Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.435 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".

§ 39.435 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 § 39.435

  1. Porter v. Department of Children & Families 718 So. 2d 382 · 2D98-15 · 2nd DCA 1998

    This opinion cites § 39.435 1 time, the section generally

    …have been in the custody of the Department and that Florida law stresses that no child shall remain in foster care for longer than a year, see section 39.435(2), Florida Statutes (1996). However, a parent has the right to the companionship, care, custody, and management of his children, and courts must be vigilant…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.435

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 § 39.435.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.435

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

No CFOP cites § 39.435.