12-15-60
Section 12-15-60 Filing of petition and conduct of hearing as to necessity for continuation
of detention or shelter care. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 12-15-207
BY ACT 2008-277, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-123; Acts 1990,
No. 90-674, p. 1304, §8.)...
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12-15-207
Section 12-15-207 Filing of petition and conduct of hearing as to necessity for continuation
of detention or shelter care of a child; violation of probation and aftercare. (a) When a
child is not released from detention or shelter care as provided in Section 12-15-127, a petition
shall be filed and a hearing held within 72 hours of placement in detention or shelter care,
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays included, to determine probable cause and to determine whether
or not continued detention or shelter care is required. (b) Notice of the detention or shelter
care hearing, either verbal or written, stating the date, time, place, and purpose of the
hearing and the right to counsel shall be given by a juvenile probation officer to the parent,
legal guardian, or legal custodian if they can be found and to the child if the child is over
12 years of age . (c) At the commencement of the detention or shelter care hearing, the juvenile
court shall advise the parent, legal guardian, legal...
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12-15-208
Section 12-15-208 Facilities to be used for detention or shelter care of children generally;
when child may be detained in jail or other facility for detention of adults; notification
of juvenile court, when child received at facility for detention of adult offenders or persons
charged with crimes; development of statewide system; Department of Youth Services to subsidize
detention in regional facilities, may contract for detention; transfer of child to detention
facility, when case transferred from juvenile court for criminal prosecution. (a) Persons
who shall not be detained or confined in secure custody include all of the following: (1)
STATUS OFFENDERS. Effective October 1, 2009, status offenders, as defined in this article,
shall not be detained or confined in secure custody, except that a status offender who is
charged with or who commits a violation of a valid court order may be detained in secure custody
in a juvenile detention facility for up to 72 hours in any six-month...
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12-15-69
Section 12-15-69 Ordering and preparation of predisposition study and report concerning child,
family, etc.; ordering, conduct, and certification of findings of physical or mental examination
of child prior to hearing on petition generally; examination of parent or custodian after
hearing where ability to care for or supervise child in issue. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND
RENUMBERED AS SECTION 12-15-214 BY ACT 2008-277, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009. (Acts 1975, No.
1205, p. 2384, §5-127.)...
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12-15-203
Section 12-15-203 Transfer of cases from juvenile court. (a) A prosecutor, before a hearing
on a delinquency petition on its merits and after notifying, verbally or in writing, the juvenile
probation officer, may file a motion requesting the juvenile court judge to transfer a child
for criminal prosecution to the circuit or district court, if the child was 14 or more years
of age at the time of the conduct charged and is alleged to have committed an act which would
constitute a criminal offense as defined by this code if committed by an adult. (b) The juvenile
court judge shall conduct a hearing on all motions for the purpose of determining whether
it is in the best interests of the child or the public to grant the motion. Only if there
are no reasonable grounds to believe the child is committable to an institution, department,
or agency for individuals with an intellectual disability or mental illness, may the juvenile
court judge order the case transferred for criminal prosecution....
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12-15-130
Section 12-15-130 Ordering, conduct, and certification of findings of mental and physical examinations
of children; minors or children believed to be individuals with a mental illness or an intellectual
disability; treatment or care for children; payment; authority to order emergency medical
care for children. (a) Where there are indications that a child may be physically ill, a child
with mental illness or an intellectual disability, or an evaluation of a child is needed to
help determine issues of competency to understand judicial proceedings, mental state at the
time of the offense, or the ability of the child to assist his or her attorney, the juvenile
court, on its own motion or motion by the prosecutor, or that of the child's attorney or guardian
ad litem for the child, may order the child to be examined at a suitable place by a physician,
psychiatrist, psychologist, or other qualified examiner, under the supervision of a physician,
psychiatrist, or psychologist who shall certify...
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12-15-308
Section 12-15-308 Filing of petition and conduct of 72-hour hearing as to necessity for continuation
of shelter care of a child. (a) When a child alleged to be dependent has been removed from
the custody of the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and has not been returned to
same, a hearing shall be held within 72 hours from the time of removal, Saturdays, Sundays,
and holidays included, to determine whether continued shelter care is required. (b) Notice
of the 72-hour hearing requirement, either verbal or written, stating the date, time, place,
and purpose of the hearing and the right to counsel shall be given to the parent, legal guardian,
or legal custodian if he or she can be found. (c) At the commencement of the 72-hour hearing
requirement, the juvenile court shall advise the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian
of the right to counsel and shall appoint counsel if the juvenile court determines he or she
is indigent. If the juvenile court already has not done so, it...
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12-15-59
Section 12-15-59 Authority and criteria for continuation of detention or shelter care of children
taken into custody. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 12-15-128 BY ACT 2008-277,
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-121.)...
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12-15-62
Section 12-15-62 Child to be released when full-time detention or shelter care not required;
conditions imposed upon release; amendment of conditions or return of child to custody upon
failure to conform to conditions imposed; permanency hearing. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND
RENUMBERED AS SECTION 12-15-209 BY ACT 2008-277, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009. (Acts 1975, No.
1205, p. 2384, §5-123; Acts 1990, No. 90-674, p. 1304, §10; Act 98-372, p. 677, §1.)...

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12-15-151
Section 12-15-151 Requisites for order; notice and hearing; evidentiary standard; showing of
necessity to protect health or safety of child, child's best interest. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED
AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 12-15-139 BY ACT 2008-277, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009. (Acts 1991,
No. 91-661, p. 1265, §2.)...
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