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| 19 | | - | risk protection order proceeding and the right to have 6 |
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| 20 | | - | an attorney appointed if he or she cannot afford one; 7 |
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| 21 | | - | authorizing a private counsel who is appointed to 8 |
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| 22 | | - | represent the respondent in a risk protection order t o 9 |
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| 23 | | - | be compensated; requiring specified notice to a 10 |
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| 24 | | - | respondent; conforming a provision to changes made by 11 |
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| 25 | | - | the act; amending s. 27.51, F.S.; authorizing a public 12 |
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| 26 | | - | defender to represent a person who is named as the 13 |
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| 27 | | - | respondent in a risk protection order; amendin g s. 14 |
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| 28 | | - | 27.511, F.S.; authorizing the office of criminal 15 |
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| 29 | | - | conflict and civil regional counsel to represent a 16 |
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| 30 | | - | person who is named as the respondent in a risk 17 |
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| 31 | | - | protection order in specified circumstances; 18 |
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| 32 | | - | conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 27.5304, 19 |
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| 33 | | - | F.S.; specifying the compensation for a private 20 |
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| 34 | | - | counsel who is appointed to represent a respondent in 21 |
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| 36 | | - | references; amending s. 39.815, F.S.; conforming a 23 |
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| 37 | | - | cross-reference; providing an effective date. 24 |
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| 17 | + | amending s. 790.401, F.S.; providing that a respondent 4 |
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| 18 | + | may be represented by counsel; providing for 5 |
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| 19 | + | appointment of counsel for an indigent respondent; 6 |
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| 20 | + | providing an effective date. 7 |
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| 22 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 |
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| 24 | + | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 11 |
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| 25 | + | 790.401, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 12 |
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| 26 | + | 790.401 Risk protection orders. — 13 |
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| 27 | + | (3) RISK PROTECTION ORDER HEARINGS AND ISSUANCE. — 14 |
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| 28 | + | (a) Upon receipt of a petition, the court must order a 15 |
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| 29 | + | hearing to be held no later than 14 days after the date of the 16 |
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| 30 | + | order and must issue a notice of hearing to the respondent for 17 |
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| 31 | + | the same. 18 |
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| 32 | + | 1. The clerk of the court shall cause a copy of the notice 19 |
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| 33 | + | of hearing and petition to be forwarded on or before the next 20 |
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| 34 | + | business day to the appropriate law enforcement agency for 21 |
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| 35 | + | service upon the respondent as provided in subsection (5). 22 |
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| 36 | + | 2. The court may, as provided in subsection (4), issue a 23 |
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| 37 | + | temporary ex parte risk protection order pending the hearing 24 |
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| 38 | + | ordered under this subsection. Such temporary ex parte order 25 |
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| 51 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 26 |
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| 53 | | - | Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (2) and 28 |
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| 54 | | - | paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (3) of section 790.401, 29 |
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| 55 | | - | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 30 |
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| 56 | | - | 790.401 Risk protection orders. — 31 |
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| 57 | | - | (2) PETITION FOR A RISK PROTECTION ORDER. —There is created 32 |
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| 58 | | - | an action known as a petition for a risk protection order. 33 |
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| 59 | | - | (c) The respondent has a right to be represented by an 34 |
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| 60 | | - | attorney. If the respondent is indigent and desires 35 |
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| 61 | | - | representation, the court shall app oint an attorney as provided 36 |
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| 62 | | - | in s. 27.40. However, such petition for a risk protection order 37 |
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| 64 | | - | (d) Notwithstanding any other law, attorney fees may not 39 |
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| 65 | | - | be awarded in any proceeding under this section. However, this 40 |
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| 66 | | - | paragraph does not preclude a private counsel who is appointed 41 |
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| 67 | | - | to represent an indigent respondent from being compensated as 42 |
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| 68 | | - | provided under s. 27.5304. 43 |
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| 69 | | - | (3) RISK PROTECTION ORDER HEARINGS AND ISSUANCE. — 44 |
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| 70 | | - | (a) Upon receipt of a petit ion, the court must order a 45 |
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| 71 | | - | hearing to be held no later than 14 days after the date of the 46 |
