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1409.401 Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows:

INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE
PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN

ARTICLE I. Purpose and Policy

It is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children to the end that:

(a) Each child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate qualifications and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable degree and type of care.

(b) The appropriate authorities in a state where a child is to be placed may have full opportunity to ascertain the circumstances of the proposed placement, thereby promoting full compliance with applicable requirements for the protection of the child.

(c) The proper authorities of the state from which the placement is made may obtain the most complete information on the basis on which to evaluate a projected placement before it is made.

(d) Appropriate jurisdictional arrangements for the care of children will be promoted.

ARTICLE II. Definitions

As used in this compact:

(a) “Child” means a person who, by reason of minority, is legally subject to parental, guardianship or similar control.

(b) “Sending agency” means a party state, officer or employee thereof; a subdivision of a party state, or officer or employee thereof; a court of a party state; a person, corporation, association, charitable agency or other entity which sends, brings, or causes to be sent or brought any child to another party state.

(c) “Receiving state” means the state to which a child is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought, whether by public authorities or private persons or agencies, and whether for placement with state or local public authorities or for placement with private agencies or persons.

(d) “Placement” means the arrangement for the care of a child in a family free or boarding home or in a child-caring agency or institution but does not include any institution caring for the mentally ill, mentally defective or epileptic or any institution primarily educational in character, and any hospital or other medical facility.

ARTICLE III. Conditions for Placement

(a) No sending agency shall send, bring, or cause to be sent or brought into any other party state any child for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption unless the sending agency shall comply with each and every requirement set forth in this article and with the applicable laws of the receiving state governing the placement of children therein.

(b) Prior to sending, bringing, or causing any child to be sent or brought into a receiving state for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption, the sending agency shall furnish the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state written notice of the intention to send, bring, or place the child in the receiving state. The notice shall contain:

(1) The name, date and place of birth of the child.

(2) The identity and address or addresses of the parents or legal guardian.

(3) The name and address of the person, agency or institution to or with which the sending agency proposes to send, bring, or place the child.

(4) A full statement of the reasons for such proposed action and evidence of the authority pursuant to which the placement is proposed to be made.

(c) Any public officer or agency in a receiving state which is in receipt of a notice pursuant to paragraph (b) of this article may request of the sending agency, or any other appropriate officer or agency of or in the sending agency’s state, and shall be entitled to receive therefrom, such supporting or additional information as it may deem necessary under the circumstances to carry out the purpose and policy of this compact.

(d) The child shall not be sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought into the receiving state until the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state shall notify the sending agency, in writing, to the effect that the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child.

ARTICLE IV. Penalty for Illegal Placement

The sending, bringing, or causing to be sent or brought into any receiving state of a child in violation of the terms of this compact shall constitute a violation of the laws respecting the placement of children of both the state in which the sending agency is located or from which it sends or brings the child and of the receiving state. Such violation may be punished or subjected to penalty in either jurisdiction in accordance with its laws. In addition to liability for any such punishment or penalty, any such violation shall constitute full and sufficient grounds for the suspension or revocation of any license, permit, or other legal authorization held by the sending agency which empowers or allows it to place, or care for children.

ARTICLE V. Retention of Jurisdiction

(a) The sending agency shall retain jurisdiction over the child sufficient to determine all matters in relation to the custody, supervision, care, treatment and disposition of the child which it would have had if the child had remained in the sending agency’s state, until the child is adopted, reaches majority, becomes self-supporting or is discharged with the concurrence of the appropriate authority in the receiving state. Such jurisdiction shall also include the power to effect or cause the return of the child or its transfer to another location and custody pursuant to law. The sending agency shall continue to have financial responsibility for support and maintenance of the child during the period of the placement. Nothing contained herein shall defeat a claim of jurisdiction by a receiving state sufficient to deal with an act of delinquency or crime committed therein.

(b) When the sending agency is a public agency, it may enter into an agreement with an authorized public or private agency in the receiving state providing for the performance of one or more services in respect of such case by the latter as agent for the sending agency.

(c) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prevent a private charitable agency authorized to place children in the receiving state from performing services or acting as agent in that state for a private charitable agency of the sending state; nor to prevent the agency in the receiving state from discharging financial responsibility for the support and maintenance of a child who has been placed on behalf of the sending agency without relieving the responsibility set forth in paragraph (a) hereof.

