PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 39.001. Purposes and intent; personnel standards and screening.

SECTION 39.0014. Responsibilities of public agencies.

SECTION 39.00145. Records concerning children.

SECTION 39.0016. Education of abused, neglected, and abandoned children; agency agreements; children having or suspected of having a disability.

SECTION 39.01. Definitions.

SECTION 39.011. Immunity from liability.

SECTION 39.012. Rules for implementation.

SECTION 39.0121. Specific rulemaking authority.

SECTION 39.013. Procedures and jurisdiction; right to counsel.

SECTION 39.01304. Early childhood court programs.

SECTION 39.01305. Appointment of an attorney for a dependent child with certain special needs.

SECTION 39.0131. Permanent mailing address designation.

SECTION 39.0132. Oaths, records, and confidential information.

SECTION 39.0133. Court and witness fees.

SECTION 39.0134. Appointed counsel; compensation.

SECTION 39.0135. Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund.

SECTION 39.0136. Time limitations; continuances.

SECTION 39.0137. Federal law; rulemaking authority.

SECTION 39.0138. Criminal history and other records checks; limit on placement of a child.

SECTION 39.0139. Visitation or other contact; restrictions.

SECTION 39.0141. Missing children; report required.

SECTION 39.0142. Notifying law enforcement officers of parent or caregiver names.

PART II. REPORTING CHILD ABUSE

SECTION 39.201. Mandatory reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; mandatory reports of death; central abuse hotline.

SECTION 39.2015. Critical incident rapid response team.

SECTION 39.202. Confidentiality of reports and records in cases of child abuse or neglect.

SECTION 39.2021. Release of confidential information.

SECTION 39.2022. Public disclosure of reported child deaths.

SECTION 39.203. Immunity from liability in cases of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.

SECTION 39.204. Abrogation of privileged communications in cases involving child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.

SECTION 39.205. Penalties relating to reporting of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.

SECTION 39.206. Administrative fines for false report of abuse, abandonment, or neglect of a child; civil damages.

PART III. PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS

SECTION 39.301. Initiation of protective investigations.

SECTION 39.302. Protective investigations of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.

SECTION 39.303. Child Protection Teams and sexual abuse treatment programs; services; eligible cases.

SECTION 39.3031. Rules for implementation of s. 39.303.

SECTION 39.3032. Memorandum of agreement.

SECTION 39.3035. Child advocacy centers; standards; state funding.

SECTION 39.304. Photographs, medical examinations, X rays, and medical treatment of abused, abandoned, or neglected child.

SECTION 39.306. Child protective investigations; working agreements with local law enforcement.

SECTION 39.3065. Sheriffs of certain counties to provide child protective investigative services; procedures; funding.

SECTION 39.3068. Reports of medical neglect.

SECTION 39.307. Reports of child-on-child sexual abuse.

SECTION 39.308. Guidelines for onsite child protective investigation.

PART IV. TAKING CHILDREN INTO CUSTODY AND SHELTER HEARINGS

SECTION 39.395. Detaining a child; medical or hospital personnel.

SECTION 39.401. Taking a child alleged to be dependent into custody; law enforcement officers and authorized agents of the department.

SECTION 39.4015. Family finding.

SECTION 39.402. Placement in a shelter.

SECTION 39.407. Medical, psychiatric, and psychological examination and treatment of child; physical, mental, or substance abuse examination of person with or requesting child custody.

SECTION 39.4075. Referral of a dependency case to mediation.

SECTION 39.4085. Legislative findings and declaration of intent for goals for dependent children.

SECTION 39.4087. Department goals and requirements relating to caregivers; dispute resolution.

SECTION 39.4091. Participation in childhood activities.

PART V. PETITION, ARRAIGNMENT, ADJUDICATION, AND DISPOSITION

SECTION 39.501. Petition for dependency.

SECTION 39.502. Notice, process, and service.

SECTION 39.503. Identity or location of parent unknown; special procedures.

SECTION 39.504. Injunction; penalty.

SECTION 39.505. No answer required.

SECTION 39.506. Arraignment hearings.

SECTION 39.507. Adjudicatory hearings; orders of adjudication.

SECTION 39.5075. Citizenship or residency status for immigrant children who are dependents.

