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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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§ 39.44 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".

§ 39.44 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 § 39.44

  1. Hroncich v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services 667 So. 2d 804 · 5D95-761 · 5th DCA 1996

    This opinion cites § 39.44 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 6 in all courts

    …dispositional services in the least restrictive available setting provided for under s. 39.052(3), in delinquency cases; s. 39.408(3), in dependency cases; s. 39.44(3), in child-in-need-of-services cases; or s. 39.469, in termination of parental rights cases. [4] HRS cites several cases which it argues are in conflict…

  2. C.J. v. Rolle 608 So. 2d 117 · DCA92-1169 · District Court of Appeal 1992

    This opinion cites § 39.44 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 3 in all courts

    …services in the least restrictive available setting provided for under s. 39.052(3), in delinquency cases; s. 39.-408(3), in dependency cases; s. 39.44(3), in child-in-need-of-services cases; or s. 39.469, in termination of parental rights cases. We reject CJ.’s suggestion that the use of the term…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.44

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 § 39.44.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.44

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No CFOP cites § 39.44.