ARTICLE VI. Institutional Care of
Delinquent Children

A child adjudicated delinquent may be placed in an institution in another party jurisdiction pursuant to this compact but no such placement shall be made unless the child is given a court hearing on notice to the parent or guardian with opportunity to be heard, prior to being sent to such other party jurisdiction for institutional care and the court finds that:

1. Equivalent facilities for the child are not available in the sending agency’s jurisdiction; and

2. Institutional care in the other jurisdiction is in the best interest of the child and will not produce undue hardship.

ARTICLE VII. Compact Administrator

The executive head of each jurisdiction party to this compact shall designate an officer who shall be general coordinator of activities under this compact in his or her jurisdiction and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party jurisdictions, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact.

ARTICLE VIII. Limitations

This compact shall not apply to:

(a) The sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state by a parent, stepparent, grandparent, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or a guardian and leaving the child with any such relative or nonagency guardian in the receiving state.

(b) Any placement, sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state pursuant to any other interstate compact to which both the state from which the child is sent or brought and the receiving state are party, or to any other agreement between said states which has the force of law.

ARTICLE IX. Enactment and Withdrawal

This compact shall be open to joinder by any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and, with the consent of Congress, the Government of Canada or any province thereof. It shall become effective with respect to any such jurisdiction when such jurisdiction has enacted the same into law. Withdrawal from this compact shall be by the enactment of a statute repealing the same, but shall not take effect until 2 years after the effective date of such statute and until written notice of the withdrawal has been given by the withdrawing state to the Governor of each other party jurisdiction. Withdrawal of a party state shall not affect the rights, duties and obligations under this compact of any sending agency therein with respect to a placement made prior to the effective date of withdrawal.

ARTICLE X. Construction and Severability

The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state party thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.

History.s. 1, ch. 74-317; s. 48, ch. 97-103; s. 2, ch. 2009-148.
1Note.Section 409.409, created by s. 2, ch. 2009-148, provides that the existing compact in s. 409.401 will remain in effect until entry into the replacement compact created in s. 409.408. Section 409.408 provides for execution of the new compact by the Governor “[e]ffective July 1, 2009, or upon the enactment of the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children into law by the 35th compacting state, whichever date occurs later.”

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Dep't of Child. & Fam. v. Benway, 745 So. 2d 437 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999).

Cited 22 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 14734, 1999 WL 999800

...Based on our conclusion that the ICPC is applicable to an out-of-state placement of a dependent child with a natural parent, we reverse. DISCUSSION The purpose of the ICPC is to facilitate cooperation between participating states in the placement and monitoring of dependent children. § 409.401, Art....
...urse is not the situation where a child is being sent to live with his or her natural parent. However, the section setting out the limitations on the ICPC's applicability does not preclude its application to placements with non-resident parents. See § 409.401, Art. VIII, Fla. Stat. (1997). [3] Additionally, the provisions of the ICPC "shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof," section 409.401, Article X, Florida Statutes, which construction supports the application of the ICPC to the out-of-state placement of a dependent child with his or her natural parent....
...clude that A.B. should remain in Florida until the Vermont authorities indicate their agreement to A.B.'s placement in Vermont. The order directing DCF to transport the child to Vermont is reversed. REVERSED. DAUKSCH and COBB, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Section 409.401, Article III(d), Florida Statutes (1997) precludes the sending of a child into the receiving state until the appropriate agency in the receiving state notifies the sending state in writing that the proposed placement "does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child." [2] § 409.401, Art....
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Cs v. Sh, 671 So. 2d 260 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996).

Cited 22 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 165019

...parents and the biological relatives were ready, willing and able to adopt S.D.V-H. At that point, the biological relatives could have proceeded with the adoption in New York State pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, see § 409.401, Fla.Stat., with the blessing of HRS, but for the actions of the foster parents in refusing to abide by HRS's decision and their written agreement with HRS....
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In Re Adoption of CLW, 467 So. 2d 1106 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985).

Cited 16 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1115

...ign order. Appellant first claimed that appellees did not initiate the adoption until after she revoked her consent as permitted by Pennsylvania law. Appellant also alleged that appellees violated the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, section 409.401, Florida Statutes (1980), when they transported the child to Florida without prior notice to the appropriate public authorities....
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HP v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 838 So. 2d 583 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003).

