Florida Statutes
Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections
Chapter 985 - Juvenile Justice; Interstate Compact on Juveniles

985.126 - Diversion programs; data collection; denial of participation or expunged record. - (1) As used in this section, the term “diversion program”...

985.13 - Probable cause affidavits. - (1) If the child is released, the person taking the...

985.135 - Juvenile assessment centers. - (1) As used in this section, “center” means a juvenile...

985.14 - Intake and case management system. - (1) The department shall develop an intake and a case...

985.145 - Responsibilities of the department during intake; screenings and assessments. - (1) The department shall serve as the primary case manager...

985.15 - Filing decisions. - (1) The state attorney may in all cases take action...

985.155 - Neighborhood restorative justice. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Board”...

985.16 - Community arbitration. - (1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of community arbitration is to provide a...

985.17 - Prevention services. - (1) The Legislature finds that prevention services decrease recidivism by...

985.175 - The PACE Center for Girls. - History.—s. 1, ch. 2020-121.

Part IV - Examinations and Evaluations (Ss. 985.18-985.195)

985.18 - Medical, psychiatric, psychological, substance abuse, and educational examination and treatment. - (1) After a detention petition or a petition for delinquency...

985.185 - Evaluations for disposition. - (1) A comprehensive evaluation for physical health, mental health, substance...

985.19 - Incompetency in juvenile delinquency cases. - (1) If, at any time prior to or during a...

985.195 - Transfer to other treatment services. - History.—s. 5, ch. 90-208; s. 17, ch. 93-39; s. 78,...

Part V - Detention (Ss. 985.24-985.275)

985.24 - Use of detention; prohibitions. - (1) All determinations and court orders regarding the use of...

985.245 - Risk assessment instrument. - (1) All determinations and court orders regarding placement of a...

985.25 - Detention intake. - (1) The department shall receive custody of a child who...

985.255 - Detention criteria; detention hearing. - (1) Subject to s. 985.25(1), a child taken into custody...

985.26 - Length of detention. - (1) A child may not be placed into or held...

985.265 - Detention transfer and release; education; adult jails. - (1) If a child is detained under this part, the...

985.27 - Postdisposition detention while awaiting residential commitment placement. - History.—s. 5, ch. 90-208; s. 31, ch. 94-209; s. 42,...

985.275 - Detention of escapee or absconder on authority of the department. - (1) If an authorized agent of the department has reasonable...

Part VI - Petition, Arraignment, and Adjudication (Ss. 985.318-985.35)

985.318 - Petition. - (1) All proceedings seeking a finding that a child has...

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

985.325 - Threatening or dismissing an employee prohibited. - (1) An employer, or the employer’s agent, may not dismiss...

985.331 - Court and witness fees. - History.—s. 5, ch. 90-208; s. 29, ch. 97-238; s. 42,...

985.335 - No answer to petition required. - History.—s. 5, ch. 90-208; s. 222, ch. 95-147; s. 30,...

985.345 - Delinquency pretrial intervention programs. - (1)(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a child who is charged...

985.35 - Adjudicatory hearings; withheld adjudications; orders of adjudication. - (1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the adjudicatory hearing...

Part VII - Disposition; Postdisposition (Ss. 985.43-985.494)

985.43 - Predisposition reports; other evaluations. - (1) Upon a finding that the child has committed a...

985.433 - Disposition hearings in delinquency cases. - (1) The court shall notify any victim of the offense,...

985.435 - Probation and postcommitment probation; community service. - (1) The court that has jurisdiction over an adjudicated delinquent...

985.437 - Restitution. - (1) The court that has jurisdiction over an adjudicated delinquent...

985.439 - Violation of probation or postcommitment probation. - (1)(a) This section is applicable when the court has jurisdiction...

985.441 - Commitment. - (1) The court that has jurisdiction of an adjudicated delinquent...

985.442 - Form of commitment; certified copy of charge attached. - (1) When any child is committed to the department, the...

985.45 - Liability and remuneration for work. - (1) Whenever a child is required by the court to...

985.455 - Other dispositional issues. - (1) The court that has jurisdiction over an adjudicated delinquent...

985.46 - Conditional release. - (1) The Legislature finds that: (a) Conditional release is the...

985.461 - Transition to adulthood. - (1) The Legislature finds that youth are faced with the...

985.465 - Juvenile correctional facilities or juvenile prison. - (1) The child is at least 13 years of age...

985.475 - Juvenile sexual offenders. - (1) CRITERIA.—A “juvenile sexual offender” means: (a) A juvenile who...

985.48 - Juvenile sexual offender commitment programs; sexual abuse intervention networks. - (1) In order to provide intensive treatment and psychological services...

985.481 - Sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent; notification upon release. - (1) As used in this section: (a) “Convicted” has the...

985.4815 - Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on juvenile sexual offenders. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Change...

985.494 - Commitment programs for juvenile felony offenders. - (1) Notwithstanding any other law and regardless of the child’s...

Part VIII - Authority of the Court Over Parents or Guardians (Ss. 985.511-985.514)

985.511 - Costs of representation. - History.—s. 63, ch. 2006-120.

985.512 - Powers with respect to certain children. - History.—s. 38, ch. 94-209; s. 12, ch. 97-238; s. 64,...

