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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 39
PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO CHILDREN
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F.S. 39.824
39.824 Jurisdiction.—The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of a proceeding in which appointment of a guardian advocate is sought. The court shall retain jurisdiction over a child for whom a guardian advocate is appointed until specifically relinquished by court order.
History.—s. 2, ch. 89-345; s. 105, ch. 98-403; s. 21, ch. 2012-116.
Note.—Former s. 415.5083.