DEFINITIONS AND COMMITTEE

(a) Juvenile Law. “Juvenile law” is the area of law that inherently and directly impacts children. It includes, but is not limited to, dependency, delinquency, and termination of parental rights matters. It does not include adoption matters or matters arising in the context of family law proceedings not consolidated with dependency or termination of parental rights matters.

(b) Trial. A “trial” is defined as substantially preparing a case for court, offering testimony or evidence, or cross-examination and submission of a case to the trier of fact for determination of the matter in an adversarial proceeding before a trier of fact. An applicant receives credit for 1 trial per case number, except that the applicant receives credit for:

(1) 2 trials for both dependency and termination of parental rights actions filed under a single case number; and

(2) 1 trial in a single consolidated dependency proceeding with multiple case numbers corresponding to related children.

(c) Appellate proceeding. An “appellate proceeding” is an action in a state or federal court seeking review of a decision of a lower tribunal.

(d) Juvenile Law Certification Committee. At least 3 members of the juvenile law certification committee must practice dependency law. At least 3 members of the juvenile law certification committee must practice delinquency law. New subchapter added May 21, 2015, corrected June 25, 2015, effective October 1, 2015 (SC14-2107); amended and effective July 19, 2019 by The Florida Bar Board of Governors; amended and effective December 4, 2020 by The Florida Bar Board of Governors. Amended and effective December 2, 2022 by The Florida Bar Board of Governors.