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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V JUDICIAL BRANCH Chapter 39 PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO CHILDREN View Entire Chapter PART X TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS 39.801 Procedures and jurisdiction; notice; service of process. 39.802 Petition for termination of parental rights; filing; elements. 39.803 Identity or location of parent unknown after filing of termination of parental rights petition; special procedures. 39.804 Penalties for false statements of paternity. 39.805 No answer required. 39.8055 Requirement to file a petition to terminate parental rights; exceptions. 39.806 Grounds for termination of parental rights. 39.807 Right to counsel; guardian ad litem. 39.808 Advisory hearing; pretrial status conference. 39.809 Adjudicatory hearing. 39.810 Manifest best interests of the child. 39.811 Powers of disposition; order of disposition. 39.812 Postdisposition relief; petition for adoption. 39.813 Continuing jurisdiction. 39.814 Oaths, records, and confidential information. 39.815 Appeal. 39.8155 Reinstatement of parental rights.