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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 39
PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO CHILDREN
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39.815 Appeal.
(1) Any child, any parent or guardian ad litem of any child, any other party to the proceeding who is affected by an order of the court, or the department may appeal to the appropriate district court of appeal within the time and in the manner prescribed by the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure. The district court of appeal shall give an appeal from an order terminating parental rights priority in docketing and shall render a decision on the appeal as expeditiously as possible. Appointed counsel shall be compensated as provided in s. 27.5304(6).
(2) An attorney for the department shall represent the state upon appeal. When a notice of appeal is filed in the circuit court, the clerk shall notify the attorney for the department, the attorney for the parent, the guardian ad litem, and the attorney ad litem for the child, if one is appointed.
(3) The taking of an appeal does not operate as a supersedeas in any case unless the court so orders. However, a termination of parental rights order with placement of the child with a licensed child-placing agency or the department for subsequent adoption is suspended while the appeal is pending, but the child shall continue in an out-of-home placement under the order until the appeal is decided.
(4) The case on appeal must be docketed and any papers filed in the appellate court must be titled with the initials, but not the name, of the child and the court case number, and the papers must remain sealed in the office of the clerk of the appellate court when not in use by the appellate court and may not be open to public inspection. The decision of the appellate court must be likewise titled and may refer to the child only by initials and court case number.
(5) The original order of the appellate court, with all papers filed in the case on appeal, must remain in the office of the clerk of the appellate court, sealed and not open to inspection except by order of the appellate court. The clerk of the appellate court shall return to the circuit court all papers transmitted to the appellate court from the circuit court, together with a certified copy of the order of the appellate court.
History.s. 9, ch. 87-289; s. 22, ch. 90-306; s. 1, ch. 90-309; s. 15, ch. 92-170; s. 42, ch. 94-164; s. 97, ch. 98-403; s. 50, ch. 99-193; s. 59, ch. 2003-402; s. 22, ch. 2007-62; s. 28, ch. 2024-70.
Note.Former s. 39.473.

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Cases Citing Statute 39.815

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Nsh v. Florida Dcfs, 843 So. 2d 898 (Fla. 2003).

Cited 20 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...While the appellee raises the specter of children endlessly awaiting ultimate disposition as to their custody, Florida statutory law and procedural rules safeguard against any excessive delay caused by Anders -type protections in the district courts. Section 39.815(1) of the Florida Statutes mandates that district courts of appeal give "an appeal from an order terminating parental rights priority in docketing" and requires a decision to be rendered "on the appeal as expeditiously as possible." § 39.815(1), Fla....
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N.S.H. v. Florida Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs., 843 So. 2d 898 (Fla. 2003).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 28 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 284, 2003 Fla. LEXIS 466

Anders-type protections in the district courts. Section 39.815(1) of the Florida Statutes mandates that district
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AW v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 969 So. 2d 496 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 4105543

...(Appellant) appeals a final order terminating her parental rights to B.W., her five-year-old daughter, in which the trial court found clear and convincing evidence that satisfied the requirements for termination under section 39.806(1), Florida Statutes (2006). We have jurisdiction to review this ruling pursuant to section 39.815, Florida Statutes (2006)....
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CM v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 981 So. 2d 1272 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 2116262

...The Guardian ad Litem Program, joined by the Department, moved to dismiss this appeal for lack of standing. Because we agree that the appellants were not parties to the proceedings below, see § 39.01(50), Florida Statutes (2007), they lack standing to bring this appeal, see § 39.815(1), Florida Statutes (2007), and we must grant the motion and dismiss the appeal....
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In Re Rb, 890 So. 2d 1288 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 120499

...The legislature of course, is not permitted to create nonfinal appeals. The Florida Constitution specifies that only the supreme court can create jurisdiction for interlocutory appeals in the district courts. See Art. V, § 4(b)(1), Fla. Const. (1968). Nothing in the legislative history of section 39.510(1) or section 39.815 suggests that the legislature was attempting to create a right of interlocutory appeal in violation of the Florida Constitution....
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Ek v. Dep't of Child. & Fam., 948 So. 2d 54 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 183, 2007 WL 57571

...Calianne P. Lantz, Assistant District Legal Counsel, for appellee. Before GREEN, RAMIREZ, and SHEPHERD, JJ. SHEPHERD, J. This is an appeal from a trial court order finding a minor child, E.K., dependent as to the father, E.J.K. We have jurisdiction, section 39.815, Florida Statutes (2004); Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.146(b); K.S....
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In Re Amendments to Florida Rules of Juv. Procedure, 939 So. 2d 74 (Fla. 2006).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2006 Fla. LEXIS 2210, 2006 WL 2690230

