4th Cir. Admin. Order 1998-17 — Administrative Order No. 98-17 Amended Legal Representation of Indigent Parents in Dependency Cases · BenchPath

4th Cir. Admin. Order 1998-17 — Administrative Order No. 98-17 Amended Legal Representation of Indigent Parents in Dependency Cases

High confidence· verified July 25, 2026Administrative Orders4th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order 1998-17 (Duval Clerk repository)

Summary

7 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1998-17.

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Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1998-17 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENT PARENTS IN DEPENDENCY CASES r- :5 WHEREAS, Chapter 39, Florida Statutes, was amended by the Florida Legislature to require legal representation of indigent parents in dependency cases commencing at the shelter hearing; lg WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature appropriated state funds to reimburse local governmental entities for such legal representation, and such funds shall be received by the Court Administrator from the Justice Administrative Commission, a state agency, • (B) That the attomeys contracting with the Court Administrator serving in this capacity shall • Attomeys shall have gained _; experience by participating in a minimum of one hundred (100) such legal representation cases and lg disposing of by Adjudicatory hearings at least thirty (30) such cases. • (C) That these attomeys shall be paid from state monies appropriated by the Florida • (D) That the qualifications of the attomeys specified in paragraph (B), the exigency of circumstances, uncertainty as to the anticipated number of` dependency cases, and the need to continue an evaluation ofthe statutorily-mandated changes to Chapter 39, Florida Statutes, shall be primary considerations by the Court Administrator in contracting with the attomey(s). • (F) That this Order shall be in effect immediately and remain in effect until fiirther Order of` the Court, and all terms and conditions set forth in this Administrative Order shall apply unless otherwise ordered by the Court. • M This Order shall be recorded in the Official Records of Duval County in the State of Florida, and G.

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LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENT PARENTS IN DEPENDENCY CASES r- :5 WHEREAS, Chapter 39, Florida Statutes, was amended by the Florida Legislature to require legal representation of indigent parents in dependency cases commencing at the shelter hearing; lg WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature appropriated state funds to reimburse local governmental entities for such legal representation, and such funds shall be received by the Court Administrator from the Justice Administrative Commission, a state agency,

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2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.

High confidence· verified August 3, 2026Fourth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A, filed 05/12/1988, published on the Duval Clerk's administrative-orders store — sha256-hashed 2026-08-03

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1 verbatim requirement from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2003-06.

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