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§ 39.623 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".

§ 39.623 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.

3 opinions cite § 39.623

  1. G.F. v. Department of Children & Family Services 912 So. 2d 60 · 3D04-2189 · 3rd DCA 2005

    Affirmed in part, reversed in part This opinion cites § 39.623 1 time, the section generally

    Termination affirmed because the mother could not meet the child's extraordinary needs, but post-termination contact provisions were remanded for specific findings.

    …needs of the child; (3) the court could not place the child in long-term licensed foster care because the child is not yet fourteen years of age, (see section 39.623, Florida Statutes (2004)); (4) the mother does not have the cognitive ability to provide for the child’s extraordinary needs; (5) the child seems well able to…

  2. Lofton v. Secretary of the Department of Children & Family Services 377 F.3d 1275 · CA11-01-16723 · 11th Cir. 2004

    Other This opinion cites § 39.623 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 8 in all courts

    Text is the panel opinion upholding Florida's gay adoption ban plus fragments of separate opinions on rehearing en banc; the rehearing disposition is not shown.

    …For instance, Florida law permits foster care as a “permanency option” only for children at least fourteen years of age, Fla. Stat. § 39.623(1), and DCF may remove a foster child anytime that it believes it to be in the child’s best interests, id. § 409.l65(3)(f). Similarly, legal guardians in…

  3. Lofton v. Secretary of the Department of Children & Family Services 358 F.3d 804 · CA11-01-16723-2 · 11th Cir. 2004

    Affirmed This opinion cites § 39.623 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 184 in all courts

    Eleventh Circuit upheld Florida's ban on adoption by practicing homosexuals against due process and equal protection challenges by foster and guardian caregivers.

    …adoptive home. 12 For instance, Florida law permits foster care as a “permanency option” only for children at least fourteen years of age, Fla. Stat. § 39.623 (1), and DCF may remove a foster child anytime that it believes it to be in the child’s best interests, id. § 409.165(3)(f). Similarly, legal guardians in…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.623

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 § 39.623.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.623

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No CFOP cites § 39.623.