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§ 16.1-226. Short title - The short title of the statutes embraced in this chapter...
§ 16.1-227. Purpose and intent - This law shall be construed liberally and as remedial in...
§ 16.1-228. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 16.1-229. This chapter controlling in event of conflict - Whenever any specific provision of this chapter differs from or...
§ 16.1-229.1. Removal of a child; names and contact information of persons with a legitimate interest - In any proceeding held pursuant to this chapter in which...
§ 16.1-230. Organization and operation of juvenile and domestic relations district courts - The provisions of Chapter 4.1 (§ 16.1-69.1 et seq.) of...
§ 16.1-231. Rules of procedure - The chief judge may adopt and publish rules not in...
§ 16.1-232. Attorney for the Commonwealth to prosecute certain cases and represent Commonwealth on appeal - The attorney for the Commonwealth shall prosecute felony charges before...
§ 16.1-233. Department to develop court services; court services units; appointment and removal of employees; salaries - A. Within funds appropriated for the purpose, it shall be...
§ 16.1-234. Duties of Department; provision of quarters, utilities, and office equipment to court service unit - The Director shall cause the Department to study the conditions...
§ 16.1-235. How probation, parole and related court services provided - Probation, parole and related court services shall be provided through...
§ 16.1-235.1. Provision of court services; replacement intake officers - The chief judge may make arrangements for a replacement intake...
§ 16.1-236. Supervisory officers - In any court where more than one probation or parole...
§ 16.1-236.1. Court services unit directors - A. State-operated court services units. A court services unit director...
§ 16.1-237. Powers, duties and functions of probation and parole officers - In addition to any other powers and duties imposed by...
§ 16.1-238. Compensation of probation officers, court service staff members and related court service personnel; reimbursement; traveling and other expenses - The compensation of probation officers and other court service staff...
§ 16.1-239. Payment of traveling expenses of court officers; reimbursement - In counties and cities providing specialized court service programs prior...
§ 16.1-240. Citizens advisory council - A. The governing bodies of each county and city served...
§ 16.1-241. Jurisdiction; consent for abortion - The judges of the juvenile and domestic relations district court...
§ 16.1-241.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 305.
§ 16.1-241.2. Proceedings against certain parents - A. Upon the failure of a parent to comply with...
§ 16.1-241.3. Newborn children; substance abuse - Upon the filing of a petition alleging that an investigation...
§ 16.1-242. Retention of jurisdiction - When jurisdiction has been obtained by the court in the...
§ 16.1-242.1. Retention of jurisdiction; appeals involving children in foster care - Upon appeal to the circuit court of any case involving...
§ 16.1-243. Venue - A. Original venue: 1. Cases involving children, other than support...
§ 16.1-244. Concurrent jurisdiction; exceptions - A. Nothing contained in this law shall deprive any other...
§ 16.1-245. Transfer from other courts - If, during the pendency of a proceeding in any other...
§ 16.1-245.1. Medical evidence admissible in juvenile and domestic relations district court - In any civil case heard in a juvenile and domestic...
§ 16.1-246. When and how child may be taken into immediate custody - No child may be taken into immediate custody except: A....
§ 16.1-247. Duties of person taking child into custody - A. A person taking a child into custody pursuant to...
§ 16.1-247.1. Custodial interrogation of a child; parental notification and contact - A. Prior to any custodial interrogation of a child by...
§ 16.1-248. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1985, c. 260.
§ 16.1-248.1. Criteria for detention or shelter care - A. A juvenile taken into custody whose case is considered...
§ 16.1-248.2. Mental health screening and assessment for certain juveniles - Whenever a juvenile is placed in a secure facility pursuant...
§ 16.1-248.3. Medical records of juveniles in secure facility - Whenever a juvenile is placed in a secure facility or...
§ 16.1-249. Places of confinement for juveniles - A. If it is ordered that a juvenile remain in...
§ 16.1-249.1. Places of confinement to give notice of intake of certain persons - A. At the time of receipt of any person, for...
