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§ 39.81 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".

§ 39.81 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 § 39.81

  1. L.N. v. Department of Children & Family Services 884 So. 2d 291 · 2D03-1678-2 · 2nd DCA 2004

    Affirmed in part, reversed in part This opinion cites § 39.81 3 times, the section generally

    · cited by 9 in all courts

    Termination affirmed for three children on the threat-of-harm ground despite a flawed incarceration-based abandonment finding; reversed for the oldest because the other parent's rights remained.

    …under section 39.806(l)(b) and conduct threatening the child’s well-being under section 39.806(l)(c) — are not included in the criteria specified in section 39.81 l(6)(e). Because the Department did not allege, argue, or present evidence attempting to prove the requirements of section 39.81 l(6)(d), we express no…

  2. A.H. v. Department of Children & Family Services 85 So. 3d 1213 · 1D11-4454 · 1st DCA 2012

    Reversed This opinion cites § 39.81 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 5 in all courts

    Termination reversed because none of the five grounds was proven; the father did not knowingly fail to protect his son from the mother's abuse.

    …mother’s parental rights were terminated under section 39.806(h), does not authorize or require automatic termination of appellant's parental rights. See § 39.81 l(6)(e), Fla. Stat. (2009). . The Department did offer "voluntary services” to appellant and S.S. . The mother was the only one at home at the…

  3. In re Amendments to Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure and Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.146 213 So. 3d 803 · SC16-553 · Florida Supreme Court 2017

    Rule amendment This opinion cites § 39.81 1 time, the section generally

    …name(s))^T7.Specifically, the-court finds that.TTrrAspecific findings of fact under section 39.811(6), Florida Statutes).— 8. Under sections 39.509(5) and 39.81 l(7)(a), Florida Statutes, the court finds that continued grandparental visitation is not in the best interests of the children) or that such visitation would…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.81

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 § 39.81.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.81

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No CFOP cites § 39.81.