Florida Statute 68.096 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 68
MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS

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F.S. 68.096

68.096 Definitions.—For purposes of this act:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Legal Affairs.

(2) “Eligible client” means a person whose income is equal to or below 150 percent of the then-current federal poverty guidelines prescribed for the size of the household of the person seeking assistance by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or disabled veterans who are in receipt of, or eligible to receive, United States Department of Veterans Affairs pension benefits or supplemental security income.

(3) “Legal assistance” means the provision of civil legal services consistent with the rules regulating The Florida Bar, subject to the limitations in s. 68.098.

(4) “Not-for-profit legal aid organization” means a not-for-profit organization operated in this state that provides as its primary purpose civil legal services without charge to eligible clients.

History.—s. 3, ch. 2002-288; s. 2, ch. 2012-96; s. 13, ch. 2020-2.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 68.096

Level: Degree
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 68.096.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 68.096

Total Results: 14

Hilton v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-07-05

Citation: 961 So. 2d 284, 2007 WL 1932071

Snippet: view. South Dakota v. Opperman, 428 U.S. 364, 367-68, 96 S.Ct. 3092, 49 L.Ed.2d 1000 (1976) (citations,

RAYMOND JAMES FIN. SERVICES, INC. v. Saldukas

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-08-08

Citation: 851 So. 2d 853, 2003 WL 21819987

Snippet: 1238, 84 L.Ed.2d 158 (1985) (quoting H.R.Rep. No. 68-96, at 1 (1924)). Thus, the policy embodied in the

Doe v. Mortham

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-03-19

Citation: 708 So. 2d 929, 1998 WL 120280

Snippet: substantial governmental interests,"[20]id. at 68, 96 S.Ct. at 658, the Court narrowly limited the independent

Burch v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-02-18

Citation: 522 So. 2d 810, 1988 WL 12573

Snippet: 477 (Fla. Feb. 18, 1988); Grossman v. State, No. 68,096 (Fla. Feb. 18, 1988); Smith v. State, 515 So.2d

Holsworth v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-02-18

Citation: 522 So. 2d 348, 1988 WL 12569

Snippet: specially concurring); Grossman v. State, No. 68,096 (Fla. Feb. 18, 1988) (Shaw, J., specially concurring);

State v. Patrick

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-09-14

Citation: 437 So. 2d 217

Snippet: in South Dakota v. Opperman, 428 U.S. 364, 367-68, 96 S.Ct. 3092, 3096, 49 L.Ed.2d 1000, 1004 (1976)

Tout v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-11-18

Citation: 390 So. 2d 155, 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 18102

Snippet: premises resulting in damage in the amount of $9,068.96, which was paid to Greenwald by Hartford under

School Board of Sarasota County v. Florida Public Employees Relations Commission

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1976-06-02

Citation: 333 So. 2d 95, 92 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3712, 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 14507

Snippet: subject to judicial review under Fla.Stat. § 120.68 *96(1975). The City of Panama City, Florida v. The

Maeder v. Grayson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1969-10-28

Citation: 227 So. 2d 308, 1969 Fla. App. LEXIS 5074

Snippet: complaint with prejudice. An appeal was taken, case No. 68-96, and in a per curiam opinion, 222 So.2d 242, filed

Maeder v. Grayson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-11-19

Citation: 222 So. 2d 242, 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 4604

Snippet: PER CURIAM. The plaintiff below, Maeder, filed her complaint for a declaratory decree against Herman Grayson as Administrator of the Estate of Simon Silverman. Grayson filed a motion to dismiss and the trial court entered an order dismissing the complaint with prejudice, relying upon a previous opinion of this court in Grayson v. Maeder, Fla.App.1966, 186 So.2d 796. Appellant’s first point for reversal does not appear to have been raised in the trial court and cannot be raised for the first time

Riley v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-10-23

Citation: 214 So. 2d 766, 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 5045

Snippet: PIERCE, Judge. In this case appellant James Riley, Jr., appeals an order of the Pinellas County Circuit Court denying without hearing his motion to vacate, under former Criminal Procedure Rule No. 1, F.S.A. ch. 924 appendix, the judgment of conviction pre*767viously entered against him in a criminal case. Riley was originally charged in an information with uttering a forged money order, specifically that he had altered and raised a money order from $2.00 to $12.00. With Court-appointed counsel he

The Florida Bar v. Winn

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-03-20

Citation: 208 So. 2d 809, 1968 Fla. LEXIS 2316

Snippet: from In re Keenan, 287 Mass. 577, 192 N.E. 65, 68, 96 A.L.R. 679, text 682, 683. "It [disciplinary proceedings]

Application of Harper

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1956-01-11

Citation: 84 So. 2d 700, 54 A.L.R. 2d 1272

Snippet: Massachusetts, in Re Keenan, 287 Mass. 577, 192 N.E. 65, 68, 96 A.L.R. 679, text 682, 683, said: "The primary purpose

Shaw v. Hamm, Et Ux.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1938-08-01

Citation: 183 So. 19, 133 Fla. 722, 1938 Fla. LEXIS 1035

Snippet: ........... Interest ......................... 68.96 *Page 727 the total consideration therefor being