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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 827
ABUSE OF CHILDREN
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F.S. 827.01
827.01 Definitions.As used in this chapter:
(1) “Caregiver” means a parent, adult household member, or other person responsible for a child’s welfare.
(2) “Child” means any person under the age of 18 years.
(3) “Placement” means the giving or transferring of possession or custody of a child by any person to another person for adoption or with the intent or purpose of surrendering the control of the child.
History.s. 48, ch. 74-383; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 7, ch. 96-322.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 827.01
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 827.01.



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Cases Citing Statute 827.01

Total Results: 20

STATE OF FLORIDA v. JASON LUIS DOMENECH

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-05-08T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: of the phrase "underage girls," see § 827.01(2) (" 'Child' means any person under

STATE OF FLORIDA v. JASON LUIS DOMENECH

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-02-09T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: of the phrase "underage girls," see § 827.01(2) (" 'Child' means any person under

STATE OF FLORIDA v. JAMARLIN HUNTLEY

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-01-05T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: to” K.H., and (2) that K.H. was under 18. See §§ 827.01(2), 827.03(1)(b)2., Fla. Stat. (2017). On the entirely

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2017-06.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2018-02-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 236 So. 3d 282

Snippet: the normal activities of daily living. § 827.01(2), Fla. Stat. "Child" means…care community. As applied to a Child. § 827.01(1), Fla. Stat. "Caregiver" means

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—report 2016-01

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-03-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 213 So. 3d 680

Snippet: normal activities of daily living. £ 827.01(2). Fla. Stat. “Child” means anv person …care community. As applied to a Child. § 827.01(1). Fla. Stat “Caregiver” means a parent

Wheeler v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-11-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 203 So. 3d 1007

Snippet: child” as “any person under the age of 18 years.” § 827.01(2), Fla. Stat. (2014). The State’s Case at Trial

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES-REPORT NO. 2015-06

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-06-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 195 So. 3d 356

Snippet: child in need of services].] Definition. § 827.01(í2),.Fla. Stat. “Child” means any person

Braddy v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2012-11-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 111 So. 3d 810, 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 703, 2012 WL 5514368, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 2357

Snippet: other person responsible for a child’s welfare.” § 827.01(1), Fla. Stat. (1997). Braddy claims that he was

Kennedy v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-05-04T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 59 So. 3d 376

Snippet: 2d DCA 2009) ("Previous versions of section 827.01, Florida Statutes, defined torture for purposes

State v. Nowlin

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-12-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 50 So. 3d 79, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 19006, 2010 WL 5072109

Snippet: felony. The term “caregiver” is defined in section 827.01(a) as “a parent, adult household member, or other… person who is under the age of eighteen. See § 827.01(2), Fla. Stat. I do not think that the court can

Cox v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 1 So. 3d 1220

Snippet: a parent."). Previous versions of section 827.01, Florida Statutes, defined torture for purposes…constitute torture under previous version of sections 827.01 and 827.03). However, this definition was deleted…willful torture as previously defined in section 827.01. Id. In Snyder v. State, 564 So.2d 193 (Fla. 5th

State v. Christie

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-11-01T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 939 So. 2d 1078

Snippet: *1079 hours, as that term is defined in section 827.01(1). We conclude that a public school teacher is… a "caregiver," as defined by section 827.01(1), during school hours. Accordingly, we reverse…provide a child with care or supervision. Section 827.01(1), in turn, defines "caregiver" as &… responsible for a child's welfare." § 827.01(1), Fla. Stat. (2003). The trial court granted …school hours as that word is defined in section 827.01(1). Section 827.03(3) criminalizes child neglect

State v. Jenkins

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-09-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 910 So. 2d 934

Snippet: could not establish that Jenkins violated section 827.01 because she was not present at the time of the

Karwoski v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-02-17T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 867 So. 2d 486

Snippet: under 18 years" as the definition of child. § 827.01(2), Fla. Stat. (1996). As a result, the analysis

DuFresne v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2002-09-05T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 826 So. 2d 272

Snippet: chapter 827. For instance, as defined under section 827.01, "child abuse" includes intentional infliction

Durand v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-05-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 820 So. 2d 381

Snippet: person responsible for a *382child’s welfare.” § 827.01(1), Fla. Stat. (1999). Given his position in the

Standard Jury Instructions In Criminal Cases—Submission 2001-1

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2002-05-09T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 824 So. 2d 881

Snippet: chapter 827 relating to abuse of children. See § 827.01, Fla. Stat. (2001); ch. 96-322, § 7, at 1770, Laws…harm. ■Definitions; — give—if—la—alleged—Fv& 827.01(3) “Torture” means — every -act-, omission, -or

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2001-08-02T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: defined in s. 39.01,12 a child as defined in s. 827.01,13 a family as defined in s. 414.0252, a participant…emancipated by order of the court." 13 Section 827.01(2), Fla. Stat., defines a "[c]hild" for

Zile v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-05-20T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 710 So. 2d 729

Snippet: willfully and unlawfully cages a child. Section 827.01(3) defines "torture" as "every act…unjustifiable pain or suffering," as defined in § 827.01(3). However, we do reverse Appellant's conviction

State v. Cohen

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1997-07-02T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 696 So. 2d 435

Snippet: raise the constitutional argument that section 827.01 *440 lacked definiteness such that it failed to