Cited 16 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 69505

...dy for the purposes of the relevant statute. 2. Department of Children & Families v. Benway, 745 So.2d 437 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999) was not dispositive of the instant case. 3. The delays inherent in the Interstate Compact on Placement of Children (ICPC), § 409.401, Fla....
...Because the mother resides in Massachusetts and the children will be residing in that state, DCF cannot conduct the home study, but the ICPC fills that void. Each member state has a "Compact Administrator," as required by Article VII of the ICPC as codified in Section 409.401, Florida Statutes....
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Dep't of Child. & Families v. RH, 819 So. 2d 858 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 7231, 2002 WL 1040258

...ter care. On September 15, 2000, approximately four months after R.H. was adjudicated dependent, DCF filed with the court a motion seeking authorization to place R.H. with Jones pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), section 409.401, Florida Statutes....
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State, Dept. of Child. & Fam. Servs. v. LG, 801 So. 2d 1047 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 18240, 2001 WL 1645365

...Invoking Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), the Department complains of the lack of written notice from Georgia child welfare authorities "to the effect that the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the best interests of the child." § 409.401, art....
...(d) The child shall not be sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought into the receiving state until the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state shall notify the sending agency, in writing, to the effect that the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child. *1051 § 409.401, Fla....
...e, the requirements of Article III(d) do not apply to M.G.'s relocation to Georgia with her mother. The ICPC defines placement as "the arrangement for the care of a child in a family free or boarding home or in a child-caring agency or institution." § 409.401, art....
...Limitations This compact shall not apply to: (a) The sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state by a parent, stepparent, grandparent, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or a guardian and leaving the child with any such relative or nonagency guardian in the receiving state. § 409.401, Fla....
..."The conditions of article 3, such as advance notice to and approval of the receiving state before the placement is made, clearly do not apply when the child is placed with a parent." In re Johnny S., 47 Cal.Rptr.2d at 99. B. The Department relies not only on section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2000), but also on regulations promulgated by the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact. Without qualification, Article VII purports to confer on participating states' compact administrators, acting jointly, "power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact." § 409.401, Fla....
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Dept. of Health & Rehab. Serv. v. Jml, 455 So. 2d 571 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...Thereafter, T.M.L. and J.M.L. were placed in foster care and the parents entered into a performance agreement with HRS. On May 25, 1983, HRS petitioned the trial court to enter an order of compliance with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, section 409.401, Florida Statutes; HRS informing the court that it wished to conduct a home study of the children's paternal grandparents, residents of Statenville, Georgia....
...ed by the appropriate Georgia officials. Moreover, the trial judge's order relinquished jurisdiction over T.M.L. and J.M.L. This is contrary to the provisions of Article III(d) and Article V(a) of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, section 409.401, Florida Statutes (1983)....
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Dep't of Child. & Fam. v. Fellows, 895 So. 2d 1181 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 1672, 2005 WL 387543

...to be returned to New Hampshire into the aunt's custody over the department's objections. The court also terminated supervision of the child. On appeal, the department argues that the trial court violated the ICPC by returning C.T. to the aunt over the opposition of the New Hampshire authorities. Section 409.401, Florida Statutes, Florida's codification of the ICPC, provides in Article III(d): The child shall not be sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought into the receiving state until the appropriate public authorities in the receivin...
...whether Florida was required to receive a second approval from New Hampshire before returning C.T. to New Hampshire. After reviewing Department of Children and Families v. Benway, 745 So.2d 437, 438 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999), and the ICPC, as codified in section 409.401, Florida Statutes, we conclude that the ICPC applies to the aunt, and that the trial court had no authority to return C.T....
...flicts. Id. A receiving state conducts an investigation and reports in writing, before the child is approved for placement, to the sending state to ensure that "the proposed placement does not appear be to be contrary to the interests of the child." § 409.401, Art....
...bility for not complying. REVERSED and REMANDED for hearing consistent with this opinion. MONACO and TORPY, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] purpose of the ICPC is to facilitate cooperation between states in the placement and monitoring of dependent children. § 409.401, Fla....
...Benway, 745 So.2d at 438; J.D.S. v. Franks, 182 Ariz. 81, 893 P.2d 732, 740 (1995) (en banc). Essentially, the ICPC compact administrator in the "sending state" recommends a placement and provides the "receiving state" with information concerning the proposed placement. § 409.401, art....
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Petition of Fla. Bar, Rules of Juv. Proc., 462 So. 2d 399 (Fla. 1984).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1