...The 30-day permanency plan required by section 39.811(8), Florida Statutes, shall be filed and heard at .....(time)..... on .....(date)..... in .....(location)...... DONE AND ORDERED on .....(date)....., in .....(city and county)....., Florida. _____________________ Circuit Judge NOTICE Under section 39.815, Florida Statutes, any child, any parent, guardian ad litem, or legal custodian of any child, any other party to the proceeding who is affected by an order of the court, or the department may appeal to the appropriate District Court of...
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In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juv. Procedure, 725 So. 2d 296 (Fla. 1998).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 23 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 493, 1998 Fla. LEXIS 1812, 1998 WL 646859

...(agency) .for the purpose of subsequent adoption. 4. The 30-day permanency plan required by section 39.811(8), Florida Statutes, shall be filed and heard at. (time). on . (date). in . (location). DONE AND ORDERED on . (date). , in . (city and county) ., Florida. *356 Circuit Judge NOTICE Under section 39.815, Florida Statutes, any child, any parent, guardian ad litem, or legal custodian of any child, any other party to the proceeding who is affected by an order of the court, or the department may appeal to the appropriate District Court of...
...A hearing for the department to provide a plan for permanency for the children) shall be held on.(date).. within 30 days of rendering of order, at . (time). DONE AND ORDERED on . (date)., in-County, Florida. Circuit Judge Copies furnished to: NOTICE Under section 39.815, Florida Statutes, any child, any parent, guardian ad litem, or legal custodian of any child, any other party to the proceeding who is affected by an order of the court, or the department may appeal to the appropriate District Court of...
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W.G. v. Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs., 944 So. 2d 443 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 19297

...SOME SPECIAL FEATURES OF APPEALS IN JUVENILE DEPENDENCY AND TPR CASES The district courts of appeal are required by statute to give an appeal from an order terminating parental rights priority in docketing and to render a decision of *447 the appeal as expeditiously as possible. § 39.815(1), Fla. Stat. (2005). Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.146(g) requires the appellate courts to expedite appeals in both juvenile dependency and TPR cases. The rule fulfills the statutory mandate of section 39.815(1)....
...hem of the special time requirements that apply to these cases. In pertinent part, this notice states: This is a dependency appeal or one involving termination of parental rights, notice of appeal dated [date to be inserted here], which, pursuant to section 39.815(1), Florida Statutes (2005), and Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.146(g), is given priority in docketing and will be decided expeditiously....
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In Re Pg, 944 So. 2d 443 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 3328394

...SOME SPECIAL FEATURES OF APPEALS IN JUVENILE DEPENDENCY AND TPR CASES The district courts of appeal are required by statute to give an appeal from an order terminating parental rights priority in docketing and to render a decision of *447 the appeal as expeditiously as possible. § 39.815(1), Fla. Stat. (2005). Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.146(g) requires the appellate courts to expedite appeals in both juvenile dependency and TPR cases. The rule fulfills the statutory mandate of section 39.815(1)....
...hem of the special time requirements that apply to these cases. In pertinent part, this notice states: This is a dependency appeal or one involving termination of parental rights, notice of appeal dated [date to be inserted here], which, pursuant to section 39.815(1), Florida Statutes (2005), and Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.146(g), is given priority in docketing and will be decided expeditiously....
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In Re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Jud. Admin., 24 So. 3d 47 (Fla. 2009).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 609, 2009 Fla. LEXIS 1921, 2009 WL 3763128

...The 30-day permanency plan required by section 39.811(8), Florida Statutes, shall be filed and heard at.....(time)..... on .....(date)..... in.....(location)...... DONE AND ORDERED on.....(date)....., in .....(city and county)....., Florida. ________________________ Circuit Judge NOTICE Under section 39.815, Florida Statutes, any child, any parent, guardian ad litem, or legal custodian of any child, any other party to the proceeding who is affected by an order of the court, or the department may appeal to the appropriate District Court of...
...all be held on.....(date)....., within 30 days of rendering of order, at .....(time)...... DONE AND ORDERED on.....(date) ....., in .......... County, Florida. _____________________ Circuit Judge Copies furnished to:.................... NOTICE Under section 39.815, Florida Statutes, any child, any parent, guardian ad litem, or legal custodian of any child, any other party to the proceeding who is affected by an order of the court, or the department may appeal to the appropriate District Court of...
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In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Juv. Procedure & Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.146, 213 So. 3d 803 (Fla. 2017).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 357, 2017 WL 1090564, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 654

county)-^., Florida. Circuit Judge NOTICE Under section 39.815, Florida Statutes, any child, any parent, guardian
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Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs. v. G.S.C., 812 So. 2d 509 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 3584

