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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS Chapter 984 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NEED OF SERVICES; PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION FOR SCHOOL TRUANCY AND UNGOVERNABLE AND RUNAWAY CHILDREN View Entire Chapter 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.