...(c) The rule is designed to deal with the frequent problem of pending juvenile actions in different states. Jurisdiction can be transferred pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, F.S. 61.1302 et seq., the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, F.S. 409.401 et seq., and the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, F.S....
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Dep't of Child. & Families v. C.T., 144 So. 3d 684 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2014 WL 3953309, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 12459

...he court ordered reunification with the father. The court noted that the Department would continue to supervise the father for the next six months and that he would present himself for random urinalysis. The ICPC was adopted into Florida Statutes at section 409.401....
...ding home or in a child-caring agency or institution but does not include any institution caring for the mentally ill, mentally defective or epileptic or any institution primarily educational in character, and any hospital or other medical facility. § 409.401, art....
...The ICPC does not apply to the “sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state by a parent, stepparent, grandparent, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or a guardian and leaving the child with any such relative or nonagency guardian in the receiving state.” § 409.401, art....
...hildren would reside, and the State’s intervention had not yet ended. Under these conditions, the ICPC did apply and the lower court violated the ICPC by sending the children to Maryland without complying with the ICPC Conditions of Placement. See § 409.401, art....
...While there were serious irregularities in the procedural process by which the lower court eventually ordered reunification, due to events that have occurred since the filing of this appeal, those concerns are no longer before this court. . These terms are defined at section 409.401, article II, Florida Statutes (2013).
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Dcfs v. Jc, 847 So. 2d 487 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...to adjudicate legal rights and responsibilities, it is not within their province to manage the affairs of another branch of government." Id. at 899. I respectfully dissent. NOTES [1] The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children ("ICPC") enacted by Section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2001), requires DCF to send written notification to a receiving state that "the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child" prior to authorizing a child to be sent to the receiving state. See § 409.401, Art....
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Friends of Child. v. Dept. of HRS, 504 So. 2d 1345 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 879

...cy which was licensed by the department. The agency erred, however, in formulating findings of fact not made by the hearing officer, for the purpose of supporting its conclusion that appellant's unlicensed activities were violative of Chapter 63 and section 409.401, Florida Statutes....
...The hearing officer rejected as legally irrelevant the department's proposed findings of fact on evidence of prior unlicensed activities conducted by appellant which the department maintained were violative of Chapter 63, Florida Statutes, and the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, section 409.401, Florida Statutes....
...The department further rejected the hearing officer's determination that its own rules compelled issuance of the license, and concluded that the hearing officer erred in finding irrelevant all evidence of appellant's violation of the statutory and Interstate Compact provisions of Chapter 63 and section 409.401, Florida Statutes. The department then made its own "supplemental findings of fact" as to appellant's unlicensed activities, and concluded that such activities were violative of Chapter 63 and section 409.401, Florida Statutes....
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In Re Km, 946 So. 2d 1214 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 3821847

...In its May 6 order resulting from this judicial review, the court found the Father to be a "non-offending parent" and, based on the Father's request for possible placement of K.M. in his home, the court ordered that an Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC; § 409.401 et seq., Fla....
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D.R. v. J.R., 203 So. 3d 952 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 14623

...3 “The standard of review for a question of law in dependency proceedings is de novo.” C.R. v. Dep’t of Children & Family Servs., 53 So.3d 240, 242 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010) (quoting G.C. & D.C. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 791 So.2d 17, 19 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001)). In relevant part, the ICPC provides: 409.401 Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children....
...rought into the *955 receiving state until the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state shall notify the sending agency, in writing, to the effect that the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child. § 409.401, Fla....
...All parties recognize that the ICPC requirements have not been fulfilled in this case because the appropriate public authority in Massachusetts has not provided written notice to DCF or the court that the “proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the children].” § 409.401, Art....
...structions for the trial court to determine whether it would be in the children’s best interest for them to remain in the father’s custody pending the completion of the ICPC process. REVERSED and REMANDED. SAWAYA and ORFINGER, JJ., concur. . See § 409.401, Fla....
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In Re Dn, 858 So. 2d 1087 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 22239088

...Finally, on January 14, 2003, the trial court held an evidentiary hearing concerning returning the two children to D.N. At that hearing, the Department raised no issues concerning compliance with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2001)....
...While not saying so directly, the Department appears to believe that the ICPC, rather than the UCCJA and the PKPA, controls the resolution of this case. Simply put, this is not so. The purpose of the ICPC is to facilitate cooperation between states in the placement and monitoring of dependent children. § 409.401, Fla....
...Benway, 745 So.2d at 438; J.D.S. v. Franks, 182 Ariz. 81, 893 P.2d 732, 740 (1995) (en banc). Essentially, the ICPC compact administrator in the "sending state" recommends a placement and provides the "receiving state" with information concerning the proposed placement. § 409.401, art....
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C.S. v. S.H., 671 So. 2d 260 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996).

