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  CHAPTER 985. JUVENILE JUSTICE; INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES


PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 985.01. Purposes and intent.
SECTION 985.02. Legislative intent for the juvenile justice system.
SECTION 985.03. Definitions.
SECTION 985.0301. Jurisdiction.
SECTION 985.032. Legal representation for delinquency cases.
SECTION 985.033. Right to counsel.
SECTION 985.035. Opening hearings.
SECTION 985.036. Rights of victims; juvenile proceedings.
SECTION 985.037. Punishment for contempt of court; alternative sanctions.
SECTION 985.039. Cost of supervision; cost of care.
PART II. RECORDS AND INFORMATION
SECTION 985.04. Oaths; records; confidential information.
SECTION 985.045. Court records.
SECTION 985.046. Statewide information-sharing system; interagency workgroup.
SECTION 985.047. Information systems.
PART III. CUSTODY AND INTAKE; INTERVENTION AND DIVERSION
SECTION 985.101. Taking a child into custody.
SECTION 985.11. Fingerprinting and photographing.
SECTION 985.115. Release or delivery from custody.
SECTION 985.12. Civil citation or similar prearrest diversion programs.
SECTION 985.125. Prearrest or postarrest diversion programs.
SECTION 985.126. Diversion programs; data collection; denial of participation or expunged record.
SECTION 985.13. Probable cause affidavits.
SECTION 985.135. Juvenile assessment centers.
SECTION 985.14. Intake and case management system.
SECTION 985.145. Responsibilities of the department during intake; screenings and assessments.
SECTION 985.15. Filing decisions.
SECTION 985.155. Neighborhood restorative justice.
SECTION 985.16. Community arbitration.
SECTION 985.17. Prevention services.
SECTION 985.175. The PACE Center for Girls.
PART IV. EXAMINATIONS AND EVALUATIONS
SECTION 985.18. Medical, psychiatric, psychological, substance abuse, and educational examination and treatment.
SECTION 985.185. Evaluations for disposition.
SECTION 985.19. Incompetency in juvenile delinquency cases.
SECTION 985.195. Transfer to other treatment services.
PART V. DETENTION
SECTION 985.24. Use of detention; prohibitions.
SECTION 985.245. Risk assessment instrument.
SECTION 985.25. Detention intake.
SECTION 985.255. Detention criteria; detention hearing.
SECTION 985.26. Length of detention.
SECTION 985.265. Detention transfer and release; education; adult jails.
SECTION 985.27. Postdisposition detention while awaiting residential commitment placement.
SECTION 985.275. Detention of escapee or absconder on authority of the department.
PART VI. PETITION, ARRAIGNMENT, AND ADJUDICATION
SECTION 985.318. Petition.
SECTION 985.319. Process and service.
SECTION 985.325. Threatening or dismissing an employee prohibited.
SECTION 985.331. Court and witness fees.
SECTION 985.335. No answer to petition required.
SECTION 985.345. Delinquency pretrial intervention programs.
SECTION 985.35. Adjudicatory hearings; withheld adjudications; orders of adjudication.
PART VII. DISPOSITION; POSTDISPOSITION
SECTION 985.43. Predisposition reports; other evaluations.
SECTION 985.433. Disposition hearings in delinquency cases.
SECTION 985.435. Probation and postcommitment probation; community service.
SECTION 985.437. Restitution.
SECTION 985.439. Violation of probation or postcommitment probation.
SECTION 985.441. Commitment.
SECTION 985.442. Form of commitment; certified copy of charge attached.
SECTION 985.45. Liability and remuneration for work.
SECTION 985.455. Other dispositional issues.
SECTION 985.46. Conditional release.
SECTION 985.461. Transition to adulthood.
SECTION 985.465. Juvenile correctional facilities or juvenile prison.
SECTION 985.475. Juvenile sexual offenders.
SECTION 985.48. Juvenile sexual offender commitment programs; sexual abuse intervention networks.
SECTION 985.481. Sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent; notification upon release.
SECTION 985.4815. Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on juvenile sexual offenders.
SECTION 985.494. Commitment programs for juvenile felony offenders.
PART VIII. AUTHORITY OF THE COURT OVER PARENTS OR GUARDIANS
SECTION 985.511. Costs of representation.
SECTION 985.512. Powers with respect to certain children.
SECTION 985.513. Powers of the court over parent or guardian at disposition.
SECTION 985.514. Responsibility for cost of care; fees.
PART IX. APPEAL
SECTION 985.534. Appeal.
SECTION 985.535. Additional grounds for appeal by the state; time for taking.
SECTION 985.536. Order or decision when state appeals.
PART X. TRANSFER TO ADULT COURT
SECTION 985.556. Waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction; hearing.
SECTION 985.557. Direct filing of an information; discretionary criteria.
SECTION 985.56. Indictment of a juvenile.
SECTION 985.565. Sentencing powers; procedures; alternatives for juveniles prosecuted as adults.
SECTION 985.57. Transfer of children from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
PART XI. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
SECTION 985.601. Administering the juvenile justice continuum.
SECTION 985.6015. Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund.
SECTION 985.614. Children locked out of the home; interagency cooperation.
SECTION 985.618. Educational and career-related programs.
SECTION 985.622. Multiagency plan for career and professional education (CAPE).
SECTION 985.625. Literacy programs for juvenile offenders.
SECTION 985.629. Contracts for the transfer of Florida children in federal custody.
SECTION 985.632. Quality improvement and cost-effectiveness; Comprehensive Accountability Report.
SECTION 985.64. Rulemaking.
SECTION 985.644. Departmental contracting powers; personnel standards and investigation.
SECTION 985.6441. Health care services.
SECTION 985.645. Protective action response.
SECTION 985.648. Consultants.
SECTION 985.652. Participation of certain programs in the State Risk Management Trust Fund.
SECTION 985.66. Juvenile justice training; staff development and training; Juvenile Justice Training Trust Fund.
SECTION 985.664. Juvenile justice circuit advisory boards.
SECTION 985.668. Innovation zones.
SECTION 985.672. Direct-support organization; definition; use of property; board of directors; audit.
SECTION 985.676. Community juvenile justice partnership grants.
SECTION 985.682. Siting of facilities; criteria.
SECTION 985.686. Shared county and state responsibility for juvenile detention.
SECTION 985.6865. Juvenile detention.
SECTION 985.688. Administering county and municipal delinquency programs and facilities.
SECTION 985.6885. Persons authorized to visit juvenile facilities.
SECTION 985.69. Repair and maintenance funding for juvenile justice purposes.
SECTION 985.692. Juvenile Welfare Trust Fund.
PART XII. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
SECTION 985.701. Sexual misconduct prohibited; reporting required; penalties.
SECTION 985.702. Willful and malicious neglect of a juvenile offender prohibited; reporting required; penalties.
SECTION 985.711. Introduction, removal, or possession of certain articles unlawful; penalty.
SECTION 985.721. Escapes from secure detention or residential commitment facility.
SECTION 985.731. Sheltering unmarried minors; aiding unmarried minor runaways; violations.
PART XIII. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES
SECTION 985.801. Interstate Compact on Juveniles; implementing legislation; legislative findings and policy.
SECTION 985.802. Execution of interstate compact for juveniles.
SECTION 985.8025. State Council for Interstate Juvenile Offender Supervision.