FAQ - What is the Juvenile Act?

FAQ: What is the Juvenile Act?

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What is the Juvenile Act?

Answer

The Juvenile Act, as amended
Summary of Definitions

Dependent child - a child who:

Is without proper parental care or control, subsistence, education as required by law, or other care or control necessary for his/her physical, mental, or emotional health, or morals;
Has been placed for care or adoption in violation of law;
Has been abandoned by his/her parents, guardian or other custodian;
Is without a parent, guardian or other custodian;
While subject to compulsory school attendance is habitually and without justification truant from school;
Has committed a specific act or acts of habitual disobedience of the reasonable and lawful commands of his/her parent, guardian, or other custodian and who is ungovernable and found to be in need of care, treatment or supervision;
Is under the age of ten and has committed a delinquent act;
Has been formerly adjudicated Dependent, and who is under the jurisdiction of the court, subject to its conditions or placements and who commits an act which is defined as ungovernable; or
Has been referred pursuant to an Informal Adjustment and who commits an act which is defined as ungovernable.

Delinquent child - a child ten years of age or older whom the court has found to have committed a delinquent act and is in need of treatment, supervision or rehabilitation.

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