Cited 3 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 3845

...parents and the biological relatives were ready, willing and able to adopt S.D.V-H. At that point, the biological relatives could have proceeded with the adoption in New York State pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, see § 409.401, Fla.Stat., with the blessing of HRS, but for the actions of the foster parents in refusing to abide by HRS’s decision and their written agreement with HRS....
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Tws v. Dept., Hlth. & Rehab. Serv., 466 So. 2d 387 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 785

...that she received any assistance toward rehabilitation from that agency. Further, despite efforts by the trial court to have the necessary paper work completed for implementation of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, as mandated by section 409.401, Florida Statutes, the record does not indicate whether the Compact was ever complied with, although in August, 1983, the court was informed that three to six weeks was still needed for completion of the paper work....
...l lack of compliance with the statutory requirement of a performance agreement, and with the Interstate Compact, we need not reach all of the issues raised. Instead, on the basis of noncompliance with the mandates established in sections 409.168 and 409.401, we must reverse the order terminating foster care placement, and direct the child be returned to Florida and H.R.S....
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RF v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 50 So. 3d 1243 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 552, 2011 WL 222243

...Through his attorney ad litem, R.F. petitions this court for a writ of certiorari to review an order requiring the child to return to Florida because his continued stay in New York is in violation of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC). § 409.401, Fla....
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CK v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 949 So. 2d 336 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 2729, 2007 WL 601161

...5th DCA 2002). We find here, however, that there is insufficient evidence to support such requirements as to W.K. We affirm, however, the trial court's order as to the requirement that the father comply with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, section 409.401, Florida Statutes....
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Dept. of Health & Rehab. Serv. v. Mw, 424 So. 2d 56 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21761

...of Health & Rehabilitative Services, Pensacola, for appellant. No appearance for appellee. WIGGINTON, Judge. In this appeal, the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services raises two issues: (1) whether the Juvenile Court violated the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, Article III(d), Section 409.401, Florida Statutes (1981), when it granted physical custody of M.W....
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Lofton v. Butterworth, 93 F. Supp. 2d 1343 (S.D. Fla. 2000).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5588, 2000 WL 519123

...f Children and Families because he was disqualified under § 63.042(3), Florida Statutes. ( Id. at ¶ 11). For the last year, Lofton has lived in Oregon with Doe pursuant to an authorization under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, § 409.401, Florida Statutes....
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Dep't of Child. & Families v. TT, 42 So. 3d 962 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 12919, 2010 WL 3446912

...We reverse the trial court's orders reuniting the children with their mother, T.T., dismissing the dependency proceeding, and terminating the trial court's jurisdiction because the orders do not comply with the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children ("ICPC"), section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2009)....
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Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs. v. S.D., 35 So. 3d 145 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 7331, 2010 WL 2079658

...The Department of Children and Family Services petitions for a writ of certiorari vacating a nonfinal order reunifying the children, J.D. and S.D., with the mother, S.D., in Alabama. S.D. and the guardian ad litem concede error. The trial court violated the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children Act, codified at section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2009), by placing the children, J.D....
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D.R. v. J.R. (Fla. 5th DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

...At the hearing, the children testified that the mother had physically abused them, called them names, and was violent towards her paramour. The trial court found the children to be dependent. The children’s attorney indicated to the court that, at disposition, she would seek to have the children 1 See § 409.401, Fla....
...s is de novo.” C.R. v. Dep't of Children & Family Servs., 53 So. 3d 240, 242 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010) (quoting G.C. & D.C. v. Dep't of Children & Families, 791 So. 2d 17, 19 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001)). In relevant part, the ICPC provides: 409.401 Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. .... Article III Conditions for Placement. (a) No sending agency shall send, bring, or cause to be sent or brought into a...
...s is de novo.” C.R. v. Dep't of Children & Family Servs., 53 So. 3d 240, 242 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010) (quoting G.C. & D.C. v. Dep't of Children & Families, 791 So. 2d 17, 19 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001)). In relevant part, the ICPC provides: 409.401 Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. .... Article III Conditions for Placement. (a) No sending agency shall send, bring, or cause to be sent or brought into a...
...the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state shall notify the sending agency, in writing, to the effect that the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child. § 409.401, Fla....
...the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state shall notify the sending agency, in writing, to the effect that the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child. § 409.401, Fla....
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Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs. v. In the Interest of J.C., 847 So. 2d 487 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 13830, 2002 WL 31101341

