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§ 16–2301. Definitions - As used in this subchapter — (1) The term “Division”...
§ 16–2301.01. References deemed to refer to Family Court of the Superior Court - Any reference in this chapter or any other Federal or...
§ 16–2301.02. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to create a juvenile...
§ 16–2302. Transfer of criminal matters to Family Division - (a) If it appears to a court, during the pendency...
§ 16–2303. Retention of jurisdiction - For purposes of this subchapter, jurisdiction obtained by the Division...
§ 16–2304. Right to counsel; party status - (a) A child alleged to be delinquent or in need...
§ 16–2305. Petition; contents; amendment - (a) Complaints alleging delinquency or need of supervision shall be...
§ 16–2305.01. Findings - The Council finds that: (1) Juveniles who are not under...
§ 16–2305.02. Preliminary probation conferences; adjustment process - (a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1)...
§ 16–2306. Service of summons and petition - (a) When a petition is filed, the Division shall set...
§ 16–2307. Transfer for criminal prosecution - (a) Within twenty-one days (excluding Sundays and legal holidays) of...
§ 16–2308. Initial appearance - The initial appearance, before a judge assigned to the Division,...
§ 16–2309. Taking into custody - (a) A child may be taken into custody — (1)...
§ 16–2310. Criteria for detaining children - (a) A child shall not be placed in detention prior...
§ 16–2310.01. Separation of young children detained prior to a hearing - The Director of the Department of Human Services and the...
§ 16–2311. Release or delivery to Family Division [Family Court] - (a) A person taking a child into custody shall with...
§ 16–2311.01. Rules - The Mayor shall issue rules to implement the provisions of...
§ 16–2312. Detention or shelter care hearing; intermediate disposition - (a)(1) When a child is not released as provided in...
§ 16–2312a. Evaluation of family team meetings and 72-hour time period for commencement of shelter care hearing - At intervals no later than 6 months, 18 months, and...
§ 16–2313. Place of detention or shelter - (a) A child who is alleged to be neglected or...
§ 16–2314. Consent decree - (a) At any time after the filing of a delinquency...
§ 16–2315. Physical and mental examinations - (a)(1) At any time following the filing of a petition,...
§ 16–2316. Conduct of hearings; evidence - (a) The Division shall, without a jury, hear and adjudicate...
§ 16–2316.01. Scheduling of fact finding and dispositional hearings for children alleged to be neglected - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b)(3) of this section,...
§ 16–2317. Hearings, findings; dismissal - (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute or court rule,...
§ 16–2318. Order of adjudication noncriminal - A consent decree, order of adjudication, or order of disposition...
§ 16–2319. Predisposition study and report - (a) After a motion for transfer has been filed, or...
§ 16–2320. Disposition of child who is neglected, delinquent, or in need of supervision - (a) If a child is found to be neglected, the...
§ 16–2320.01. Restitution - (a)(1) Upon request of the Corporation Counsel, the victim, or...
§ 16–2321. Disposition of child with mental illness or a substantial intellectual disability - (a) If no previous examination has been made under section...
§ 16–2322. Limitation of time on dispositional orders - (a)(1) A dispositional order vesting legal custody of a neglected...
§ 16–2323. Review of dispositional orders - (a) When a child has been adjudicated neglected and a...
§ 16–2324. Vacation, termination of orders - (a) An order of the Division under this subchapter shall...
§ 16–2325. Support of committed child - Whenever legal custody of a child is vested in any...
§ 16–2325.01. Participation order - (a) In any proceedings under this chapter, the court shall...
§ 16–2325.02. Report on failure of respondents to appear in delinquency cases - The Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District...
§ 16–2326. Court costs and expenses - (a) If, at the dispositional hearing or thereafter, the Division...
§ 16–2326.01. Compensation of attorneys in neglect and termination of parental rights proceedings - (a)(1) Except as provided for by subsections (b) and (e),...
§ 16–2327. Probation revocation; disposition - (a) If a child on probation incident to an adjudication...
§ 16–2328. Interlocutory appeals - (a) A child who has been ordered transferred for criminal...
§ 16–2329. Finality of judgments; appeals; transcripts - (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, in all...
§ 16–2330. Time computation - (a) In all proceedings in the Division, time limitations shall...
§ 16–2331. Juvenile case records; confidentiality; inspection and disclosure - (a) For the purposes of this section, the term “juvenile...
§ 16–2332. Juvenile social records; confidentiality; inspection and disclosure - (a) For the purposes of this section, the term “juvenile...
§ 16–2333. Police and other law enforcement records - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and in...
§ 16–2333.01. Permitted disclosures of juvenile information - (a) An official of the Family Court, the Department of...
§ 16–2333.02. Juvenile Abscondence Review Committee - (a) For the purposes of this section, the term “abscondence”...
§ 16–2334. Fingerprint records - (a) The contents or existence of law enforcement records and...
§ 16–2335. Sealing of records - (a) On motion of a person who has been taken...
§ 16–2335.01. Motion to vacate adjudication or grant a new factfinding hearing on the ground of actual innocence - (a) A person adjudicated delinquent in the Superior Court may...
§ 16–2335.02. Sealing of records on ground of actual innocence - (a) Notwithstanding section 16-2335, a person who has been arrested...
§ 16–2336. Unlawful disclosure of records; penalties - Whoever willfully discloses, receives, makes use of, or knowingly permits...
§ 16–2337. Additional powers of the Director of Social Services - In addition to the powers and duties prescribed in section...
§ 16–2338. Emergency medical treatment - Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent a public agency having...
§ 16–2339. Immunity for juveniles who are witnesses in juvenile proceedings - (a) Whenever a child, other than a child transferred for...
§ 16–2340. Rights of victims or eyewitnesses in delinquency proceedings - (a) A victim or a eyewitness of a delinquent act...