Florida Statute 985.534 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 985
JUVENILE JUSTICE; INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES

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985.534 Appeal.—

(1) An appeal from an order of the court affecting a party to a case involving a child under this chapter may be taken to the appropriate district court of appeal within the time and in the manner prescribed by s. 924.051 and the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure by:

(a) Any child, and any parent or legal guardian or custodian of any child.

(b) The state, which may appeal from:

1. An order dismissing a petition or any section thereof;

2. An order granting a new adjudicatory hearing;

3. An order arresting judgment;

4. A ruling on a question of law when the child is adjudicated delinquent and appeals from the judgment;

5. The disposition, on the ground that it is illegal;

6. A judgment discharging a child on habeas corpus;

7. An order adjudicating a child insane under the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure; and

8. All other preadjudicatory hearings, except that the state may not take more than one appeal under this subsection in any case.

In the case of an appeal by the state, the notice of appeal shall be filed by the appropriate state attorney or his or her authorized assistant under s. 27.18. Such an appeal shall embody all assignments of error in each preadjudicatory hearing order that the state seeks to have reviewed. The state shall pay all costs of the appeal except for the child’s attorney’s fee.

(2) The Department of Legal Affairs shall represent the state upon appeal and shall be notified of the appeal by the clerk when the notice of appeal is filed in the circuit court.

(3) The taking of an appeal shall not operate as a supersedeas in any case unless pursuant to an order of the court.

(4) The case on appeal shall be docketed, and any papers filed in the appellate court shall be entitled, with the initials but not the name of the child and the court case number, and the papers shall remain sealed in the office of the clerk of the appellate court when not in use by the appellate court and shall not be open to public inspection. The decision of the appellate court shall be likewise entitled and shall 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, shall remain in the office of the clerk of the 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. 5, ch. 90-208; s. 225, ch. 95-147; s. 42, ch. 97-238; s. 31, ch. 99-284; s. 67, ch. 2006-120.

Note.—Former s. 39.069; s. 985.234.

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Cases Citing Statute 985.534

Total Results: 8

State v. A.C.

44 So. 3d 1240, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 14541

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 1, 2010 | Docket: 60295554

Cited 2 times | Published

separate statutes: section 985.433(7)(b) and section 985.534(b)5., Florida Statutes (2009). Section 985

State v. AC

44 So. 3d 1240, 2010 WL 3808975

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 1, 2010 | Docket: 1928656

Cited 2 times | Published

separate statutes: section 985.433(7)(b) and section 985.534(b)5., Florida Statutes (2009). Section 985

State v. SS

40 So. 3d 6, 2010 WL 2382598

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 16, 2010 | Docket: 2399042

Cited 1 times | Published

K., 786 So.2d 24, 25 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). Section 985.534(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2009), provides a

I. R. v. STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 31, 2024 | Docket: 68814078

Published

Statutes, applies to cases involving juveniles. See § 985.534(1), Fla. Stat. (2022) (“An appeal from an order

STATE OF FLORIDA v. A. M. C.

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 1, 2024 | Docket: 67534780

Published

This appeal is before us pursuant to section 985.534(1)(b)1, Florida Statutes (2023), and Florida

State of Florida v. K. S.

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 20, 2015 | Docket: 2991514

Published

one from a “preadjudicatory hearing[ ],” section 985.534(1)(b)8., Florida Statutes (2007), but it is

State v. K.S.

177 So. 3d 294, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 14703, 2015 WL 5752615

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 2, 2015 | Docket: 60251167

Published

as one from a “preadjudicatory hearing! ],” section 985.534(l)(b)8., Florida Statutes (2007), but it is

State v. S.S.

40 So. 3d 6, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 8654

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 16, 2010 | Docket: 60295163

Published

K., 786 So.2d 24, 25 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). Section 985.534(l)(b), Florida Statutes (2009), provides a

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