Opinion ID: 1833546
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Heading: Civil Disabilities

Text: We also note that section 985.233(4)(b) specifically states that adjudications of delinquency should not operate to impose any of the civil disabilities ordinarily resulting from a conviction. Section 775.21(6)( l ) of the Predator Act requires a sexual predator to register with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for life, with a limited right to petition for removal of predator status after twenty years. [11] Moreover, FDLE is required to notify the community where a registered predator is living of his or her presence. Clearly, requiring J.M. to register as a sexual predator and subjecting him to public notice of this status for a lifetime would impose serious civil disabilities upon J.M. contrary to the provisions of section 985.233(4)(b).