Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.51 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".

§ 39.51 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 § 39.51

  1. Interest of V.C.F. v. State 569 So. 2d 1364 · DCA90-1404 · District Court of Appeal 1990

    This opinion cites § 39.51 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 4 in all courts

    …an additional 15 days, upon such motion by the state attorney for good cause shown. . Rule 3.191(a)(1) and (4), Fla.R.Crim.P. (1990). . See §§ 39.51-39.516, Fla.Stat. (1989). . Kansas is a party to the Interstate Compact on Juveniles. See Kan.Stat.Ann. §§ 38-1001-38-1007. .The Articles of the…

  2. Petition of Fla. Bar, Rules of Juv. Proc. 462 So. 2d 399 · SC65103 · Florida Supreme Court 1984

    This opinion cites § 39.51 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 8 in all courts

    …Act, F.S. 61.1302 et seq., the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, F.S. 409.401 et seq., and the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, F.S. 39.51 et seq. Rule 8.540. Parties For the purpose of these rules the terms "party" and "parties" shall include the petitioner, the child, and every person…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.51

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 § 39.51.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.51

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No CFOP cites § 39.51.