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| 72 | | - | order and must issue a notice of hearing to the respondent for 47 |
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| 73 | | - | the same. Such notice of hearing must inform the respondent of 48 |
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| 74 | | - | his or her right to be represented by a n attorney and inform the 49 |
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| 75 | | - | respondent that if he or she is indigent and desires 50 |
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| 90 | | - | 1. The clerk of the court shall cause a copy of the notice 53 |
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| 91 | | - | of hearing and petition to be forwarded on or before the next 54 |
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| 92 | | - | business day to the appropriate law enforcement agency for 55 |
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| 94 | | - | 2. The court may, as provided in subsection (4), issue a 57 |
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| 96 | | - | ordered under this subsection. Such temporary ex parte order 59 |
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| 101 | | - | exceptional circumstances. The court must receive assurances of 64 |
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| 104 | | - | (d) A person, including an officer of the court, who 67 |
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| 105 | | - | offers evidence or recommendations relat ing to the cause of 68 |
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| 106 | | - | action either must present the evidence or recommendations in 69 |
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| 107 | | - | writing to the court with copies to each party and his or her 70 |
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| 108 | | - | attorney, if one is retained or appointed, or must present the 71 |
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| 110 | | - | present. 73 |
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| 111 | | - | Section 2. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (1) of 74 |
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| 127 | | - | 27.51 Duties of public defender.— 78 |
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| 128 | | - | (1) The public defender shall represent, without 79 |
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| 129 | | - | additional compensation, any person determined to be indigent 80 |
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| 130 | | - | under s. 27.52 and: 81 |
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| 131 | | - | (e) Named as the respondent in a petition filed before a 82 |
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| 132 | | - | circuit court for a risk protection order pursuant t o s. 83 |
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| 133 | | - | 790.401; 84 |
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| 134 | | - | Section 3. Paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) of subsection (5) 85 |
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| 140 | | - | counsel; legislative intent; qualifications; appointment; 91 |
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| 141 | | - | duties.— 92 |
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| 142 | | - | (5) When the Office of the Public Defender, at any time 93 |
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| 143 | | - | during the representation of two or more defendants, determines 94 |
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| 144 | | - | that the interests of those accused are so adverse or hostile 95 |
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| 145 | | - | that they cannot all be counseled by the public defender or his 96 |
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| 146 | | - | or her staff without a conflict of interest, or that none can be 97 |
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| 147 | | - | counseled by the public defender o r his or her staff because of 98 |
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| 148 | | - | a conflict of interest, and the court grants the public 99 |
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| 162 | | - | and civil regional counsel shall be appointed and shall provide 101 |
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| 163 | | - | legal services, without additional compensa tion, to any person 102 |
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| 164 | | - | determined to be indigent under s. 27.52, who is: 103 |
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| 165 | | - | (e) Named as the respondent in a petition filed before a 104 |
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| 166 | | - | circuit court for a risk protection order pursuant to s. 105 |
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| 167 | | - | 790.401; 106 |
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| 168 | | - | (8) The public defender for the judicial circuit specified 107 |
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| 169 | | - | in s. 27.51(4) shall, after the record on appeal is transmitted 108 |
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| 170 | | - | to the appellate court by the office of criminal conflict and 109 |
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| 171 | | - | civil regional counsel which handled the trial and if requested 110 |
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| 172 | | - | by the regional counsel for the indicated appellate district, 111 |
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| 173 | | - | handle all circuit court and county court appeals authorized 112 |
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| 174 | | - | pursuant to paragraph (5)(g) (5)(f) within the state courts 113 |
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| 175 | | - | system and any authorized appeals to the federal courts required 114 |
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| 176 | | - | of the official making the request. If the public defender 115 |
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| 177 | | - | certifies to the court that the public defender has a conflict 116 |
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| 178 | | - | consistent with the criteria prescribed in s. 27.5303 and moves 117 |
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| 179 | | - | to withdraw, the regional counsel shall handle the appeal, 118 |
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| 180 | | - | unless the regional counsel has a conflict, in which case the 119 |
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| 181 | | - | court shall appoint pri vate counsel pursuant to s. 27.40. 120 |
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| 182 | | - | Section 4. Subsections (6) through (13) of section 121 |
