Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.445 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".

§ 39.445 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 § 39.445

  1. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Honeycutt 584 So. 2d 192 · 5D90-2293 · 5th DCA 1991

    This opinion cites § 39.445 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 4 in all courts

    …not address the issue of jurisdiction, we nonetheless note apparent conflict. In making our determination we have also considered Florida Statute, section 39.445, which provides: Appeal. — The state, any child, or the family, guardian ad litem, or legal custodian of any child who is affected by an order of the court…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.445

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 § 39.445.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.445

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

No CFOP cites § 39.445.