§ 16.1-250. Procedure for detention hearing - A. When a child has been taken into immediate custody...
§ 16.1-250.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 437, cl. 2, effective July...
§ 16.1-251. Emergency removal order - A. A child may be taken into immediate custody and...
§ 16.1-252. Preliminary removal order; hearing - A. A preliminary removal order in cases in which a...
§ 16.1-253. Preliminary protective order - A. Upon the motion of any person or upon the...
§ 16.1-253.1. Preliminary protective orders in cases of family abuse; confidentiality - A. Upon the filing of a petition alleging that the...
§ 16.1-253.2. Violation of provisions of protective orders; penalty - A. In addition to any other penalty provided by law,...
§ 16.1-253.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 886.
§ 16.1-253.4. Emergency protective orders authorized in certain cases; penalty - A. Any judge of a circuit court, general district court,...
§ 16.1-254. Responsibility for and limitation on transportation of children - A. The detention home having custody or responsibility for supervision...
§ 16.1-255. Limitation on issuance of detention orders for juveniles; appearance by juvenile - No detention order shall be issued for any juvenile except...
§ 16.1-256. Limitations as to issuance of warrants for juveniles; detention orders - No warrant of arrest shall be issued for any juvenile...
§ 16.1-257. Interference with or obstruction of officer; concealment or removal of child - No person shall interfere with or obstruct any officer, juvenile...
§ 16.1-258. Bonds and forfeitures thereof - All bonds and other undertakings taken and approved by any...
§ 16.1-259. Procedure in cases of adults - A. In cases where an adult is charged with violations...
§ 16.1-260. Intake; petition; investigation - A. All matters alleged to be within the jurisdiction of...
§ 16.1-261. Statements made at intake or mental health screening and assessment - Statements made by a child to the intake officer or...
§ 16.1-262. Form and content of petition - A. The petition shall contain the facts below indicated: "Commonwealth...
§ 16.1-263. Summonses - A. After a petition has been filed, the court shall...
§ 16.1-264. Service of summons; proof of service; penalty - A. If a party designated in subsection A of §...
§ 16.1-265. Subpoena; attorney-issued subpoena - Upon application of a party and pursuant to the rules...
§ 16.1-266. Appointment of counsel and guardian ad litem - A. Prior to the hearing by the court of any...
§ 16.1-266.1. Standards for attorneys appointed as guardians ad litem; list of qualified attorneys; attorneys appointed for parents or guardians - A. On or before January 1, 1995, the Judicial Council...
§ 16.1-266.2. Appointment of pro bono counsel by judges of the First and Second Judicial District in certain cases - The judges of the juvenile and domestic relations district court...
§ 16.1-267. Compensation of appointed counsel - A. When the court appoints counsel to represent a child...
§ 16.1-268. Order of appointment - The order of appointment of counsel pursuant to § 16.1-266...
§ 16.1-269. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1994, cc. 859 and 949.
§ 16.1-269.1. Trial in circuit court; preliminary hearing; direct indictment; remand - A. Except as provided in subsections B and C, if...
§ 16.1-269.2. Admissibility of statement; investigation and report; bail - A. Statements made by the juvenile at the transfer hearing...
§ 16.1-269.3. Retention by juvenile court; appeal - If a case is not transferred following a transfer hearing...
§ 16.1-269.4. Transfer to circuit court; appeal by juvenile - If the juvenile court transfers the case pursuant to subsection...
§ 16.1-269.5. Placement of juvenile - The juvenile court may order placement of the transferred juvenile...
§ 16.1-269.6. Circuit court hearing; jury; termination of juvenile court jurisdiction; objections and appeals - A. Within seven days after receipt of notice of an...
§ 16.1-270. Waiver of jurisdiction of juvenile court in certain cases - At any time prior to commencement of the adjudicatory hearing,...
§ 16.1-271. Subsequent offenses by juvenile - Conviction of a juvenile as an adult pursuant to the...