985.513 - Powers of the court over parent or guardian at disposition. - (1) The court that has jurisdiction over an adjudicated delinquent...

985.514 - Responsibility for cost of care; fees. - (1) When any child is placed into detention care or...

Part IX - Appeal (Ss. 985.534-985.536)

985.534 - Appeal. - (1) An appeal from an order of the court affecting...

985.535 - Additional grounds for appeal by the state; time for taking. - (1) The state may appeal from a preadjudicatory hearing order...

985.536 - Order or decision when state appeals. - (1) When the state appeals from an order dismissing a...

Part X - Transfer to Adult Court (Ss. 985.556-985.57)

985.556 - Waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction; hearing. - (1) VOLUNTARY WAIVER.—The court shall transfer and certify a child’s...

985.557 - Direct filing of an information; discretionary criteria. - (1) DISCRETIONARY DIRECT FILE.— (a) With respect to any child...

985.56 - Indictment of a juvenile. - (1) A child of any age who is charged with...

985.565 - Sentencing powers; procedures; alternatives for juveniles prosecuted as adults. - (1) POWERS OF DISPOSITION.— (a) A child who is found...

985.57 - Transfer of children from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Juvenile Justice. - (1) When any child under the age of 18 years...

Part XI - Department of Juvenile Justice (Ss. 985.601-985.692)

985.601 - Administering the juvenile justice continuum. - (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall plan, develop, and...

985.6015 - Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund. - (1) The Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund is created...

985.614 - Children locked out of the home; interagency cooperation. - History.—s. 15, ch. 97-281; s. 21, ch. 2000-135; s. 79,...

985.618 - Educational and career-related programs. - (1)(a) It is the finding of the Legislature that the...

985.622 - Multiagency plan for career and professional education (CAPE). - (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of...

985.625 - Literacy programs for juvenile offenders. - (1) INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature that mandatory...

985.629 - Contracts for the transfer of Florida children in federal custody. - History.—s. 5, ch. 90-208; s. 79, ch. 97-238; s. 83,...

985.632 - Quality improvement and cost-effectiveness; Comprehensive Accountability Report. - (1) INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

985.64 - Rulemaking. - (1) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1)...

985.644 - Departmental contracting powers; personnel standards and investigation. - (1) The department may contract with the Federal Government, other...

985.6441 - Health care services. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Health...

985.645 - Protective action response. - (1) For purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Direct...

985.648 - Consultants. - History.—s. 5, ch. 90-208; s. 68, ch. 97-238; s. 88,...

985.652 - Participation of certain programs in the State Risk Management Trust Fund. - History.—s. 69, ch. 97-238; s. 26, ch. 2000-122; s. 1941,...

985.66 - Juvenile justice training; staff development and training; Juvenile Justice Training Trust Fund. - (1) LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE.—In order to enable the state to provide...

985.664 - Juvenile justice circuit advisory boards. - (1) There is authorized a juvenile justice circuit advisory board...

985.668 - Innovation zones. - (1)(a) The juvenile justice circuit board shall submit a proposal...

985.672 - Direct-support organization; definition; use of property; board of directors; audit. - (1) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term “direct-support organization”...

985.676 - Community juvenile justice partnership grants. - (1) GRANTS; CRITERIA.— (a) In order to encourage the development...

985.682 - Siting of facilities; criteria. - (1) When the department or a contracted provider proposes a...

985.6865 - Juvenile detention costs. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Detention...

985.688 - Administering county and municipal delinquency programs and facilities. - (1) A county or municipal government may plan, develop, and...

985.6885 - Persons authorized to visit juvenile facilities. - (1) The following persons may visit at their pleasure between...

985.69 - Repair and maintenance funding for juvenile justice purposes. - History.—s. 16, ch. 96-398; ss. 24, 79, ch. 2002-402; s....

985.692 - Juvenile Welfare Trust Fund. - (1) There is created in the Department of Juvenile Justice...

Part XII - Miscellaneous Offenses (Ss. 985.701-985.731)

985.701 - Sexual misconduct prohibited; reporting required; penalties. - (1)(a)1. As used in this section, the term: a. “Sexual...

985.702 - Willful and malicious neglect of a juvenile offender prohibited; reporting required; penalties. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Employee”...

985.711 - Introduction, removal, or possession of certain articles unlawful; penalty. - (1)(a) Except as authorized through program policy or operating procedure...

985.721 - Escapes from secure detention or residential commitment facility. - (1) Any secure detention facility maintained for the temporary detention...

985.731 - Sheltering unmarried minors; aiding unmarried minor runaways; violations. - (1)(a) A person who is not an authorized agent of...

Part XIII - Interstate Compact on Juveniles (Ss. 985.801-985.8025)

985.801 - Interstate Compact on Juveniles; implementing legislation; legislative findings and policy. - (1) It is hereby found and declared: (a) That juveniles...

985.802 - Execution of interstate compact for juveniles. - THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES ARTICLE I PURPOSE.— (1) The...

985.8025 - State Council for Interstate Juvenile Offender Supervision. - (1) Pursuant to Article IX of the Interstate Compact for...

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Florida Statutes Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections Chapter 985 - Juvenile Justice; Interstate Compact on Juveniles

Florida Statutes
Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections
Chapter 985 - Juvenile Justice; Interstate Compact on Juveniles