Kansas Statutes
Article 23 - Revised Kansas Juvenile Justice Code
38-2356 Adjudication.

38-2356. Adjudication. (a) If the court finds that the evidence fails to prove an offense charged or a lesser included offense as defined in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5109, and amendments thereto, the court shall enter an order dismissing the charge.
(b) If the court finds that the juvenile committed the offense charged or a lesser included offense as defined in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5109, and amendments thereto, the court shall adjudicate the juvenile to be a juvenile offender and may issue a sentence as authorized by this code.
(c) If the court finds that the juvenile committed the acts constituting the offense charged or a lesser included offense as defined in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5109, and amendments thereto, but is not responsible because of mental disease or defect, the juvenile shall not be adjudicated as a juvenile offender and shall be committed to the custody of the secretary for aging and disability services and placed in a state hospital. The juvenile's continued commitment shall be subject to annual review in the manner provided by K.S.A. 22-3428a, and amendments thereto, for review of commitment of a defendant suffering from mental disease or defect, and the juvenile may be discharged or conditionally released pursuant to that section. The juvenile also may be discharged or conditionally released in the same manner and subject to the same procedures as provided by K.S.A. 22-3428, and amendments thereto, for discharge of or granting conditional release to a defendant found suffering from mental disease or defect. If the juvenile violates any conditions of an order of conditional release, the juvenile shall be subject to contempt proceedings and returned to custody as provided by K.S.A. 22-3428b, and amendments thereto.
(d) A copy of the court's order shall be sent to the school district in which the juvenile offender is enrolled or will be enrolled.
History: L. 2006, ch. 169, § 56; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 167; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 73; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 38 - Minors

Article 23 - Revised Kansas Juvenile Justice Code

38-2301 Citation; goals of the code; policy development.

38-2302 Definitions.

38-2303 Time limitations for commencement of proceeding.

38-2304 Jurisdiction; presumption of age of juvenile; placement with department for children and families or juvenile justice authority; costs; precedence of certain orders.

38-2305 Venue.

38-2306 Right to an attorney.

38-2307 Court-appointed special advocate; immunity from liability; supreme court rules.

38-2308 Local citizen review board; duties and powers.

38-2309 Court records; disclosure; preservation of records.

38-2310 Records of law enforcement officers, agencies and municipal courts concerning certain juveniles; disclosure.

38-2311 Records of diagnostic, treatment or medical records concerning juveniles; penalties.

38-2312 Expungement of records; docket fee.

38-2313 Fingerprints and photographs.

38-2314 Docket fee; authorized only by legislative enactment; expenses; assessment.

38-2315 Expense of care and custody of juvenile.

38-2316 Health services.

38-2317 Infectious disease testing and counseling; disclosure of results; penalties.

38-2318 Determination of parentage.

38-2319 Determination of child support.

38-2320 Journal entry for child support.

38-2321 Withholding order for child support; filing; service.

38-2322 Remedies supplemental not substitute.

38-2323 Placement under juvenile justice code; assignment of support right.

38-2324 Liability of parent or guardian for assistance provided juvenile, exceptions.

38-2325 Juvenile offender information system; definitions.

38-2326 Same; establishment and maintenance.

38-2327 Commencement of proceedings; duties of county or district attorney.

38-2328 Pleadings.

38-2329 Notice of defense of alibi or mental disease or defect.

38-2330 Juvenile taken into custody, when; procedure; release; detention in jail; notice to appear.

38-2331 Criteria for detention of juvenile in detention facility.

38-2332 Prohibiting placement or detention of juvenile in jail; exceptions; review of records and determination of compliance by the department of corrections.

38-2333 Juvenile less than 14, admission or confession from interrogation.

38-2336 Proceedings upon filing of complaint.

38-2337 Summons; persons upon whom served; form.

38-2338 Service of process.

38-2339 Proof of service.

38-2340 Service of other pleadings.

38-2341 Subpoenas and witness fees.

38-2342 Issuance of warrants.

38-2343 Detention hearing; waiver; notice; attorney for juvenile; procedure; removal from custody of parent; audio-video communications; detention review hearing.

38-2344 First appearance; plea.

38-2345 Nolo contendere.

38-2346 Immediate intervention programs.

38-2347 Prosecution as an adult; extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution; burden of proof; authorization.

38-2348 Proceedings to determine competency.

38-2349 Same; commitment of incompetent.

38-2350 Same; juvenile not mentally ill person.

38-2351 Duty of parents and others to appear at all proceedings involving alleged juvenile offender; failure, contempt.

38-2352 Time of hearing.

38-2353 Hearings; open to the public; restrictions.

38-2354 Rules of evidence.

38-2355 Degree of proof.

38-2356 Adjudication.

38-2357 Jury trials in certain cases.

38-2358 Recorded statement of child victim admissible in certain cases; limitations.

38-2359 Record by electronic means of testimony of child victim admissible in certain cases, limitations; objections; restrictions.

38-2360 Post-adjudication orders and hearings.

38-2361 Sentencing alternatives.

38-2362 Orders relating to parents.

38-2363 Duty of parents and others to aid in enforcement of court orders; failure, contempt.

38-2364 Extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution; violating conditions of stayed juvenile sentence; hearing.

38-2365 Juvenile offender placed in custody of commissioner; placement; permanency plan; progress report to court; hearing; notification; termination of parental rights.

38-2366 Juvenile offenders in custody of department of corrections; placement; notification to court; detainment; prohibition on admittance to juvenile correctional facility.

38-2367 Modification of sentence.

38-2368 Violation of condition of probation or placement.

38-2369 Sentencing juvenile offenders; placement matrix; placements based on offense committed; aftercare term.

38-2370 Good time credits; rules and regulations.

38-2371 Departure sentences; hearing; order; findings of fact; limitations.

38-2372 Computation of sentence.

38-2373 Commitment to juvenile correctional facility; transfers.

38-2374 Same; conditional release; procedure; supervision; notification; aftercare services.

38-2375 Same; conditional release; failure to obey; authorized dispositions.

38-2376 Same; discharge from commitment; notification.

38-2377 Notification of pending release; hearing; maximum term of imprisonment.

38-2378 School district involvement in discharge plan.

38-2379 Written notice by county or district attorney.

38-2380 Orders appealable by juvenile; appeal of departure sentence, procedure.

38-2381 Appeals by prosecution.

38-2382 Appeals; procedure.

38-2383 Temporary orders pending appeal; status of orders appealed from.

38-2384 Fees and expenses.

38-2385 Certification of juvenile corrections officers; basic course of instruction; in-service training.

38-2386 Law enforcement power; special investigators.

38-2387 Application to existing cases.

38-2388 Awarding high school diplomas; requirements.

38-2389 Alternative means of adjudication; exceptions; withdrawal; appeal.

38-2390 Legislative cost study analysis of youth residential centers.

38-2391 Overall case length limits.

38-2392 Community-based graduated responses for technical violations of probation, violations of conditional release and violations of a condition of sentence.

38-2393 Multidisciplinary team for failure to comply with immediate intervention plan.

38-2394 Training for individuals working with juveniles adjudicated or participating in an immediate intervention.

38-2395 Standards for immediate intervention.

38-2396 Reintegration plan for certain juveniles removed from the home.

38-2397 Earned time calculations.

38-2398 Earned discharge for juvenile probationers.

38-2399 Department of corrections contracts for youth residential facility beds.

38-23,100 Community integration programs for juveniles.

38-23,101 Findings to be made on juvenile's first removal from home.