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18 Section 5. Subsections (2) and (7) of section 39.013,
19 Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are amended to read:
20 39.013 Procedures and jurisdiction; right to
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22 (2) The circuit court shall have exclusive original
23 jurisdiction of all proceedings under this chapter, of a child
24 voluntarily placed with a licensed child-caring agency, a
25 licensed child-placing agency, or the department, and of the
26 adoption of children whose parental rights have been
27 terminated pursuant to this chapter. Jurisdiction attaches
28 when the initial shelter petition, dependency petition, or
29 termination of parental rights petition is filed or when a
30 child is taken into the custody of the department. The circuit
31 court may assume jurisdiction over any such proceeding
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1 regardless of whether the child was in the physical custody of
2 both parents, was in the sole legal or physical custody of
3 only one parent, caregiver, or some other person, or was in
4 the physical or legal custody of no person when the event or
5 condition occurred that brought the child to the attention of
6 the court. When the court obtains jurisdiction of any child
7 who has been found to be dependent, the court shall retain
8 jurisdiction, unless relinquished by its order, until the
9 child reaches 18 years of age, and may retain jurisdiction of
10 such individual until he or she reaches 21 years of age.
11 (7) For any child who remains in the custody or under
12 the supervision of the department, the court shall, within the
13 6-month period before the child's 18th birthday, hold a
14 hearing to review the progress of the child while in the
15 custody or under the supervision of the department.
16 Thereafter, an annual review shall be conducted during the
17 time the child remains in the custody of or under the
18 supervision of the department.
19 Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
20 409.145, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to
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22 409.145 Care of children.--
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24 (b) The services of the foster care program shall
25 continue for those individuals 18 to 21 years of age only for
26 the period of time the individual is continuously enrolled in
27 high school, in a program leading to a high school equivalency
28 diploma as defined in s. 229.814, or in a full-time career
29 education program. Services may shall be terminated upon
30 completion of or withdrawal or permanent expulsion from high
31 school, the program leading to a high school equivalency
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1 diploma, or the full-time career education program, subject to
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8 And the title is amended as follows:
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12 amending s. 39.013, F.S.; providing for circuit
13 court jurisdiction in dependency proceedings
14 until the child reaches a specified age;
15 providing for an annual review during the time
16 a child remains in the custody of or under the
17 supervision of the Department of Children and
18 Family Services; amending s. 409.145, F.S.;
19 deleting a requirement that foster care
20 services be terminated upon a child's leaving
21 an educational program;
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