SECTION 39.5085. Relative Caregiver Program.

SECTION 39.5086. Kinship navigator programs.

SECTION 39.509. Grandparents rights.

SECTION 39.510. Appeal.

PART VI. DISPOSITION; POSTDISPOSITION CHANGE OF CUSTODY

SECTION 39.521. Disposition hearings; powers of disposition.

SECTION 39.522. Postdisposition change of custody.

SECTION 39.523. Placement in out-of-home care.

SECTION 39.524. Safe-harbor placement.

PART VII. CASE PLANS

SECTION 39.6011. Case plan development.

SECTION 39.6012. Case plan tasks; services.

SECTION 39.6013. Case plan amendments.

SECTION 39.602. Case planning when parents do not participate and the child is in out-of-home care.

SECTION 39.6021. Case planning when parents are incarcerated or become incarcerated.

SECTION 39.603. Court approvals of case planning.

SECTION 39.6035. Transition plan.

SECTION 39.604. Rilya Wilson Act; short title; legislative intent; child care; early education; preschool.

PART VIII. PERMANENCY

SECTION 39.621. Permanency determination by the court.

SECTION 39.6221. Permanent guardianship of a dependent child.

SECTION 39.6225. Guardianship Assistance Program.

SECTION 39.6231. Permanent placement with a fit and willing relative.

SECTION 39.6241. Another planned permanent living arrangement.

SECTION 39.6251. Continuing care for young adults.

PART IX. JUDICIAL REVIEWS

SECTION 39.701. Judicial review.

SECTION 39.702. Citizen review panels.

SECTION 39.704. Exemptions from judicial review.

PART X. TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

SECTION 39.801. Procedures and jurisdiction; notice; service of process.

SECTION 39.802. Petition for termination of parental rights; filing; elements.

SECTION 39.803. Identity or location of parent unknown after filing of termination of parental rights petition; special procedures.

SECTION 39.804. Penalties for false statements of paternity.

SECTION 39.805. No answer required.

SECTION 39.8055. Requirement to file a petition to terminate parental rights; exceptions.

SECTION 39.806. Grounds for termination of parental rights.

SECTION 39.807. Right to counsel; guardian ad litem.

SECTION 39.808. Advisory hearing; pretrial status conference.

SECTION 39.809. Adjudicatory hearing.

SECTION 39.810. Manifest best interests of the child.

SECTION 39.811. Powers of disposition; order of disposition.

SECTION 39.812. Postdisposition relief; petition for adoption.

SECTION 39.813. Continuing jurisdiction.

SECTION 39.814. Oaths, records, and confidential information.

SECTION 39.815. Appeal.

PART XI. GUARDIANS AD LITEM AND GUARDIAN ADVOCATES

SECTION 39.820. Definitions.

SECTION 39.821. Qualifications of guardians ad litem.

SECTION 39.822. Appointment of guardian ad litem for abused, abandoned, or neglected child.

SECTION 39.823. Guardian advocates for drug dependent newborns.

SECTION 39.824. Jurisdiction.

SECTION 39.825. Petition for appointment of a guardian advocate.

SECTION 39.826. Process and service.

SECTION 39.827. Hearing for appointment of a guardian advocate.

SECTION 39.828. Grounds for appointment of a guardian advocate.

SECTION 39.829. Powers and duties of guardian advocate.

SECTION 39.8295. Review and removal of guardian advocate.

SECTION 39.8296. Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office; legislative findings and intent; creation; appointment of executive director; duties of office.

SECTION 39.8297. County funding for guardian ad litem employees.

SECTION 39.8298. Guardian Ad Litem direct-support organization.

PART XII. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

SECTION 39.901. Domestic violence cases; treatment and rehabilitation of victims and perpetrators; legislative intent.

SECTION 39.902. Definitions.

SECTION 39.903. Duties and functions of the department with respect to domestic violence.

SECTION 39.904. Report to the Legislature on the status of domestic violence cases.

SECTION 39.905. Domestic violence centers.

SECTION 39.9055. Certified domestic violence centers; capital improvement grant program.

SECTION 39.906. Referral to centers and notice of rights.

SECTION 39.908. Confidentiality of information received by department or domestic violence center.