CopyCited 289 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 8745, 2003 WL 21027240
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description of the efforts to be undertaken to maintain the stability of the child’s
education. Id. § 39.601(3)(a)-(i).
The case plan must be approved by the court. Id. §§ 39.601(2), (3); 39.603.
It may be amended if all the parties agree and the court approves, or after a hearing
it may be amended by the court on its own motion or that of a party, based on
competent evidence that demonstrates the need for an amendment....
...If at the hearing on the case plan, which occurs in conjunction with
the disposition hearing, the court determines that any of the elements required in
the plan are not present, it can order the Department to amend the plan to include
what is necessary. Id. § 39.603(2).
The state court has continuing jurisdiction over a dependency case and
reviews the child’s status at least every six months....
CopyCited 7 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 31431796
...See Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.020(g) and 9.146(b), and Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.210(b). [4] In approving the new case plan, the trial court did not require the parties to make any modifications in order to incorporate terms of earlier case plans. See § 39.603(2), Fla....
CopyCited 3 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 10131
...equire a case plan without determining dependency, and that because the Department admitted that she was non-offending and the court found the children dependent only as to the father, it was error to require her to submit to a case plan. We affirm. Section 39.603(1)(f) provides: (1) At the hearing on the plan ......
CopyCited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 1193358
...pendent and that accepted the case plan prepared by the Department of Children and Family Services. The Mother does not challenge the adjudication of dependency, but she argues that the trial court's acceptance of the Department's case plan violates section 39.603(1)(f), Florida Statutes (2011), because the case plan does not meaningfully address the facts and circumstances that resulted in G.S.'s dependency....
...and child, must focus on clearly defined objectives, and must provide the most efficient path to quick reunification or permanent placement given the circumstances of the case and the child's need for safe and proper care. (Emphasis added.) Finally, section 39.603(1)(f) requires the court to consider, before accepting a case plan submitted by the Department, " [w]hether the plan is meaningful and designed to address facts and circumstances upon which the court based the finding of dependency in involuntary placements....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1999 WL 2801
...Section 39.601(3)(b), Florida Statutes (Supp.1998) requires the Department to develop a case plan for each child, which must include a "description of the type of home or institution in which the child is to be placed." That case plan must be approved by the court, section
39.603, and judicially reviewed on a regular basis. §
39.701, Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1998). It may be amended at any time to meet the needs of the child. §§ 39.601(9)(f) and
39.603(2), Fla....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal
...on by the department.” §
39.6011(2)(a). When called upon to approve a case plan, the court must determine “[w]hether the plan is meaningful and designed to address facts and circumstances upon which the court based the finding of dependency.” §
39.603(l)(f)....
CopyPublished | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 3477, 2015 WL 1044156
...Furthermore, before accepting a case plan submitted by the
Department, the court must consider “[w]hether the plan is meaningful
and designed to address facts and circumstances upon which the court
based the finding of dependency in involuntary placements . . . .” §
39.603(1)(f), Fla....
...t
considering each parent’s individual circumstances.” In re G.S.,
84 So. 3d
1231, 1233 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012). Thus, a case plan that does not
meaningfully address the facts and circumstances that resulted in the
adjudication of dependency violates section
39.603(1)(f), Florida Statutes.
Id....
CopyPublished | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2017 WL 2871017, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 9667
...p,
placed the child in permanent guardianship, terminated protective supervision, and
directed the filing of a modified case plan. The order is not final because judicial labor
remains to be done to achieve permanency for the dependent child. See § 39.603(1),
Fla....
CopyPublished | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 19754, 2011 WL 6101945
...But, we disagree with the conclusion, in dicta, that no such condition may be imposed in the first place, or that doing so violates the separation of powers doctrine. We reach this conclusion based upon our reading of sections
39.6011,
39.6012, and
39.603, Florida Statutes, in which the legislature expressly authorizes *821 DCF to develop case plans with “a description of the identified problem being addressed, including the parent’s behavior or acts resulting in risk to the child and the reason for intervention by the department.” §
39.6011(2)(a), Fla....
...address facts and circumstances upon which the court based the finding of dependency in involuntary placements or the plan is meaningful and designed to address facts and circumstances upon which the child was placed in out-of-home care voluntarily. § 39.603(1)©, Fla....
CopyPublished | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 5560
...ent and that accepted the case plan prepared by the Department of Children and Family Services. The Mother does not challenge the adjudication of dependency, but she argues that the trial court’s acceptance of the Department’s case plan violates section 39.603(l)(f), Florida Statutes (2011), because the case plan does not meaningfully address the facts and circumstances that resulted in G.S.’s dependency....
...d child, must focus on clearly defined objectives, and must provide the most efficient path to quick reunification or permanent placement given the circumstances of the case and the child’s need for safe and proper care. (Emphasis added.) Finally, section 39.603(l)(f) requires the court to consider, before accepting a case plan submitted by the Department, “[wjhether the plan is meaningful and designed to address facts and circumstances upon which the court based the finding of dependency in...