§ 16.1-272. Power of circuit court over juvenile offender - A. In any case in which a juvenile is indicted,...
§ 16.1-272.1. Claim of error to be raised within one year - In addition to any other curative provisions, waivers, procedural defaults,...
§ 16.1-273. Court may require investigation of social history and preparation of victim impact statement - A. When a juvenile and domestic relations district court or...
§ 16.1-274. Time for filing of reports; copies furnished to attorneys; amended reports; fees - A. Whenever any court directs an investigation pursuant to subdivision...
§ 16.1-274.1. Admission of evidence of juvenile's age - In any proceeding in a district court or circuit court...
§ 16.1-274.2. Certain education records as evidence - A. In any proceeding where (i) a juvenile is alleged...
§ 16.1-275. Physical and mental examinations and treatment; nursing and medical care - The juvenile court or the circuit court may cause any...
§ 16.1-276. Fees and travel expenses of witnesses - The judge may authorize the payment of the fees and...
§ 16.1-276.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 305.
§ 16.1-276.2. Transportation orders in certain proceedings - In any proceeding (i) pursuant to subdivisions 2, 4 or...
§ 16.1-276.3. Use of telephonic communication systems or electronic video and audio communication systems to conduct hearing - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any civil proceeding...
§ 16.1-277. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1999, c. 889.
§ 16.1-277.01. Approval of entrustment agreement - A. In any case in which a child has been...
§ 16.1-277.02. Petition for relief of care and custody - A. Requests for petitions for relief of the care and...
§ 16.1-277.1. Time limitation - A. When a child is held continuously in secure detention,...
§ 16.1-277.2. Rejection of plea agreement; recusal - Upon rejecting a plea agreement in any delinquency matter, a...
§ 16.1-278. Cooperation of certain agencies, officials, institutions and associations - A. The judge may order, after notice and opportunity to...
§ 16.1-278.1. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context clearly indicates...
§ 16.1-278.2. Abused, neglected, or abandoned children or children without parental care - A. Within 60 days of a preliminary removal order hearing...
§ 16.1-278.3. Relief of care and custody - A. Within 60 days of a hearing on a petition...
§ 16.1-278.4. Children in need of services - If a child is found to be in need of...
§ 16.1-278.5. Children in need of supervision - A. If a child is found to be in need...
§ 16.1-278.6. Status offenders - If a child is alleged to be a status offender,...
§ 16.1-278.7. Commitment to Department of Juvenile Justice - Only a juvenile who is (i) adjudicated delinquent of an...
§ 16.1-278.7:01. Department to give notice of the receipt of certain persons - A. At the time or receipt of any person, for...
§ 16.1-278.7:02. Department to give notice of Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry requirements to certain persons - A. Prior to the release or discharge of any persons...
§ 16.1-278.8. Delinquent juveniles - A. If a juvenile is found to be delinquent, except...
§ 16.1-278.8:01. Juveniles found delinquent of first drug offense; screening; assessment; drug tests; costs and fees; education or treatment programs - Whenever any juvenile who has not previously been found delinquent...
§ 16.1-278.9. Delinquent children; loss of driving privileges for alcohol, firearm, and drug offenses; truancy - A. If a court has found facts which would justify...
§ 16.1-278.10. Traffic infractions - In cases involving a child who is charged with a...
§ 16.1-278.11. Mental illness and intellectual disability - In cases involving a person who is involuntarily admitted because...
§ 16.1-278.12. When judicial consent in lieu of parental consent authorized - In cases involving judicial consent to the matters set out...
§ 16.1-278.13. Work permits; petitions for treatment, etc. - In cases involving judicial consent to apply for a work...
§ 16.1-278.14. Criminal jurisdiction; protective orders; family offenses - In cases involving the violation of any law, regulation or...
§ 16.1-278.15. Custody or visitation, child or spousal support generally - A. In cases involving the custody, visitation or support of...
