Florida Statutes Part V - Detention (Ss. 985.24-985.275)

• 985.24 - Use Of Detention; Prohibitions.
  (1) All determinations and court orders regarding the use of detention care shall be based primarily upon findings that the child:(a) Presents a substantial risk of not...
• 985.245 - Risk Assessment Instrument.
  (1) All determinations and court orders regarding placement of a child into detention care shall comply with all requirements and criteria provided in this part and...
• 985.25 - Detention Intake.
  (1) The department shall receive custody of a child who has been taken into custody from the law enforcement agency or court and shall review the...
• 985.255 - Detention Criteria; Detention Hearing.
  (1) Subject to s. 985.25(1), a child taken into custody and placed into secure or nonsecure detention care shall be given a hearing within 24 hours...
• 985.26 - Length Of Detention.
  (1) A child may not be placed into or held in secure or nonsecure detention care for longer than 24 hours unless the court orders such...
• 985.265 - Detention Transfer And Release; Education; Adult Jails.
  (1) If a child is detained under this part, the department may transfer the child from nonsecure detention care to secure detention care only if significantly...
• 985.27 - Postdisposition Detention While Awaiting Commitment Placement.
  (1) The court must place all children who are adjudicated and awaiting placement in a commitment program in detention care. Children who are in nonsecure detention...
• 985.275 - Detention Of Escapee Or Absconder On Authority Of The Department.
  (1) If an authorized agent of the department has reasonable grounds to believe that any delinquent child committed to the department has escaped from a residential...

Last modified: September 23, 2016