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2024 Florida Statutes (Including 2025C)
PART X
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
(ss. 39.801-39.8155)
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
(ss. 39.801-39.8155)
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
39.801
Procedures and jurisdiction; notice; service of process.
39.802
Petition for termination of parental rights; filing; elements.
39.803
Identity or location of parent unknown after filing of termination of parental rights petition; special procedures.
39.804
Penalties for false statements of paternity.
39.805
No answer required.
39.8055
Requirement to file a petition to terminate parental rights; exceptions.
39.806
Grounds for termination of parental rights.
39.807
Right to counsel; guardian ad litem.
39.808
Advisory hearing; pretrial status conference.
39.809
Adjudicatory hearing.
39.810
Manifest best interests of the child.
39.811
Powers of disposition; order of disposition.
39.812
Postdisposition relief; petition for adoption.
39.813
Continuing jurisdiction.
39.814
Oaths, records, and confidential information.
39.815
Appeal.
39.8155
Reinstatement of parental rights.