Florida Statute 39.805 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

39.805 No answer required.—No answer to the petition or any other pleading need be filed by any child or parent, but any matters which might be set forth in an answer or other pleading may be pleaded orally before the court or filed in writing as any such person may choose. Notwithstanding the filing of any answer or any pleading, the child or parent shall, prior to the adjudicatory hearing, be advised by the court of the right to counsel and shall be given an opportunity to deny the allegations in the petition for termination of parental rights or to enter a plea to allegations in the petition before the court.

History.—s. 9, ch. 87-289; s. 242, ch. 95-147; s. 87, ch. 98-403; s. 44, ch. 99-193.

Note.—Former s. 39.463.

Cases Citing F.S. 39.805

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S.m.o., the Mother v. Dep't of Child. & Families (Fla. 3d DCA 2023).
Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
...child or another child to aggravated child abuse as defined in s. 827.03, sexual battery or sexual abuse as defined in s. 39.01, or chronic abuse. § 39.806(1)(g), Fla. Stat. (2022). 2 This case involves egregious conduct under § 39.805(1)(f)....

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Cases Citing F.S. 39.805

S.m.o., the Mother v. Dep't of Child. & Families (Fla. 3d DCA 2023).