The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 39
PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO CHILDREN

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F.S. 39.306

39.306 Child protective investigations; working agreements with local law enforcement.—The department shall enter into agreements with the jurisdictionally responsible county sheriffs’ offices and local police departments that will assume the lead in conducting any potential criminal investigations arising from allegations of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect. The written agreement must specify how the requirements of this chapter will be met. For the purposes of such agreement, the jurisdictionally responsible law enforcement entity is authorized to share Florida criminal history and local criminal history information that is not otherwise exempt from s. 119.07(1) with the district personnel, authorized agent, or contract provider directly responsible for the child protective investigation and emergency child placement. The agencies entering into such agreement must comply with s. 943.0525. Criminal justice information provided by such law enforcement entity shall be used only for the purposes specified in the agreement and shall be provided at no charge. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Law Enforcement shall provide to the department electronic access to Florida criminal justice information which is lawfully available and not exempt from s. 119.07(1), only for the purpose of child protective investigations and emergency child placement. As a condition of access to such information, the department shall be required to execute an appropriate user agreement addressing the access, use, dissemination, and destruction of such information and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, and rules of the Department of Law Enforcement.

History.—s. 44, ch. 98-403; s. 11, ch. 99-168.

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Amendments to 39.306

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 39.306

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 39.306.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Ad v. J. S. S. I., 183 So. 3d 1177 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . that the court should have terminated the father’s parental rights under sections 39.806(l)(d)l. and 39.306 . . .

STATE v. CONTRERAS,, 979 So. 2d 896 (Fla. 2008)

. . . . § 39.306 (requiring CPTs to enter into agreements with local law enforcement agencies to investigate . . . Statutes (2007), created CPTs for the express purpose of processing child abuse cases, and section 39.306 . . .

HERNANDEZ, v. STATE, 946 So. 2d 1270 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . In this regard, section 39.306 provides, in pertinent part: The [Department of Children and Family Services . . . the link between the CPT and local law enforcement is so strong that the CPT is authorized by section 39.306 . . .

CONTRERAS, v. STATE, 910 So. 2d 901 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . See § 39.306, Fla. . . .

DUFRESNE, v. STATE, 826 So. 2d 272 (Fla. 2002)

. . . Section 39.306 further provides that the department shall enter into working agreements with the local . . . See § 39.306, Fla. Stat. (2001). . . .