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2001 Florida Code
TITLE XLVII Criminal Procedure And Corrections
Chapter 985 Delinquency; Interstate Compact On Juveniles
PART II DELINQUENCY CASE PROCESSING (ss. 985.201-985.236)
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.
985.2075 Youth custody officer.
985.208 Detention of 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.
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