Florida criminal code — chapter
Chapter 984: Children and Families in Need of Services;prevention and Intervention for School Truancyand Ungovernable and Runaway Children
Chapter 984 of Title XLVII: Criminal Procedure and Corrections, Florida Statutes. Statutory text on each section page is current through the legislative session it names.
Sections of Chapter 984
- Fla. Stat. § 984.01 — Purposes and intent; personnel standards and screening
- Fla. Stat. § 984.02 — Legislative intent for prevention and intervention under this chapter
- Fla. Stat. § 984.03 — Definitions
- Fla. Stat. § 984.04 — Early truancy intervention; families in need of services and children in need of services; procedures and jurisdiction
- Fla. Stat. § 984.06 — Oaths, records, and confidential information
- Fla. Stat. § 984.07 — Right to counsel; waiver; appointed counsel; compensation
- Fla. Stat. § 984.071 — Resources and information
- Fla. Stat. § 984.086 — Children locked out of the home; interagency cooperation
- Fla. Stat. § 984.0861 — Prohibited use of detention
- Fla. Stat. § 984.09 — Punishment for contempt of court; alternative sanctions
- Fla. Stat. § 984.10 — Intake
- Fla. Stat. § 984.11 — Services to families
- Fla. Stat. § 984.12 — Case staffing; services and treatment related to a family in need of services
- Fla. Stat. § 984.13 — Taking a child into custody
- Fla. Stat. § 984.14 — Voluntary shelter services
- Fla. Stat. § 984.15 — Petition for a child in need of services
- Fla. Stat. § 984.151 — Early truancy intervention; truancy petition; judgment
- Fla. Stat. § 984.16 — Process and service for child in need of services petitions
- Fla. Stat. § 984.17 — Response to petition and representation of parties
- Fla. Stat. § 984.19 — Medical screening and treatment of child; examination of parent, legal guardian, or person requesting custody
- Fla. Stat. § 984.20 — Hearings for child in need of services cases
- Fla. Stat. § 984.21 — Orders of adjudication
- Fla. Stat. § 984.22 — Powers of disposition
- Fla. Stat. § 984.225 — Powers of disposition; placement in a shelter
- Fla. Stat. § 984.226 — Physically secure shelter
- Fla. Stat. § 984.23 — Court and witness fees
- Fla. Stat. § 984.24 — Appeal
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