§ 16.1-278.16. Failure to comply with support obligation; payroll deduction; commitment - In cases involving (i) the custody, visitation, or support of...
§ 16.1-278.17. Pendente lite support - In cases involving (i) the custody, visitation or support of...
§ 16.1-278.17:1. Formula for determination of pendente lite spousal support - A. There shall be a presumption in any judicial proceeding...
§ 16.1-278.18. Money judgments - A. Each juvenile and domestic relations district court may enter...
§ 16.1-278.19. Attorney fees - In any matter properly before the court, the court may...
§ 16.1-279. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1991, c. 534.
§ 16.1-279.1. Protective order in cases of family abuse - A. In cases of family abuse, including any case involving...
§ 16.1-280. Commitment of juveniles with mental illness or intellectual disability - When any juvenile court has found a juvenile to be...
§ 16.1-281. Foster care plan - A. In any case in which (i) a local board...
§ 16.1-282. Foster care review - A. In the case of a child who was the...
§ 16.1-282.1. Permanency planning hearing for children in foster care - A. In the case of a child who was the...
§ 16.1-282.2. Annual foster care review - A. The court shall review a foster care plan annually...
§ 16.1-283. Termination of residual parental rights - A. The residual parental rights of a parent or parents...
§ 16.1-283.1. Authority to enter into voluntary post-adoption contact and communication agreement - A. In any case in which (i) a child has...
§ 16.1-283.2. Restoration of parental rights - A. If a child is in the custody of the...
§ 16.1-283.3. Review of voluntary continuing services and support agreements for former foster youth - A. Whenever a program participant, as defined in § 63.2-918,...
§ 16.1-284. When adult sentenced for juvenile offense - A. When the juvenile court sentences an adult who has...
§ 16.1-284.1. Placement in secure local facility - A. If a juvenile 14 years of age or older...
§ 16.1-285. Duration of commitments - Except as provided in § 16.1-285.1, all commitments under this...
§ 16.1-285.1. Commitment of serious offenders - A. In the case of a juvenile fourteen years of...
§ 16.1-285.2. Release and review hearing for serious offender - A. Upon receipt of a petition of the Department of...
§ 16.1-286. Cost of maintenance; approval of placement; semiannual review - A. When the court determines that the behavior of a...
§ 16.1-287. Transfer of information upon commitment; information to be furnished by and to local school boards - Whenever the court commits a child to the Department of...
§ 16.1-288. Protection of religious affiliations - In placing a child under the guardianship or custody of...
§ 16.1-289. Review of order of commitment - The juvenile court or the circuit court, as the case...
§ 16.1-289.1. Motions to reconsider orders for participation in continuing programs - When a person is ordered to participate in therapy, counseling...
§ 16.1-290. Support of committed juvenile; support from estate of juvenile - A. Whenever (i) legal custody of a juvenile is vested...
§ 16.1-290.1. Payment for court-ordered counseling, treatment or programs - The court shall order the participant in any treatment, counseling...
§ 16.1-291. Revocation or modification of probation, protective supervision or parole; proceedings; disposition - A. A juvenile or person who violates an order of...
§ 16.1-292. Violation of court order by any person - A. Any person violating an order of the juvenile court...
§ 16.1-293. Supervision of juvenile or person during commitment and on parole; placing juvenile in halfway house - At such time as the court commits a juvenile to...
§ 16.1-293.1. Mental health services transition plan - A. The Board of Juvenile Justice, after consultation with the...
§ 16.1-294. Placing child on parole in foster home or with institution; how cost paid - When the child is returned to the custody of the...
§ 16.1-295. Transfer of supervision from one county or city to another, or to another state - If any person on probation to or under the supervision...
§ 16.1-296. Jurisdiction of appeals; procedure - A. From any final order or judgment of the juvenile...
§ 16.1-296.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1999, c. 161.
§ 16.1-296.2. Appeals of certain custody and visitation proceedings - A. In any matter in which a filing fee either...