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| 183 | | - | 27.5304, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (7) 122 |
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| 184 | | - | through (14), respectively, subsection (2) and paragraph (b) of 123 |
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| 185 | | - | subsection (11) are amended, and a new su bsection (6) is added 124 |
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| 199 | | - | 27.5304 Private court -appointed counsel; compensation; 126 |
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| 200 | | - | notice.— 127 |
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| 201 | | - | (2) The Justice Administrative Commission shall review an 128 |
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| 202 | | - | intended billing by private court -appointed counsel for attorney 129 |
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| 203 | | - | fees based on a flat fee per case for completeness and 130 |
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| 204 | | - | compliance with contractual and statutory requirements. The 131 |
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| 205 | | - | commission may approve the intended bill for a flat fee per case 132 |
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| 206 | | - | for payment without approval by the court if the intended 133 |
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| 207 | | - | billing is correct. An intended bil ling that seeks compensation 134 |
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| 208 | | - | for any amount exceeding the flat fee established for a 135 |
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| 209 | | - | particular type of representation, as prescribed in the General 136 |
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| 210 | | - | Appropriations Act, shall comply with subsections (12) and (13) 137 |
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| 211 | | - | subsections (11) and (12) . 138 |
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| 212 | | - | (6) The compensation for representation in a risk 139 |
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| 213 | | - | protection order proceeding under s. 790.401 may not exceed 140 |
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| 214 | | - | $1,000. 141 |
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| 215 | | - | (11) It is the intent of the Legislature that the flat 142 |
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| 216 | | - | fees prescribed under this section and the General 143 |
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| 217 | | - | Appropriations Act comprise the full and com plete compensation 144 |
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| 218 | | - | for private court-appointed counsel. It is further the intent of 145 |
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| 219 | | - | the Legislature that the fees in this section are prescribed for 146 |
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| 220 | | - | the purpose of providing counsel with notice of the limit on the 147 |
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| 221 | | - | amount of compensation for representation in particular 148 |
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| 222 | | - | proceedings and the sole procedure and requirements for 149 |
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| 223 | | - | obtaining payment for the same. 150 |
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| 237 | | - | representation prior to the full performance of his or her 152 |
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| 238 | | - | duties through the completion of t he case and the court appoints 153 |
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| 239 | | - | a subsequent attorney, the total compensation for the initial 154 |
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| 240 | | - | and any and all subsequent attorneys may not exceed the flat fee 155 |
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| 241 | | - | established under this section and the General Appropriations 156 |
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| 245 | | - | attorney that he or she will not be compensated the full flat 160 |
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| 250 | | - | (1) Any child, any parent or guardian ad litem of any 165 |
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| 251 | | - | child, any other party to the proceeding who is affected by an 166 |
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| 252 | | - | order of the court, or the department may appeal to the 167 |
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| 253 | | - | appropriate district court of appeal within the time and in the 168 |
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| 254 | | - | manner prescribed by t he Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure. 169 |
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| 255 | | - | The district court of appeal shall give an appeal from an order 170 |
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| 256 | | - | terminating parental rights priority in docketing and shall 171 |
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| 257 | | - | render a decision on the appeal as expeditiously as possible. 172 |
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| 258 | | - | Appointed counsel shall be co mpensated as provided in s. 173 |
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| 259 | | - | 27.5304(7) s. 27.5304(6). 174 |
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| 260 | | - | Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 175 |
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| 51 | + | must be served concurrently with the notice of hearing and 26 |
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| 52 | + | petition as provided in subsection (5). 27 |
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| 53 | + | 3. The court may conduct a hearing by telephone pursuant 28 |
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| 54 | + | to a local court rule to reasonably accommodate a disability or 29 |
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| 55 | + | exceptional circumstances. The court must receive assurances o f 30 |
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| 56 | + | the petitioner's identity before conducting a telephonic 31 |
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| 57 | + | hearing. 32 |
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| 58 | + | 4. The respondent may be represented by counsel. If the 33 |
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| 59 | + | respondent is indigent and desires representation, counsel shall 34 |
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| 60 | + | be appointed as provided in s. 27.40. 35 |
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