Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.552 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".

§ 39.552 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 § 39.552

  1. B.D. v. C.D. 4D2024-1493 · 4th DCA 2025

    Affirmed This opinion cites § 39.552 2 times, the section generally

    Dismissal of grandparents' guardianship petitions affirmed because the dependency court's custody order took precedence, and grandparents, who never sought party status, had no due process right.

    …the court to be heard without the necessity of filing a motion to intervene.” Id. Significantly, the grandparents had the opportunity, pursuant to section 39.552(3)(c)4.a., Florida Statutes (2024), to seek party status for the limited purpose of objecting to the father’s motion to modify custody, seeking an evidentiary hearing…

  2. B.D. v. C.D. 4D2024-1355 · 4th DCA 2025

    Affirmed This opinion cites § 39.552 2 times, the section generally

    Dismissal of grandparents' guardianship petitions affirmed because the dependency court's custody order took precedence, and grandparents, who never sought party status, had no due process right.

    …the court to be heard without the necessity of filing a motion to intervene.” Id. Significantly, the grandparents had the opportunity, pursuant to section 39.552(3)(c)4.a., Florida Statutes (2024), to seek party status for the limited purpose of objecting to the father’s motion to modify custody, seeking an evidentiary hearing…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.552

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 § 39.552.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.552

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

No CFOP cites § 39.552.