Dependency Law Finder

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

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§ 39.703 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".

§ 39.703 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 § 39.703

  1. In re Proposed Amendment to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.052(a) 770 So. 2d 152 · SC96265 · Florida Supreme Court 2000

    Rule amendment This opinion cites § 39.703 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 1 in all courts

    …(1999) (requiring judicial review to plan for child’s permanency *153 no later than 12 months after the date the child is placed in shelter care); § 39.703(2), Fla.Stat. (1999) (requiring initiation of termination of parental rights proceedings within 30 days of judicial review hearing if at the hearing the child is…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.703

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 § 39.703.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.703

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

No CFOP cites § 39.703.