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

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§ 39.8063 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".

§ 39.8063 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 § 39.8063

  1. O.M. v. Department of Children & Family Services 13 So. 3d 541 · 3D08-2827 · 3rd DCA 2009

    Affirmed This opinion cites § 39.8063 2 times, the section generally

    Termination of the incarcerated father's rights affirmed; continuing the relationship would harm the special-needs child, and no due process violation occurred.

    …final judgment for termination of parental rights as to the father, O.M., and which controls the case before us. See id. at 1103 (holding that section 39.8063(1)(d)3 of the Florida Statutes "permits the court to terminate the rights of an incarcerated parent when the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that…

  2. N.U. v. Department of Children & Families 2D2025-1871 · 2nd DCA 2026

    Reversed & remanded This opinion cites § 39.8063 1 time, the section generally

    Termination reversed because DCF did not prove the mother's involvement threatened her autistic child or that termination was least restrictive; case plan ordered.

    …the case plan and determined that reunification with the Mother was in the Child's manifest best interest. Accordingly, termination under section 39.8063(1)(c) was not supported by clear and convincing evidence. IV. We next address whether termination was the least…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.8063

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 § 39.8063.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.8063

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No CFOP cites § 39.8063.