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1998 Florida Statutes
SECTION 40
Petition for release.
Petition for release.
916.40 Petition for release.--Sections 916.31-916.49 do not prohibit a person from filing a petition for discharge at any time. However, if the person has previously filed such a petition without the approval of the Secretary of Children and Family Services or the secretary's designee and the court determined that the petition was without merit, a subsequent petition shall be denied unless the petition contains facts upon which a court could find that the person's condition has so changed that a probable cause hearing is warranted.
History.--s. 12, ch. 98-64.