Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.436 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".

§ 39.436 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 § 39.436

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

    This opinion cites § 39.436 3 times, the section generally

    · cited by 6 in all courts

    …hearing. After this hearing, DJJ did not initiate a petition to establish the child's CINS/FINS status, as is contemplated in the statutory scheme. See § 39.436, Fla. Stat. (1995). DJJ contended that the child did not constitute a CINS because she had a pending juvenile delinquency proceeding, which would disqualify…

  2. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Superintendent of Schools for Seminole County 618 So. 2d 331 · DCA92-1600 · District Court of Appeal 1993

    This opinion cites § 39.436 1 time, the section generally

    …the revisions to Chapter 39 in 1987 that created the “Children in Need of Services” classification, intended to preempt the above-quoted provision. See § 39.436(1), Fla.Stat. (1991). We acknowledge that the coordination between the procedure established in section 232.-19(3) and Chapter 39 is certainly no model of…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.436

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 § 39.436.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.436

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No CFOP cites § 39.436.