§ 16.1-297. Final judgment; copy filed with juvenile court; proceeding may be remanded to juvenile court - Upon the rendition of final judgment upon an appeal from...
§ 16.1-298. Effect of petition for or pendency of appeal; bail - A. Except as provided herein, a petition for or the...
§ 16.1-299. Fingerprints and photographs of juveniles - A. All duly constituted police authorities having the power of...
§ 16.1-299.1. Sample required for DNA analysis upon conviction or adjudication of felony - A juvenile convicted of a felony or adjudicated delinquent on...
§ 16.1-299.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 843, cl. 2.
§ 16.1-300. Confidentiality of Department records - A. The social, medical, psychiatric, and psychological reports and records...
§ 16.1-301. Confidentiality of juvenile law-enforcement records; disclosures to school principal and others - A. The court shall require all law-enforcement agencies to take...
§ 16.1-302. Dockets, indices, and order books; when hearings and records private; right to public hearing; presence of juvenile in court - A. Every juvenile court shall keep a separate docket of...
§ 16.1-302.1. Right of victim or representative to attend certain proceedings; notice of hearings - During proceedings involving petitions or warrants alleging that a juvenile...
§ 16.1-303. Reports of court officials and employees when privileged - All information obtained in discharge of official duties by any...
§ 16.1-304. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1983, c. 499.
§ 16.1-305. Confidentiality of court records - A. Social, medical and psychiatric or psychological records, including reports...
§ 16.1-305.01. Access to child and spousal support case files - All child support and spousal support case files, whether physical...
§ 16.1-305.1. Disclosure of disposition in certain delinquency cases - Upon a court's disposition of a proceeding where a juvenile...
§ 16.1-305.2. Disclosure of notice of the filing of a petition and certain reports by division superintendent - Except as otherwise provided in this section, a division superintendent...
§ 16.1-306. Expungement of court records - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 16.1-69.55, the clerk of...
§ 16.1-307. Circuit court records regarding juveniles - In proceedings against a juvenile in the circuit court in...
§ 16.1-308. Effect of adjudication on status of child - Except as otherwise provided by law for a juvenile found...
§ 16.1-309. Penalty - A. Except as provided in §§ 16.1-299, 16.1-300, 16.1-301, 16.1-305...
§ 16.1-309.1. Exception as to confidentiality - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, where consideration...
§ 16.1-309.2. Purpose and intent - The General Assembly, to ensure the prevention of juvenile crime...
§ 16.1-309.3. Establishment of a community-based system of services; biennial local plan; quarterly report - A. Any county, city, or combination thereof may establish a...
§ 16.1-309.4. Statewide plan for juvenile services - It shall be the duty of the Department of Juvenile...
§ 16.1-309.5. Construction, etc., of detention homes and other facilities; reimbursement in part by Commonwealth - A. The Commonwealth shall reimburse any county, city or any...
§ 16.1-309.6. How state appropriations for operating costs of Juvenile Community Crime Control Act programs determined; notice of financial aid - The Governor's proposed biennial budget shall include, for each fiscal...
§ 16.1-309.7. Determination of payment - A. The Commonwealth shall provide financial assistance to localities whose...
§ 16.1-309.8. Costs of maintenance of juveniles in Community Crime Control Act programs - Any county, city or combination thereof operating a Juvenile Community...
§ 16.1-309.9. Establishment of standards; determination of compliance - A. The State Board of Juvenile Justice shall develop, promulgate...
§ 16.1-309.10. Visitation and management of detention homes; other facilities; reports of superintendent - In the event that a detention home, group home or...
§ 16.1-309.11. Youth justice diversion program - A. For the purposes of this section, "youth justice diversion...
§ 16.1-310. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 698 and 840.
§ 16.1-315. Joint or regional citizen detention commissions authorized - The governing bodies of three or more counties, cities or...
§ 16.1-316. Number and terms of members; admission of additional local governing bodies - A juvenile detention home, group home or other residential care...
