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Title 33: Human Services

Chapter 052: Delinquency Proceedings

• Subchapter 001: COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS.
•    § 5201. Commencement of delinquency proceedings

•    § 5202. Order of adjudication; noncriminal

•    § 5203. Transfer from other courts

•    § 5204. Transfer from Family Division of the Superior Court

•    § 5204a. Jurisdiction over adult defendant for crime committed when defendant was under 19 years of age

•    § 5205. Fingerprints; photographs

•    § 5206. Citation of 16- to 18-year-olds [Section 5206 effective until April 1, 2025; see also section 5206 effective April 1, 2025 set out below.]

•    § 5206. Citation of 16- to 19-year-olds [Section 5206 effective April 1, 2025; see also section 5206 effective until April 1, 2025 set out above.]

• Subchapter 002: PETITION, MERITS, AND DISPOSITION
•    § 5221. Citation and notice to appear at preliminary hearing

•    § 5222. Petition; contents

•    § 5223. Filing of petition

•    § 5224. Failure to appear at preliminary hearing

•    § 5225. Preliminary hearing; risk assessment

•    § 5226. Repealed. 2015, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 36.

•    § 5227. Timelines for pretrial and merits hearing

•    § 5228. Constitutional protections for a child in delinquency proceedings

•    § 5229. Merits adjudication

•    § 5230. Disposition case plan

•    § 5231. Disposition hearing

•    § 5232. Disposition order

•    § 5233. Repealed. 2015, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 36.

•    § 5234. Rights of victims in delinquency proceedings involving a listed crime

•    § 5234a. Rights of victims in delinquency proceedings involving a nonlisted crime

•    § 5235. Juvenile restitution

• Subchapter 003: CHILDREN IN CUSTODY
•    § 5251. Taking into custody

•    § 5252. Request for emergency care order

•    § 5253. Emergency care order; conditional custody order

•    § 5254. Notice of emergency care order and temporary care hearing

•    § 5255. Temporary care hearing

•    § 5256. Temporary care order

•    § 5257. Filing of initial case plan

•    § 5258. Postdisposition review and permanency review for delinquents in custody

•    § 5258a. Duration of conditional custody orders postdisposition

• Subchapter 004: PROBATION
•    § 5261. Powers and responsibilities of the Commissioner regarding juvenile probation

•    § 5262. Conditions of probation

•    § 5263. Juvenile probation certificate

•    § 5264. Modification of conditions

•    § 5265. Violation of conditions of probation

•    § 5266. Summons, apprehension, and prehearing placement of juvenile probationer

•    § 5267. Previolation hearing

•    § 5268. Notice; violation hearing

•    § 5269. Disposition alternatives upon violation of conditions of probation

•    § 5270. Final judgment

•    § 5271. Discharge from probation

•    § 5272. Juvenile Justice Unit; Juvenile Justice Director

• Subchapter 005: YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS
•    §§ 5280-5288. Repealed. 2017, No. 72, § 8, eff. July 1, 2018.

• Subchapter 006: PLACEMENT IN SECURE FACILITIES
•    § 5291. Detention or treatment of individuals charged as delinquents in secure facilities for the detention or treatment of delinquent children

•    § 5292. Detention in adult facilities of minors charged or adjudicated as delinquents

•    § 5293. Disposition of minors adjudicated as adult offenders; separation of persons under 18 years from adults

•    § 5294. Interests of justice hearing

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