Florida Statute 985.01 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 985
JUVENILE JUSTICE; INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES

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F.S. 985.01

985.01 Purposes and intent.—

(1) The purposes of this chapter are:

(a) To increase public safety by reducing juvenile delinquency through effective prevention, intervention, and treatment services that strengthen and reform the lives of children.

(b) To provide judicial and other procedures to assure due process through which children, victims, and other interested parties are assured fair hearings by a respectful and respected court or other tribunal and the recognition, protection, and enforcement of their constitutional and other legal rights, while ensuring that public safety interests and the authority and dignity of the courts are adequately protected.

(c) To provide an environment that fosters healthy social, emotional, intellectual, educational, and physical development; to ensure secure and safe custody; and to promote the health and well-being of all children under the state’s care.

(d) To ensure the protection of society, by providing for a comprehensive standardized assessment of the child’s needs so that the most appropriate control, discipline, punishment, and treatment can be administered consistent with the seriousness of the act committed, the community’s long-term need for public safety, the prior record of the child, and the specific rehabilitation needs of the child, while also providing, whenever possible, restitution to the victim of the offense.

(e) To preserve and strengthen the child’s family ties whenever possible, by providing for removal of the child from the physical custody of a parent only when his or her welfare or the safety and protection of the public cannot be adequately safeguarded without such removal; and, when the child is removed from his or her own family, to secure custody, care, and discipline for the child as nearly as possible equivalent to that which should have been given by the parents.

(f)1. To assure that the adjudication and disposition of a child alleged or found to have committed a violation of Florida law be exercised with appropriate discretion and in keeping with the seriousness of the offense and the need for treatment services, and that all findings made under this chapter be based upon facts presented at a hearing that meets the constitutional standards of fundamental fairness and due process.

2. To assure that the sentencing and placement of a child tried as an adult be appropriate and in keeping with the seriousness of the offense and the child’s need for rehabilitative services, and that the proceedings and procedures applicable to such sentencing and placement be applied within the full framework of constitutional standards of fundamental fairness and due process.

(g) To provide children committed to the department with training in life skills, including career and technical education, when appropriate.

(h) To care for children in the least restrictive and most appropriate service environments to ensure that children assessed as low and moderate risk to reoffend are not committed to residential programs, unless the court deems such placement appropriate.

(i) To allocate resources for the most effective programs, services, and treatments to ensure that children, their families, and their community support systems are connected with these programs at the points along the juvenile justice continuum where they will have the most impact.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that this chapter be liberally interpreted and construed in conformity with its declared purposes.

History.—s. 1, ch. 97-238; s. 12, ch. 2001-125; s. 64, ch. 2004-267; ss. 2, 87, ch. 2006-120; s. 1, ch. 2014-162.

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Amendments to 985.01

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 985.01

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 985.01.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 985.01

Total Results: 20

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Contract and Business Cases-2018 Report.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-12-06

Citation: 260 So. 3d 87

Snippet: Florida Rule of Civil Procedure Form 1.985 1.470(b) provides: The forms of Florida

D.V. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-03-22

Citation: 216 So. 3d 3, 2017 WL 1076938, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 3774

Snippet: unless the court deems such placement appropriate. § 985.01(l)(c)(d)(g) & (h), Florida Statutes (2015). To

D.G. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-03-25

Citation: 170 So. 3d 1, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 4250, 2015 WL 1312646

Snippet: delinquency. § 985.03(21), Fla. Stat. (2007); see also § 985.01-.02, Fla. Stat. (2007). 4 So.3d at 628 (footnotes

City of Jacksonville v. Smith

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-02-26

Citation: 159 So. 3d 888, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 2703, 2015 WL 798154

Snippet: Fairness Act” are eliminated. . See, e.g., § 985.01(l)(f), Fla. Stat. (juvenile justice hearing must

J.A.B. v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-01-07

Citation: 25 So. 3d 554, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 5, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 5

Snippet: of the offense. § 985.01 (l)(c), Fla. Stat. (2005) (emphasis added); see also § 985.01(l)(c), Fla. Stat

JAB v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-01-07

Citation: 25 So. 3d 554, 2010 WL 26540

Snippet: the offense. § 985.01(1)(c), Fla. Stat. (2005) (emphasis added); see also § 985.01(1)(c), Fla. Stat

B.O. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-11-25

Citation: 25 So. 3d 586, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 17688

Snippet: involving the search without further comment. . § 985.01(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2008). . 387 U.S. at 33-34

BO v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-11-25

Citation: 25 So. 3d 586, 2009 WL 4061010

Snippet: involving the search without further comment. [2] § 985.01(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2008). [3] 387 U.S. at 33-34

State v. WW

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-08-28

Citation: 16 So. 3d 305, 2009 WL 2632174

Snippet: traffic offenses as provided in chapters 316 and 985. [1] Under the statutory scheme, a juvenile's felony

E.A.R. v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-01-30

Citation: 4 So. 3d 614, 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 120, 2009 Fla. LEXIS 150

Snippet: delinquency. § 985.03(21), Fla. Stat. (2007); see also § 985.01-.02, Fla. Stat. (2007). Conversely, in the decision

EAR v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-01-30

Citation: 4 So. 3d 614, 2009 WL 217979

Snippet: delinquency. § 985.03(21), Fla. Stat. (2007); see also § 985.01-.02, Fla. Stat. (2007). Conversely, in the decision

J.A.B. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-11-05

Citation: 993 So. 2d 1150, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 16973

Snippet: obtaining employment is inappropriate. Section 985.01(l)(e) states that the purposes of the juvenile

JAB v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-11-05

Citation: 993 So. 2d 1150, 2008 WL 4790946

Snippet: obtaining employment is inappropriate. Section 985.01(1)(c) states that the purposes of the juvenile

M.P. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-08-29

Citation: 988 So. 2d 1266, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 12884, 2008 WL 3978209

Snippet: better or worse — a creature of statute. See §§ 985.01-.807, Fla. Stat. (2007). This arrangement imposes

BM v. Dobuler

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-03-19

Citation: 979 So. 2d 308, 2008 WL 724124

Snippet: isfor better or worsea creature of statute. See §§ 985.01-.807, Fla. Stat. (2007). This arrangement imposes

K.Q.S. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-01-31

Citation: 975 So. 2d 536, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 985

Snippet: and dignity of a court or judge.”); see also § 985.01(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2007) (stating that one of the

KQS v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-01-31

Citation: 975 So. 2d 536, 2008 WL 244938

Snippet: and dignity of a court or judge."); see also § 985.01(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2007) (stating that one of the

Robbins v. McGrath

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-04-30

Citation: 955 So. 2d 633, 2007 WL 1238631

Snippet: the costs awarded by the trial court included $2,985.01 in nontaxable costs, including charges for undifferentiated

V.K.E. v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-07-06

Citation: 934 So. 2d 1276, 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 505, 2006 Fla. LEXIS 1475

Snippet: re C.J.W., 377 So.2d 22, 24 (Fla.1979)). Section 985.01 provides that the purposes of the chapter are,

VKE v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-07-06

Citation: 934 So. 2d 1276, 2006 WL 1838948

Snippet: re C.J.W., 377 So.2d 22, 24 (Fla.1979)). Section 985.01 provides that the purposes of the chapter are,