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2025 Florida Statutes

Chapter 984
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NEED OF SERVICES; PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION FOR SCHOOL TRUANCY AND UNGOVERNABLE AND RUNAWAY CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 984
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NEED OF SERVICES; PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION FOR SCHOOL TRUANCY AND UNGOVERNABLE AND RUNAWAY CHILDREN
984.01
Purposes and intent; personnel standards and screening.
984.02
Legislative intent for prevention and intervention under this chapter.
984.03
Definitions.
984.04
Early truancy intervention; families in need of services and children in need of services; procedures and jurisdiction.
984.06
Oaths, records, and confidential information.
984.07
Right to counsel; waiver; appointed counsel; compensation.
984.071
Resources and information.
984.086
Children locked out of the home; interagency cooperation.
984.0861
Prohibited use of detention.
984.09
Punishment for contempt of court; alternative sanctions.
984.10
Intake.
984.11
Services to families.
984.12
Case staffing; services and treatment related to a family in need of services.
984.13
Taking a child into custody.
984.14
Voluntary shelter services.
984.15
Petition for a child in need of services.
984.151
Early truancy intervention; truancy petition; judgment.
984.16
Process and service for child in need of services petitions.
984.17
Response to petition and representation of parties.
984.19
Medical screening and treatment of child; examination of parent, legal guardian, or person requesting custody.
984.20
Hearings for child in need of services cases.
984.21
Orders of adjudication.
984.22
Powers of disposition.
984.225
Powers of disposition; placement in a shelter.
984.226
Physically secure shelter.
984.23
Court and witness fees.
984.24
Appeal.