Florida Statutes
Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections
Chapter 984 - Children and Families in Need of Services

984.01 - Purposes and Intent; Personnel Standards and Screening. - (1) The purposes of this chapter are: (a) To provide...

984.02 - Legislative Intent for the Juvenile Justice System. - (1) GENERAL PROTECTIONS FOR CHILDREN.—It is a purpose of the...

984.03 - Definitions. - (1) “Abandoned” means a situation in which the parent or...

984.04 - Families in Need of Services and Children in Need of Services; Procedures and Jurisdiction. - (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to address...

984.06 - Oaths, Records, and Confidential Information. - (1) The judge, clerks or deputy clerks, or authorized agents...

984.07 - Appointed Counsel; Compensation. - History.—s. 8, ch. 87-133; s. 93, ch. 97-238. Note.—Former s....

984.071 - Resources and Information. - (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice, in collaboration with the...

984.08 - Attorney’s Fees. - History.—s. 1, ch. 94-329; s. 5, ch. 95-267; s. 94,...

984.085 - Sheltering Unmarried Minors; Aiding Unmarried Minor Runaways; Violations. - (1)(a) A person who is not an authorized agent of...

984.086 - Children Locked Out of the Home; Interagency Cooperation. - History.—s. 15, ch. 97-281; s. 15, ch. 2000-135; s. 336,...

984.09 - Punishment for Contempt of Court; Alternative Sanctions. - (1) CONTEMPT OF COURT; LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—The court may punish any...

984.10 - Intake. - (1) Intake shall be performed by the department. A report...

984.11 - Services to Families in Need of Services. - (1) Services and treatment to families in need of services...

984.12 - Case Staffing; Services and Treatment to a Family in Need of Services. - (1) The appropriate representative of the department shall request a...

984.13 - Taking Into Custody a Child Alleged to Be From a Family in Need of Services or to Be a Child in Need of Services. - (1) A child may be taken into custody: (a) By...

984.14 - Shelter Placement; Hearing. - (1) Unless ordered by the court pursuant to the provisions...

984.15 - Petition for a Child in Need of Services. - (1) All proceedings seeking an adjudication that a child is...

984.151 - Truancy Petition; Prosecution; Disposition. - (1) If the school determines that a student subject to...

984.16 - Process and Service. - (1) Personal appearance of any person in a hearing before...

984.17 - Response to Petition and Representation of Parties. - (1) At the time a petition is filed, the court...

984.18 - Referral of Child-in-Need-of-Services Cases to Mediation. - (1) At any stage in a child-in-need-of-services proceeding, the case...

984.19 - Medical Screening and Treatment of Child; Examination of Parent, Guardian, or Person Requesting Custody. - (1) When any child is to be placed in shelter...

984.20 - Hearings for Child-in-Need-of-Services Cases. - (1) ARRAIGNMENT HEARING.— (a) When a child has been taken...

984.21 - Orders of Adjudication. - (1) If the court finds that the child named in...

984.22 - Powers of Disposition. - (1) If the court finds that services and treatment have...

984.225 - Powers of Disposition; Placement in a Staff-Secure Shelter. - (1) Subject to specific legislative appropriation, the court may order...

984.226 - Physically Secure Setting. - (1) Subject to specific legislative appropriation, the Department of Juvenile...

984.23 - Court and Witness Fees. - History.—s. 8, ch. 87-133; s. 109, ch. 97-238; s. 76,...

984.24 - Appeal. - History.—s. 8, ch. 87-133; s. 33, ch. 96-398; s. 110,...