Florida Statutes Chapter 984 — CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NEED OF SERVICES; PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION FOR SCHOOL TRUANCY AND UNGOVERNABLE AND RUNAWAY CHILDREN

From the Legislature's 2026 edition, which includes changes effective through January 1, 2027. Later effective dates are retained in each section's source notes.

Title XLVII

• § 984.01 — Purposes and intent; personnel standards and screening.
• § 984.02 — Legislative intent for prevention and intervention under this chapter.
• § 984.03 — Definitions.
• § 984.04 — Early truancy intervention; families in need of services and children in need of services; procedures and jurisdiction.
• § 984.06 — Oaths, records, and confidential information.
• § 984.07 — Right to counsel; waiver; appointed counsel; compensation.
• § 984.071 — Resources and information.
• § 984.086 — Children locked out of the home; interagency cooperation.
• § 984.0861 — Prohibited use of detention.
• § 984.09 — Punishment for contempt of court; alternative sanctions.
• § 984.10 — Intake.
• § 984.11 — Services to families.
• § 984.12 — Case staffing; services and treatment related to a family in need of services.
• § 984.13 — Taking a child into custody.
• § 984.14 — Voluntary shelter services.
• § 984.15 — Petition for a child in need of services.
• § 984.151 — Early truancy intervention; truancy petition; judgment.
• § 984.16 — Process and service for child in need of services petitions.
• § 984.17 — Response to petition and representation of parties.
• § 984.19 — Medical screening and treatment of child; examination of parent, legal guardian, or person requesting custody.
• § 984.20 — Hearings for child in need of services cases.
• § 984.21 — Orders of adjudication.
• § 984.22 — Powers of disposition.
• § 984.225 — Powers of disposition; placement in a shelter.
• § 984.226 — Physically secure shelter.
• § 984.23 — Court and witness fees.
• § 984.24 — Appeal.