...from the only parent he has ever known, until the appropriateness of so doing may be ascertained. Accordingly, we deny the DCF’s petition in all respects. Petition denied. . The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children ("ICPC”) enacted by Section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2001), requires DCF to send written notification to a receiving state that "the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child" prior to authorizing a child to be sent to the receiving state. See § 409.401, Art....
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TS v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 992 So. 2d 299 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 4361238

...e three-year-old minor and placed him with non-relatives. The mother failed to comply with her case plan. The Department learned that the father, who lived in Ohio, desired to obtain custody of the child and initiated a study of his home pursuant to section 409.401, et seq., Florida Statutes (2007), the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children ("ICPC")....
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Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs. & Sally Davies v. D.N., 858 So. 2d 1087 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 14777

...Finally, on January 14, 2003, the trial court held an evidentiary hearing concerning returning the two children to D.N. At that hearing, the Department raised no issues concerning compliance with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2001)....
...While not saying so directly, the Department appears to believe that the ICPC, rather than the UCCJA and the PKPA, controls the resolution of this case. Simply put, this is not so. The purpose of the ICPC is to facilitate cooperation between states in the placement and monitoring of dependent children. § 409.401, Fla....
...Benway, 745 So.2d at 438 ; J.D.S. v. Franks, 182 Ariz. 81 , 893 P.2d 732, 740 (1995) (en banc). Essentially, the ICPC compact administrator in the “sending state” recommends a placement and provides the “receiving state” with information concerning the proposed placement. § 409.401, art....
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Dep't of Child. & Families v. J.J., a Child, & the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Off. (Fla. 4th DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...The uncle expressed a willingness to care for the child until the child turns eighteen in December 2024. Upon the child being located, the child’s attorney ad litem immediately filed a motion for order of compliance with the Interstate Compact for Placement of Children (“ICPC”), section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2023), and for modification of placement....
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Fowler v. Weeks, 467 So. 2d 1106 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1115, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 13797

...ign order. Appellant first claimed that appellees did not initiate the adoption until after she revoked her consent as permitted by Pennsylvania law. Appellant also alleged that appellees violated the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, section 409.401, Florida Statutes (1980), when they transported the child to Florida without prior notice to the appropriate public authorities....
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Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs. v. Wyers, 539 So. 2d 540 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 14 Fla. L. Weekly 596, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 1168, 1989 WL 18835

...The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) asserts that the trial court’s order placing B.J.A. in the permanent custody of his stepgrandparents and relinquishing jurisdiction over B.J.A. violates the Interstate Compact oh the Placement of Children, Section 409.401, Florida Statutes (1987)....
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T.W.S. v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 466 So. 2d 387 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 785, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 13167

...that she received any assistance toward rehabilitation from that agency. Further, despite efforts by the trial court to have the necessary paper work completed for implementation of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, as mandated by section 409.401, Florida Statutes, the record does not indicate whether the Compact was ever complied with, although in August, 1983, the court was informed that three to six weeks was still needed for completion of the paper work....
...l lack of compliance with the statutory requirement of a performance agreement, and with the Interstate Compact, we need not reach all of the issues raised. Instead, on the basis of noncompliance with the mandates established in sections 409.168 and 409.401, we must reverse the order terminating foster care placement, and direct the child be returned to Florida and H.R.S....
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Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs. v. G.S.C., 812 So. 2d 509 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 3584

...to her children. After an adjudicatory hearing, the trial court denied the petition and directed that the children be sent to New York for a visit with G.S.C. pending approval of the placement through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2001)....
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In Re Mad, 812 So. 2d 509 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 429071

...to her children. After an adjudicatory hearing, the trial court denied the petition and directed that the children be sent to New York for a visit with G.S.C. pending approval of the placement through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2001)....
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Dep't of Child. & Families v. S.B., 274 So. 3d 1170 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

Placement of Children ("ICPC"), as provided in section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2018).2 DCF sheltered Child
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Dep't of Child. & Families v. S.B., 274 So. 3d 1170 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

