Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.42 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".

§ 39.42 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 § 39.42

  1. Department of Juvenile Justice v. C.M. 704 So. 2d 1123 · 4D97-0847 · 4th DCA 1998

    This opinion cites § 39.42 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 6 in all courts

    …encompasses children and families in need of services, providing them primarily with counseling and medical, psychiatric and psychological services. See § 39.42, Fla. Stat. (1995). The CINS/FINS procedure focuses on "a continuum of increasing level of intensity and participation by the parent and child." Id. This is…

  2. In re J.P. 586 So. 2d 485 · DCA91-228 · District Court of Appeal 1991

    This opinion cites § 39.42 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 2 in all courts

    …right to such services. In the Interest of N.W., 506 So.2d 80 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987). We reject the parents’ claim that the court was authorized by Section 39.42, Florida Statutes (1989), which appears in part IV of Chapter 39, Florida Statutes, relating to families and children in need of services. Section 39.01(8),…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.42

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 § 39.42.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.42

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No CFOP cites § 39.42.