FL · rules
Fla. R. Juv. P. Form 8.942
Order of Involuntary Waiver
ORDER OF INVOLUNTARY WAIVER
A petition was filed in this cause on.....(date)...... Prior to the
adjudicatory hearing on the petition, the State of Florida filed a
motion requesting that the court waive its jurisdiction and certify
the case to the appropriate court for trial as if the child were an
adult. This cause came before the court on the motion.
The following were present.....(names)..... with.....(name).....,
representing the State of Florida and.....(name)....., representing
the Department of Juvenile Justice.
The court heard the evidence presented by the State of Florida
and the child to determine whether the jurisdiction of this court
should be waived and the case certified to the appropriate court for
trial as if the child were an adult. The court finds that it is in the
public interest that the jurisdiction of this court be waived and that
the case be certified to the appropriate court having jurisdiction to
try an adult who is charged with a like offense based on the
following findings of fact:
1. Age of child..........
2. Seriousness of alleged offense....................
3. Manner of commission of offense....................
4. Nature of offense (person or property)....................
5. Probable cause as found in the report, affidavit, or
complaint....................
6. Desirability of trial and disposition of entire offense in
one court....................
7. Sophistication and maturity of the child....................
8. Record and previous history of the child....................
9. Prospects for adequate protection of the public and
rehabilitation of child.............
IT IS ADJUDGED that the jurisdiction of this court is waived
and that this case is transferred to the.....(court)..... for trial as if
the child were an adult.
The child shall be held by the sheriff of this county unless a
bond in the amount of $.......... is posted. The child shall appear
before.....(court)..... on.....(date)..... to answer the State of Florida
on the foregoing charges.
DONE AND ORDERED in chambers at...................., Florida,
on.....(date)......
Circuit Judge
Provenance
- Source
- floridabar.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-14
- Edition
- 2026-09-14
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