...Following Child's birth in May 2018, DCF petitioned to shelter Child. 1 In the shelter petition, DCF requested a home study of Child's maternal grandfather's home in Alabama, in compliance with the requirements of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children ("ICPC"), as provided in section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2018)....
..."The child shall not be sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought into the receiving state until the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state shall notify the sending agency, in writing, to the effect that the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child." § 409.401, Art....
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Florida Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs. v. S.D., 921 So. 2d 801 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 2672

on the Placement of Children, codified at section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2005), by placing the child
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Guardian Ad Litem v. Dep't of Child. & Families (Fla. 5th DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

...o modify placement of nine-year-old B.G. The child had been placed in his mother’s home in Kentucky with that state’s consent pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (“ICPC”), as enacted by the Florida Legislature in section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2024)....
...brackets omitted)). Below, we briefly sketch how such an analysis could cut against Fellows’ conclusion. The ICPC establishes the procedures by which “the party states . . . cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children.” § 409.401, art....
...home or in a child-caring agency or institution but does not include any institution caring for the mentally ill, mentally defective or epileptic or any institution primarily educational in character, and any hospital or other medical facility.” Id. § 409.401, art. II(d). A placement occurs when a “sending agency” (here, a Florida agency) “sends, brings, or causes to be sent or brought any child to another party state,” called the “receiving state” (here, Kentucky). Id. § 409.401, art....
...adoption unless the sending agency shall comply with each and every requirement set forth in [article III of the ICPC] and with the applicable laws of the receiving state governing the placement 3 of children therein.” Id. § 409.401, art....
...2 The ICPC requires the sending agency to furnish to the prospective receiving state 2 It seems to us that B.G.’s placement with his mother in Kentucky constituted neither “foster care” nor “a preliminary to a possible adoption.” Id. § 409.401, art. III(a). We likewise question whether it was an “arrangement for the care of a child in a family free or boarding home or in a child-caring agency or institution.” Id. § 409.401, art....
...We also note that, like Fellows, our decision in Benway did not apply the supremacy-of-text principle. See Benway, 745 So. 4 “written notice of the intention to send, bring, or place the child in the receiving state.” Id. § 409.401, art. III(b). The prospective receiving state then may demand “such supporting or additional information as it may deem necessary under the circumstances to carry out the purpose and policy of” the ICPC. Id. § 409.401, art. III(c)....
...sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought into the receiving state until the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state shall notify the sending agency . . . that the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child.” Id. § 409.401, art....
...e child’s return. Florida’s enactment of the ICPC directs that “[t]he child shall not be sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought into the receiving state until the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state” have consented. § 409.401, art....
...g agency shall retain jurisdiction over the child sufficient to determine all matters in relation to the custody, supervision, care, treatment and disposition of the child,” including “the power to effect or cause the return of the child.” Id. § 409.401, art....
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T.W. v. Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs., 946 So. 2d 1214 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 21783

...In its May 6 order resulting from this judicial review, the court found the Father to be a “non-offending parent” and, based on the Father’s request for possible placement of K.M. in his home, the court ordered that an Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC; § 409.401 et seq., Fla....
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Dep't of Child. & Families v. JH, 907 So. 2d 1275 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 1842674

...immediately returned to the custody of J.H. and L.H., residing in Alabama. DCF contends that the order is defective in multiple respects. First, the direction to return the child, J.H., to her parents in Alabama was a violation of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, Section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2004) because the receiving state must approve the transfer in advance....
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Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs. v. Lasky Baby, 416 So. 2d 1148 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 19748

Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, Section 409.401, Florida Statutes; see also Interstate Compact
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State of Florida, Dep't of etc. v. M. A., Father of C.A., Minor Child, 215 So. 3d 1276 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2017 WL 1322116, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 4950

...and Families appeals the circuit court’s second amended order dismissing dependency proceedings. The Department claims error based on the lack of compliance with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) as required by section 409.401, Florida Statutes, and the lack of a home study of the father’s residence in Indiana....
...on November 20, 2015, and counsel requested and obtained discovery of the case file. Through counsel, M.A. filed a motion to modify visitation on December 11, 2015, and requested an order directing the Department to seek a home study of his residence pursuant to section 409.401, Florida Statutes, the ICPC. The court heard M.A.’s motion on December 18, 2015....
...denied the allegations in the Department’s petition and requested an adjudicatory hearing. Finally, the court 3 ordered the Department to seek an ICPC home study on M.A.’s home, as M.A. had requested. See § 409.401, Fla....

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