(a) At any time after the filing of a delinquency or need of supervision petition and prior to adjudication at a factfinding hearing, the Division may, on motion of the Corporation Counsel or counsel for the child, suspend the proceedings and continue the child under supervision, without commitment, under terms and conditions established by rules of the Superior Court. Such a consent decree shall not be entered unless the child is represented by counsel and has been informed of the consequences of the decree; nor shall it be entered over the objection of the child or of the Corporation Counsel.
(b) A consent decree shall remain in force for six months unless the child is sooner discharged by the Director of Social Services. Upon application of the Director of Social Services or an agency supervising the child made prior to the expiration of the decree, a consent decree may, after notice and hearing, be extended for not more than six additional months by order of the Division.
(c) If prior to the expiration of the decree or discharge by the Director of Social Services, the child fails to fulfill the express conditions of the decree or a new delinquency or need of supervision petition is filed concerning the child, the original petition under which the decree was filed may, in the discretion of the Corporation Counsel following consultation with the Director of Social Services, be reinstated. The child shall thereafter be held accountable on the original petition as if the consent decree had never been entered.
(d) If a child completes the period of continuance under supervision in accordance with the consent decree or is sooner discharged by the Director of Social Services, the Division shall dismiss the original petition.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 590, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 532, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 121(a).)
1981 Ed., § 16-2314.
1973 Ed., § 16-2314.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 16 - Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]
Chapter 23 - Family Division [Family Court] Proceedings
Subchapter I - Proceedings Regarding Delinquency, Neglect, or Need of Supervision
§ 16–2301.01. References deemed to refer to Family Court of the Superior Court
§ 16–2302. Transfer of criminal matters to Family Division
§ 16–2303. Retention of jurisdiction
§ 16–2304. Right to counsel; party status
§ 16–2305. Petition; contents; amendment
§ 16–2305.02. Preliminary probation conferences; adjustment process
§ 16–2306. Service of summons and petition
§ 16–2307. Transfer for criminal prosecution
§ 16–2309. Taking into custody
§ 16–2310. Criteria for detaining children
§ 16–2310.01. Separation of young children detained prior to a hearing
§ 16–2311. Release or delivery to Family Division [Family Court]
§ 16–2312. Detention or shelter care hearing; intermediate disposition
§ 16–2313. Place of detention or shelter
§ 16–2315. Physical and mental examinations
§ 16–2316. Conduct of hearings; evidence
§ 16–2317. Hearings, findings; dismissal
§ 16–2318. Order of adjudication noncriminal
§ 16–2319. Predisposition study and report
§ 16–2320. Disposition of child who is neglected, delinquent, or in need of supervision
§ 16–2321. Disposition of child with mental illness or a substantial intellectual disability
§ 16–2322. Limitation of time on dispositional orders
§ 16–2323. Review of dispositional orders
§ 16–2324. Vacation, termination of orders
§ 16–2325. Support of committed child
§ 16–2325.01. Participation order
§ 16–2325.02. Report on failure of respondents to appear in delinquency cases
§ 16–2326. Court costs and expenses
§ 16–2326.01. Compensation of attorneys in neglect and termination of parental rights proceedings
§ 16–2327. Probation revocation; disposition
§ 16–2328. Interlocutory appeals
§ 16–2329. Finality of judgments; appeals; transcripts
§ 16–2331. Juvenile case records; confidentiality; inspection and disclosure
§ 16–2332. Juvenile social records; confidentiality; inspection and disclosure
§ 16–2333. Police and other law enforcement records
§ 16–2333.01. Permitted disclosures of juvenile information
§ 16–2333.02. Juvenile Abscondence Review Committee
§ 16–2334. Fingerprint records
§ 16–2335.02. Sealing of records on ground of actual innocence
§ 16–2336. Unlawful disclosure of records; penalties
§ 16–2337. Additional powers of the Director of Social Services
§ 16–2338. Emergency medical treatment
§ 16–2339. Immunity for juveniles who are witnesses in juvenile proceedings
§ 16–2340. Rights of victims or eyewitnesses in delinquency proceedings