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1998 Florida Statutes
PART II
DELINQUENCY CASE PROCESSING
(ss. 985.201-985.236)
DELINQUENCY CASE PROCESSING
(ss. 985.201-985.236)
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.
985.208
Detention of furloughed child or 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.