§ 16.1-317. Quorum; chairman; rules of procedure; compensation - The appointive members of the commission shall constitute the commission,...
§ 16.1-318. Powers of commission generally; supervision by Director of Department of Juvenile Justice - Each commission created hereunder shall have all powers necessary or...
§ 16.1-319. Acquisition of property by commission - The commission shall have the right to acquire by eminent...
§ 16.1-320. Property of commission exempt from execution and judgment liens - All property of the commission shall be exempt from levy...
§ 16.1-321. Appropriations by political subdivisions; issuance of bonds - The political subdivisions for which the commission is created are...
§ 16.1-322. Record of commission; reports - The commission shall keep and preserve complete records of its...
§ 16.1-322.1. Apportionment of funds to localities or commissions operating juvenile secure detention facilities or programs; standards for apportionment - The Department shall apportion among the localities or commissions operating...
§ 16.1-322.2. Payment of funds quarterly; distribution and reallocation of reserve - State moneys appropriated to the Department for the support of...
§ 16.1-322.3. Localities and commissions to make monthly reports to Director; penalty for willfully falsifying information; procedure when locality or commission fails to make report - Each locality or commission eligible to receive state funds in...
§ 16.1-322.4. Payments for children from other counties or cities - Any locality or commission operating a juvenile secure detention facility...
§ 16.1-322.5. State Board may authorize private construction, operation, etc., of local or regional detention homes, etc. - A. The State Board of Juvenile Justice may authorize a...
§ 16.1-322.6. Powers and duties not delegable to contractor - No contract for juvenile correctional facilities or programs shall authorize,...
§ 16.1-322.7. State Board to promulgate regulations - The State Board shall make, adopt, and promulgate regulations governing...
§ 16.1-323. Governor to execute; form of compact - The Governor of Virginia is hereby authorized and requested to...
§ 16.1-323.1. State Council for Interstate Compact for Juveniles - A. The Virginia Council for the Interstate Compact for Juveniles...
§ 16.1-324. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2007, cc. 277 and 387, cl. 2,...
§ 16.1-330.1. Serious or Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program; definition; disclosure of information; penalty - A. For purposes of this article, a serious or habitual...
§ 16.1-330.2. Immunity - Any staff person or agency who is sharing information within...
§ 16.1-331. Petition for emancipation - Any minor who has reached his sixteenth birthday and is...
§ 16.1-332. Orders of court; investigation, report and appointment of counsel - If deemed appropriate the court may (i) require the local...
§ 16.1-333. Findings necessary to order that minor is emancipated - The court may enter an order declaring the minor emancipated...
§ 16.1-333.1. Written findings necessary to order that minor is emancipated on the basis of intent to marry - The court may enter an order declaring such a minor...
§ 16.1-334. Effects of order - An order that a minor is emancipated shall have the...
§ 16.1-334.1. Identification card issued to minor by DMV - When entering an emancipation order under § 16.1-333, the court...
§ 16.1-335. Short title - The provisions of this article shall be known and may...
§ 16.1-336. Definitions - When used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 16.1-336.1. Admission forms - The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court...
§ 16.1-337. Inpatient treatment of minors; general applicability; disclosure of records - A. A minor may be admitted to a mental health...
§ 16.1-337.1. Order of involuntary commitment or mandatory outpatient treatment forwarded to Central Criminal Records Exchange; certain voluntary admissions forwarded to Central Criminal Records Exchange; firearm background check - A. The order from a commitment hearing issued pursuant to...
§ 16.1-338. Parental admission of minors younger than 14 and nonobjecting minors 14 years of age or older - A. A minor younger than 14 years of age may...
§ 16.1-339. Parental admission of an objecting minor 14 years of age or older - A. A minor 14 years of age or older who...
§ 16.1-339.1. Minors in detention homes or shelter care facilities - If a minor admitted to a mental health facility pursuant...
§ 16.1-340. Emergency custody; issuance and execution of order - A. Any magistrate shall issue, upon the sworn petition of...
