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STATE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, v. M. A. M. R. A. C. A., 215 So. 3d 1276 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . See § 39.401, Fla. Stat.; Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.655. . . .

S. M. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,, 202 So. 3d 769 (Fla. 2016)

. . . the initial child protective services investigation (section 39.301), the shelter hearing (section 39.401 . . .

J. B. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,, 170 So. 3d 780 (Fla. 2015)

. . . See §§ 39.401(5) (shelter review hearing if placed with nonrelatives); 39.402 (shelter and shelter review . . .

D. J. D. a v. STATE, 143 So. 3d 1115 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . sexual battery of a child between the ages of 12 and 18 and noting that consent is not a defense); § 39.401 . . . or [was] in imminent danger of illness or injury as a result of abuse, neglect, or abandonment.” § 39.401 . . .

S. M. v. R. M., 82 So. 3d 163 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . I view the order as an order to take the child into custody pursuant to section 39.401, Florida Statutes . . . Section 39.401, Florida Statutes deals with taking a child into custody. . . . in the decision of a trial judge to issue an order to take a child into custody pursuant to section 39.401 . . . intent at the October 5th hearing may have been to take the child into custody pursuant to section 39.401 . . . and has not suggested that the order was an order to take the child into custody pursuant to section 39.401 . . . a hearing at which the parent is present, considers taking a child into custody pursuant to section 39.401 . . .

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, v. P. F. K. A. a, 107 So. 3d 1123 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . See §§ 39.401(1), § 39.402(1), 39.402(8)(d), Fla. Stat. (2011). . . .

A. P. BAZERMAN, R. K. N. M. R. M. v. FEAVER,, 293 F. App'x 635 (11th Cir. 2008)

. . . . § 39.401(1)0)) (1997). . . . Stat. § 39.401(3). . . . Stat. §§ 39.401(3), 39.402(5)(a). . . . Stat. § 39.401(l)(b) (1997). . . . Stat. § 39.401(l)(b)(l) (1997). . Broward County is in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida. . . .

J. B. D. P. J. P. a v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,, 936 So. 2d 665 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . issue presented is exactly what parents are entitled to do at the shelter hearing mandated by section 39.401 . . .

B. B. J. M. a v. P. J. M. K. M., 933 So. 2d 57 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . See §§ 39.301(15) & 39.401(4), Fla. Stat. (emphasis added). . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE, 915 So. 2d 592 (Fla. 2005)

. . . When a child is initially removed from the home and taken into custody under section 39.401, Florida . . .

A. M. T. A. D. T. A. D. T. A. M. T. v. STATE, 883 So. 2d 302 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . Sections 39.401(1) and 39.402(1), Florida Statutes, require that, before a court may order a child taken . . .

DOE, D. M. N. O. B. O. a v. A. KEARNEY, O, 329 F.3d 1286 (11th Cir. 2003)

. . . Stat. § 39.401(3) (requiring a hearing within 24 hours of state’s removal of children). . . . Appellants first contend that § 39.401(1) is facially unconstitutional. . . . By definition, then, § 39.401(1) is not facially unconstitutional. 2. a. . . . Nor was § 39.401(1) applied to Appellants in this case in an unconstitutional manner. . . . Stat. § 39.401(3). . . . .

B. M. D. M. N. M. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,, 842 So. 2d 936 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . See § 39.401(1)(b)(2) & (3), Fla. Stat. (2000). . . . I therefore conclude that section 39.502(15), when read in pari materia with sections 39.01 and 39.401 . . .

In BB. v., 820 So. 2d 409 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . there was probable cause to believe that the minor daughter was a “dependent child” pursuant to section 39.401 . . . Section 39.401 provides in pertinent part that: (1) a child may only be taken into custody: (a) Pursuant . . . from or is in imminent danger of illness or injury as a result of abuse, neglect, or abandonment. § 39.401 . . .

W. DEBELLIS, III, v. KULP,, 166 F. Supp. 2d 255 (E.D. Pa. 2001)

. . . . § 39.401 (2001); Ga.Code § 15-11-^15 (2001); Iowa Code Ann. § 232.19 (2001); Neb.Rev.Stat. § 43-248 . . .

JOHNSON, v. SACKETT, n k a St. L. A., 793 So. 2d 20 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . See § 39.401(c), Fla. Stat. (1987). Ms. Johnson had custody of the children when Ms. . . .

M. W. a v. DAVIS,, 756 So. 2d 90 (Fla. 2000)

. . . See §§ 39.401(3), 39.402(8)(a), Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1998). . . .

J. B. J. B. JR. J. B. P. B. B. B. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,, 734 So. 2d 498 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . . § 39.401, Fla. Stat. (1997). The father did not have custody of the children at the time. . . .

WIMER, v. VILA,, 37 F. Supp. 2d 1351 (M.D. Fla. 1999)

. . . Vila and Mitchell “did not comply with Florida Statutes Section 39.401 when they failed to determine . . . to custody (in other words, the mother was not entitled to equal custody); 2) a violation of section 39.401 . . . claims unless a separate and independent violation of a constitutional right is also alleged; 3) section 39.401 . . . Specifically, Plaintiffs, citing section 39.401(l)(b), Florida Statutes, assert that the state agent . . . Plaintiffs alleged that Vila and Mitchell failed to follow the mandates of section 39.401, Florida Statutes . . .

BROWN, v. Ed FEAVER,, 726 So. 2d 322 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . whether it is in the child’s best interest to be removed from his or her custodian’s custody), see §§ 39.401 . . . deprive a parent of custody of his or her child where there is no abuse, neglect, or abandonment, see §§ 39.401 . . .

LENZ, v. WINBURN, Ad a L. Jr. W. M. Ad, 51 F.3d 1540 (11th Cir. 1995)

. . . . § 39.401(1)(c) (West 1988); id. § 415.505(f)(3) (West 1993) (current version at id. § 415.505(e)(3) . . .

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, v. ZEIGLER, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, v. ZEIGLER,, 587 So. 2d 602 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . permanent termination of parental rights, is free to immediately take the child into custody under section 39.401 . . .

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, v. YAMUNI, a, 529 So. 2d 258 (Fla. 1988)

. . . the child; (3) there was no judicial determination that the child was a dependent child under section 39.401 . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR ADVISORY OPINION HRS NONLAWYER COUNSELOR, 518 So. 2d 1270 (Fla. 1988)

. . . . § 39.401(l)(b). . . .

In K. A. B. a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, v. HYSON,, 483 So. 2d 898 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Fla.Stat.) but this is not so in dependency cases which can be instituted by any knowledgeable person (§ 39.401 . . .

S. A. F. a v. STATE, 483 So. 2d 110 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . detectives were justified in taking appellant into custody as a dependent child pursuant to section 39.401 . . .

B. C. a v. STATE, 449 So. 2d 955 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . reasonable belief that the juvenile and his companions were absent from school without authorization, § 39.401 . . .

In A. B. a BROWN, v. STATE, 444 So. 2d 981 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . The other manifestations of momentary dependency, § 39.401(l)(b), (c), (d) and (e), presumably are of . . .

Dr. R. RAMEY P. A. d b a v. FASSOULAS, 414 So. 2d 198 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . See e.g., §§ 39.01(1), (2), (9)(a), (27), 39.401 et seq (1979). . . .