DCA 1997

    This opinion cites § 39.412 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 1 in all courts

    …assumed the form in which it persisted until it was replicated as what is now section 39.414. Ch. 78-414, § 20, at 1364, Laws of Florida (creating section 39.412). Section 39.414, Florida Statutes (1995) reads the same today as when it first came into existence. . With respect to delinquency proceedings, similar…

  3. A.O. v. State 456 So. 2d 1173 · SC63974 · Florida Supreme Court 1984

    This opinion cites § 39.412 1 time, the section generally

    …of the State of Florida, F.S. Chapter 39," because he had violated the November 1981 court order, and was therefore "in contempt of Court pursuant to sections 39.412 and 39.01(8), Florida Statutes." A.O. pled nolo contendere and specifically reserved the right to appeal the question whether the continued truancy shown…

  4. A.O. v. State 456 So. 2d 1173 · SC63974-2 · Florida Supreme Court 1984

    This opinion cites § 39.412 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 6 in all courts

    …the State of Flori-da, F.S. Chapter 39,” because he had violated the November 1981 court order, and was therefore “in contempt of Court pursuant to sections 39.412 and 39.01(8), Florida Statutes.” A.O. pled nolo contendere and specifically reserved the right to appeal the question whether the continued truancy shown…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.412

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 § 39.412.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.412

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No CFOP cites § 39.412.