§ 16.1-340.1. Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order - A. A magistrate shall issue, upon the sworn petition of...
§ 16.1-340.1:1. Facility of temporary detention - A. In each case in which an employee or designee...
§ 16.1-340.2. Transportation of minor in the temporary detention process - A. In specifying the primary law-enforcement agency and jurisdiction for...
§ 16.1-340.3. Release of minor prior to commitment hearing for involuntary admission - Prior to a hearing as authorized in § 16.1-341, the...
§ 16.1-340.4. Involuntary commitment; preadmission screening report - The juvenile and domestic relations district court shall require a...
§ 16.1-341. Involuntary commitment; petition; hearing scheduled; notice and appointment of counsel - A. A petition for the involuntary commitment of a minor...
§ 16.1-342. Involuntary commitment; clinical evaluation - A. Upon the filing of a petition for involuntary commitment,...
§ 16.1-343. Involuntary commitment; duties of attorney for the minor - As far in advance as practicable after an attorney is...
§ 16.1-344. Involuntary commitment; hearing - A. The court shall summon to the hearing all material...
§ 16.1-345. Involuntary commitment; criteria - After observing the minor and considering (i) the recommendations of...
§ 16.1-345.1. Use of electronic communication - A. Petitions and orders for emergency custody, temporary detention, and...
§ 16.1-345.2. Mandatory outpatient treatment; criteria; orders - A. After observing the minor and considering (i) the recommendations...
§ 16.1-345.3. Monitoring mandatory outpatient treatment; motion for review - A. The community services board where the minor resides shall...
§ 16.1-345.4. Court review of mandatory outpatient treatment plan - A. The juvenile and domestic relations district court judge shall...
§ 16.1-345.5. Continuation of mandatory outpatient treatment order - A. At any time within 30 days prior to the...
§ 16.1-345.6. Appeal of final order - A. The minor shall have the right to appeal any...
§ 16.1-346. Treatment plans; periodic review of status - A. Within 10 days of commitment ordered under § 16.1-345,...
§ 16.1-346.1. Discharge plan - Prior to discharge of any minor admitted to inpatient treatment,...
§ 16.1-347. Fees and expenses for qualified evaluators - Every qualified evaluator appointed by the court to conduct an...
§ 16.1-348. Availability of judge - The chief judge of every juvenile and domestic relations district...
§ 16.1-349. Definitions - "Attending physician" means the physician who has primary responsibility for...
§ 16.1-350. Petition for court approval of standby guardian - A. Upon petition of any person, the juvenile court of...
§ 16.1-351. Court order approving standby guardianship; authority; when effective - Upon consideration of the factors set out in § 20-124.3...
§ 16.1-352. Written designation of a standby guardian by a parent; commencement of authority; court approval required - A. A parent may execute a written designation of a...
§ 16.1-353. Further proceedings to determine permanent guardianship, custody - A. If the triggering event was death of the qualified...
§ 16.1-354. Revocation, refusal, termination of standby guardianship - A. The authority of a standby guardian approved by the...
§ 16.1-355. Review of standby guardianship - A child's parent, stepparent, adult sibling or any adult related...
§ 16.1-356. Raising question of competency to stand trial; evaluation and determination of competency - A. If, at any time after the attorney for the...
§ 16.1-357. Disposition when juvenile found incompetent - A. Upon finding pursuant to subsection F of § 16.1-356...
§ 16.1-358. Disposition of the unrestorably incompetent juvenile - If, at any time after the juvenile is ordered to...
§ 16.1-359. Litigating certain issues when the juvenile is incompetent - A finding of incompetency does not preclude the adjudication, at...
§ 16.1-360. Disclosure by juvenile during evaluation or restoration; use at guilt phase of trial adjudication or disposition hearing - No statement or disclosure by the juvenile concerning the alleged...
§ 16.1-361. Compensation of experts - Each psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, licensed clinical social worker, licensed professional...