...then filed her emergency motion for relief from stay with this court. Two rules and a statute address the effect that a notice of appeal of an order concerning termination of parental rights has on the placement of the children who are the subject of the order. Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.146(c)(2) and section 39.815(3), Florida Statutes (2001), both provide that an appeal of a termination order does not operate as a stay unless the order directs that a child be placed for subsequent adoption....
...39 were enacted by the Florida Legislature. Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure, 753 So.2d 1214, 1214 (Fla.1999). The appendix to the opinion adopting the amendments indicates that rule 8.275(a) was necessitated by the enactment of section 39.815(3). Id. at 1215 . Consequently, rule 8.275(a) should be read in accord with section 39.815(3) as providing for an automatic stay in a termination case when the court has terminated parental rights and directed that the child be placed for subsequent adoption....
...l in this court under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.310(f). Thus, the absence of an automatic stay provision does not give the trial court unfettered discretion concerning placement of the children. In summary, we find that rule 9.146(c)(2), section 39.815(3), and rule 8.275(a) provide that orders granting termination of parental rights and directing that the child be placed for adoption are stayed by the filing of a notice of appeal....
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In Re Mad, 812 So. 2d 509 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 429071

...then filed her emergency motion for relief from stay with this court. Two rules and a statute address the effect that a notice of appeal of an order concerning termination of parental rights has on the placement of the children who are the subject of the order. Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.146(c)(2) and section 39.815(3), Florida Statutes (2001), both provide that an appeal of a termination order does not operate as a stay unless the order directs that a child be placed for subsequent adoption....
...39 were enacted by the Florida Legislature. Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure, 753 So.2d 1214, 1214 (Fla.1999). The appendix to the opinion adopting the amendments indicates that rule 8.275(a) was necessitated by the enactment of section 39.815(3). Id. at 1215. Consequently, rule 8.275(a) should be read in accord with section 39.815(3) as providing for an automatic stay in a termination case when the court has terminated parental rights and directed that the child be placed for subsequent adoption....
...l in this court under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.310(f). Thus, the absence of an automatic stay provision does not give the trial court unfettered discretion concerning placement of the children. In summary, we find that rule 9.146(c)(2), section 39.815(3), and rule 8.275(a) provide that orders granting termination of parental rights and directing that the child be placed for adoption are stayed by the filing of a notice of appeal....
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Rh v. Dept. of Child. & Fam. Servs., 994 So. 2d 1153 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 2811785

...(2007) (limiting the definition of a "party" under Chapter 39 to "the parent or parents of the child, the petitioner, the department, the guardian ad litem or the representative of the guardian ad litem program when the program has been appointed, and the child"). Section 39.815(1), Florida Statutes (2007), limits appeals after the termination of parental rights to "[a]ny child, any parent or guardian ad litem of any child, any other party to the proceeding who is affected by an order of the court, or the department...." Appellants R.H....
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In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juv. Procedure - 2019 Fast-Track Report (Fla. 2020).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...on .....(date)..... in .....(location)...... DONE AND ORDERED on .....(date)....., in .....(city and county)....., Florida. Circuit Judge NOTICE Under section 39.815, Florida Statutes, any child, any parent, guardian ad litem, or legal custodian of any child, any other party to the proceeding who is affected by an order of the court, or the department may appeal to the appropriate District Court of...
...DONE AND ORDERED on .....(date)....., in .......... County, Florida. - 61 - Circuit Judge Copies to: NOTICE Under section 39.815, Florida Statutes, any child, any parent, guardian ad litem, or legal custodian of any child, any other party to the proceeding who is affected by an order of the court, or the department may appeal to the appropriate District Court of...
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D.K.B. v. Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs., 890 So. 2d 1288 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 354

...The legislature, of course, is not permitted to create nonfinal appeals. The Florida Constitution specifies that only the. supreme court can create jurisdiction for interlocutory appeals in the district courts. See Art. V, § 4(b)(1), Fla. Const. (1968). Nothing in the legislative history of section 39.510(1) or section 39.815 suggests that the legislature was attempting to create a right of interlocutory appeal in violation of the Florida Constitution....

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