Florida Statute 409.404 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XXX
SOCIAL WELFARE

Chapter 409
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

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F.S. 409.404

409.404 Agreements between party state officers and agencies.—

(1) The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions having authority to place children are hereby empowered to enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states pursuant to paragraph (b) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, s. 409.401. Any such agreement which contains a financial commitment or imposes a financial obligation on this state or subdivision or agency thereof shall not be binding unless it has the approval in writing of the Secretary of Children and Families in the case of the state.

(2) Any requirements for visitation, inspection, or supervision of children, homes, institutions, or other agencies in another party state which may apply under the provisions of chapter 63 and this chapter shall be deemed to be met if performed pursuant to an agreement entered into by appropriate agencies of this state or a subdivision thereof as contemplated by paragraph (b) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, s. 409.401.

History.—ss. 5, 6, ch. 74-317; s. 122, ch. 97-101; s. 191, ch. 2014-19.

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State, Dept. of Children & Family Services v. LG

801 So. 2d 1047, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 18240, 2001 WL 1645365

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 26, 2001 | Docket: 1744732

Cited 8 times | Published

Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children." § 409.404(1), Fla. Stat. (2000). The Department having failed

Guardian Ad Litem v. Department of Children and Families

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 26, 2025 | Docket: 69676095

Published

understanding or other form of agreement. See § 409.404, Fla. Stat. (authorizing interstate agreements

State Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Castagnino

429 So. 2d 102, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 18973

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 8, 1983 | Docket: 64596020

Published

CAMPBELL and LEHAN, JJ., concur. . We note that section 409.404, Florida Statutes (1981), provides that any

Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Lasky Baby

416 So. 2d 1148, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 19748

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 7, 1982 | Docket: 64591252

Published

Children, Section 409.401, Florida Statutes; Section 409.-404, Florida Statutes. Accordingly, we conclude