Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 63 - Juvenile Matters
Section 6325 - Detention of child


A child taken into custody shall not be detained or placed in shelter care prior to the hearing on the petition unless his detention or care is required to protect the person or property of others or of the child or because the child may abscond or be removed from the jurisdiction of the court or because he has no parent, guardian, or custodian or other person able to provide supervision and care for him and return him to the court when required, or an order for his detention or shelter care has been made by the court pursuant to this chapter.

Cross References. Section 6325 is referred to in sections 6304, 6326, 6331, 6332 of this title.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

Chapter 63 - Juvenile Matters

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 6301 - Short title and purposes of chapter

Section 6302 - Definitions

Section 6303 - Scope of chapter

Section 6304 - Powers and duties of probation officers

Section 6304.1 - Summary offenses

Section 6305 - Masters

Section 6306 - Costs and expenses of care of child

Section 6307 - Inspection of court files and records

Section 6308 - Law enforcement records

Section 6309 - Juvenile history record information

Section 6310 - Parental participation

Section 6311 - Guardian ad litem for child in court proceedings

Section 6321 - Commencement of proceedings

Section 6322 - Transfer from criminal proceedings

Section 6323 - Informal adjustment

Section 6324 - Taking into custody

Section 6325 - Detention of child

Section 6326 - Release or delivery to court

Section 6327 - Place of detention

Section 6328 - Dependency in lieu of delinquency

Section 6331 - Release from detention or commencement of proceedings

Section 6332 - Informal hearing

Section 6333 - Subpoena

Section 6334 - Petition

Section 6335 - Release or holding of hearing

Section 6336 - Conduct of hearings

Section 6336.1 - Notice and hearing

Section 6336.2 - Use of restraints on children during court proceedings

Section 6337 - Right to counsel

Section 6337.1 - Right to counsel for children in dependency and delinquency proceedings

Section 6338 - Other basic rights

Section 6339 - Investigation and report

Section 6340 - Consent decree

Section 6341 - Adjudication

Section 6342 - Court-appointed special advocates

Section 6351 - Disposition of dependent child

Section 6351.1 - Authority of court upon petition to remove child from foster parent

Section 6352 - Disposition of delinquent child

Section 6352.1 - Treatment records

Section 6352.2 - Interagency information sharing

Section 6353 - Limitation on and change in place of commitment

Section 6354 - Effect of adjudication

Section 6355 - Transfer to criminal proceedings

Section 6356 - Disposition of mentally ill or mentally retarded child

Section 6357 - Rights and duties of legal custodian

Section 6358 - Assessment of delinquent children by the State Sexual Offenders Assessment Board

Section 6361 - Disposition of nonresident child

Section 6362 - Disposition of resident child received from another state

Section 6363 - Ordering foreign supervision

Section 6364 - Supervision under foreign order

Section 6365 - Powers of foreign probation officers

Section 6371 - Definitions

Section 6372 - Juvenile Court Judges' Commission

Section 6373 - Powers and duties

Section 6374 - Power to make grants

Section 6375 - Funding