Florida Juvenile Law And Practice

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Florida Juvenile Law and Practice provides comprehensive coverage of all areas of juvenile practice including delinquency, dependency and termination of parental rights, and families and children in need of services. Authoritative and insightful analysis from authors that include members of the Juvenile Court Rules Committee, assistant state attorneys, assistant public defenders, attorneys representing the Department of Children and Family Services, and private attorneys makes this book an essential reference for those practicing in this area of the law.

The new Seventeenth Edition features:

• Brand new chapter discussing dependency programs for young adults formerly in foster care.
• Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.095 amendments regarding the procedural aspects of a determination of incompetency and the effect of such a determination in delinquency cases.
• Recent statutory revisions regarding the permissible duration of both secure and supervised release detention in delinquency proceedings
• Florida Supreme Court’s recent, major overhaul of and reorganization to Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.095 governing the procedure when a child is believed to be incompetent or insane in juvenile delinquency proceedings
• New procedures for juveniles transferred to adult court but who do not statutorily qualify for such transfer.
• Florida Supreme Court’s recent adoption of new Fla. R. App. P. 9.143 to incorporate Article I, § 16, of the Florida Constitution (Marsy’s Law) into the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure.
• Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.330 amendments regarding the procedure and grounds for disqualification of a judge as a threshold consideration in an adjudicatory hearing in delinquency cases.
• Removal in dependency proceedings and the Florida Legislature’s recent establishment of multidisciplinary teams.
• New discussion of investigation closure procedures in preliminary dependency proceedings.
• Recent statutory revisions providing for the Department of Children and Families' ability to collaborate with the local community alliance in communities when it is not feasible to competitively contract with a lead agency to establish an alternative approach to providing community-based care.
• Post-disposition change of placement or custody in dependency cases and the Florida Legislature’s recent enactment of the term "change in physical custody."
• Appeals in dependency and termination or parental rights cases and the new brief format requirements under Fla. R. App. P. 9.045.
• Adoption after termination of parental rights and the "difficult to place child."

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The ISBN for the 16th Edition was 9781663303394.

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