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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 985
Delinquency; Interstate Compact On Juveniles
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Chapter 985, Part II, Florida Statutes 2000

PART II

DELINQUENCY CASE PROCESSING

985.201  Jurisdiction.

985.202  Legal representation for delinquency cases.

985.203  Right to counsel.

985.204  Powers with respect to certain children.

985.205  Opening hearings.

985.206  Rights of victims; juvenile proceedings.

985.2065  Sheltering unmarried minors; aiding unmarried minor runaways; violations.

985.2066  Children locked out of the home; interagency cooperation.

985.207  Taking a child into custody.

985.2075  Youth custody officer.

985.208  Detention of escapee on authority of the department.

985.209  Juvenile assessment centers.

985.21  Intake and case management.

985.211  Release or delivery from custody.

985.212  Fingerprinting and photographing.

985.213  Use of detention.

985.214  Prohibited uses of detention.

985.215  Detention.

985.216  Punishment for contempt of court; alternative sanctions.

985.218  Petition.

985.219  Process and service.

985.22  Threatening or dismissing an employee prohibited.

985.221  Court and witness fees.

985.222  No answer to petition required.

985.223  Incompetency in juvenile delinquency cases.

985.224  Medical, psychiatric, psychological, substance abuse, and educational examination and treatment.

985.225  Indictment of a juvenile.

985.226  Criteria for waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction; hearing on motion to transfer for prosecution as an adult.

985.227  Prosecution of juveniles as adults by the direct filing of an information in the criminal division of the circuit court; discretionary criteria; mandatory criteria.

985.228  Adjudicatory hearings; withheld adjudications; orders of adjudication.

985.229  Predisposition report; other evaluations.

985.23  Disposition hearings in delinquency cases.

985.231  Powers of disposition in delinquency cases.

985.232  Form of commitment; certified copy of charge attached.

985.233  Sentencing powers; procedures; alternatives for juveniles prosecuted as adults.

985.234  Appeal.

985.235  Additional grounds for appeal by the state; time for taking.

985.236  Order or decision when state appeals.