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§ 39.468 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".

§ 39.468 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.

9 opinions cite § 39.468

  1. Dept. of Hlt. v. Zeigler 587 So. 2d 602 · 5D90-1351 · 5th DCA 1991

    This opinion cites § 39.468 10 times, the section generally

    · cited by 1 in all courts

    …(or dismissed). However, the appellee's motion to return the child to her should also have been denied without following the procedure outlined in section 39.468(2), Florida Statutes (1987). In 1987 the Florida Juvenile Justice Act was substantially rewritten and the grounds for permanent termination of parental rights…

  2. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Zeigler 587 So. 2d 602 · DCA90-1351 · District Court of Appeal 1991

    This opinion cites § 39.468 9 times, the section generally

    · cited by 3 in all courts

    …of Parental Rights and the Petition for Certiorari Review of the order returning the child to its mother. These orders should be affirmed. Section 39.468(2), Florida Statutes, provides in short that if HRS fails to prove a petition for the permanent termination of parental rights, the juvenile court shall enter an…

  3. In re A.L.O. 637 So. 2d 15 · 5D93-1966 · 5th DCA 1994

    This opinion cites § 39.468 3 times, the section generally

    · cited by 1 in all courts

    …her mother was quashed. The court held that if parental rights cannot be terminated because all the elements of section 39.467(3) are not satisfied, section 39.468 requires that the court either enter an order continuing the child in foster care under a performance agreement or permanent placement plan, or enter an order…

  4. Belflower v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services 578 So. 2d 827 · 5D90-56 · 5th DCA 1991

    This opinion cites § 39.468 3 times, the section generally

    · cited by 12 in all courts

    …sever parental rights. [2] But once a petition to terminate parental rights is denied, that does not return the matter to square one. Pursuant to section 39.468(2), Florida Statutes (1989), [3] the court should decide whether to continue the child in foster care or to return the child to Belflower with or without…

  5. Hernandez v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services 641 So. 2d 473 · DCA93-1880 · District Court of Appeal 1994

    This opinion cites § 39.468 2 times, the section generally

    …of the children. See Belflower v. *474 Department of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 578 So.2d 827 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991). Affirmed. . Section 39.468 provides in its entirety: 39.468 Orders of adjudication.— (1) If the court finds that all of the elements of s. 39.467(3) have been met, the court shall…

  6. E.K. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services 631 So. 2d 317 · DCA92-04369 · District Court of Appeal 1994

    This opinion cites § 39.468 2 times, the section generally

    …that E.K. was not informed of her right to counsel. In addition, the trial court made no such finding in the order terminating E.K.’s parental rights. Section 39.468(1), Fla.Stat. (1991). Accordingly, we must reverse the order terminating E.K.’s parental rights to M.J.S. and remand for a new dependency hearing. We note that…

  7. G.L.S. v. Department of Children & Families 724 So. 2d 1181 · SC91 · Florida Supreme Court 1998

    This opinion cites § 39.468 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 9 in all courts

    …entitled "orders of adjudication," which immediately followed the section on adjudicatory hearings and preceded the section on disposition hearings. See § 39.468, Fla. Stat. (1993) (repealed 1994). This section provided, in relevant part: (1) If the court finds that all of the elements of section 39.467(3) have been…

  8. L.H. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services 647 So. 2d 311 · 5D94-0792 · 5th DCA 1994

    This opinion cites § 39.468 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 8 in all courts

    …that the mother had abandoned her children, we must remand the case without addressing the additional contentions raised by the mother. Sections 39.467(7) and 39.468(3) of the Florida Statutes mandate that the trial courts enter written orders containing findings of fact and conclusions of law in all termination cases. See …

  9. Jett v. State 605 So. 2d 926 · 5D90-257 · 5th DCA 1992

    This opinion cites § 39.468 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 5 in all courts

    …for the benefit of the abuser. [6] § 415.512, Fla. Stat. (1989). [7] §§ 382.703; 827.04; 827.05, Fla. Stat. (1989). [8] § 39.40-39.409; §§ 39.46-39.468, Fla. Stat. (1989). [9] Sexual battery clearly may be the basis for a child abuse charge, but all sexual battery prosecutions involving child victims do…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.468

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 § 39.468.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.468

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No CFOP cites § 39.468.