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Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 63 was added July 9, 1976, P.L.586, No.142,...
Section 6301 - Short title and purposes of chapter - (a) Short title.--This chapter shall be known and may be...
Section 6302 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 6303 - Scope of chapter - (a) General rule.--This chapter shall apply exclusively to the following:...
Section 6304 - Powers and duties of probation officers - (a) General rule.--For the purpose of carrying out the objectives...
Section 6304.1 - Summary offenses - (a) Review.-- (1) Upon notice being certified to the court...
Section 6305 - Masters - (a) General rule.--The governing authority may promulgate rules for the...
Section 6306 - Costs and expenses of care of child - The costs and expenses of the care of the child...
Section 6307 - Inspection of court files and records - (a) General rule.--All files and records of the court in...
Section 6308 - Law enforcement records - (a) General rule.--Law enforcement records and files concerning a child...
Section 6309 - Juvenile history record information - (a) Applicability of Criminal History Record Information Act.--Except for 18...
Section 6310 - Parental participation - (a) General rule.--In any proceeding under this chapter, a court...
Section 6311 - Guardian ad litem for child in court proceedings - (a) Appointment.--When a proceeding, including a master's hearing, has been...
Section 6321 - Commencement of proceedings - (a) General rule.--A proceeding under this chapter may be commenced:...
Section 6322 - Transfer from criminal proceedings - (a) General rule.--Except as provided in 75 Pa.C.S. ยง 6303...
Section 6323 - Informal adjustment - (a) General rule.-- (1) Before a petition is filed, the...
Section 6324 - Taking into custody - A child may be taken into custody: (1) Pursuant to...
Section 6325 - Detention of child - A child taken into custody shall not be detained or...
Section 6326 - Release or delivery to court - (a) General rule.--A person taking a child into custody, with...
Section 6327 - Place of detention - (a) General rule.--A child alleged to be delinquent may be...
Section 6328 - Dependency in lieu of delinquency - (a) Referral to county agency.--The offenses provided under subsection (b)...
Section 6331 - Release from detention or commencement of proceedings - If a child is brought before the court or delivered...
Section 6332 - Informal hearing - (a) General rule.--An informal hearing shall be held promptly by...
Section 6333 - Subpoena - (a) General rule.--Upon application of a child, parent, guardian, custodian,...
Section 6334 - Petition - (a) Contents of petition.--A petition, which shall be verified and...
Section 6335 - Release or holding of hearing - (a) General rule.--After the petition has been filed alleging the...
Section 6336 - Conduct of hearings - (a) General rule.--Hearings under this chapter shall be conducted by...
Section 6336.1 - Notice and hearing - (a) General rule.--The court shall direct the county agency or...
Section 6336.2 - Use of restraints on children during court proceedings - (a) Use of restraints.--Except as provided for in subsection (b),...
Section 6337 - Right to counsel - Except as provided under this section and in section 6311...
Section 6337.1 - Right to counsel for children in dependency and delinquency proceedings - (a) Children in dependency proceedings.--Legal counsel shall be provided for...
Section 6338 - Other basic rights - (a) General rule.--A party is entitled to the opportunity to...
Section 6339 - Investigation and report - (a) General rule.--If the allegations of a petition are admitted...
Section 6340 - Consent decree - (a) General rule.--At any time after the filing of a...
Section 6341 - Adjudication - (a) General rule.--After hearing the evidence on the petition the...
Section 6342 - Court-appointed special advocates - (a) General rule.--The court may appoint or discharge a CASA...
Section 6351 - Disposition of dependent child - (a) General rule.--If the child is found to be a...
Section 6351.1 - Authority of court upon petition to remove child from foster parent - (a) Order required.--Notwithstanding sections 6324 (relating to taking into custody)...
Section 6352 - Disposition of delinquent child - (a) General rule.--If the child is found to be a...
Section 6352.1 - Treatment records - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, drug and alcohol treatment...
Section 6352.2 - Interagency information sharing - (a) Scope.--This section shall apply to court-approved interagency information-sharing agreements...
Section 6353 - Limitation on and change in place of commitment - (a) General rule.--No child shall initially be committed to an...
Section 6354 - Effect of adjudication - (a) General rule.--An order of disposition or other adjudication in...
Section 6355 - Transfer to criminal proceedings - (a) General rule.--After a petition has been filed alleging delinquency...
Section 6356 - Disposition of mentally ill or mentally retarded child - If, at a dispositional hearing of a child found to...
Section 6357 - Rights and duties of legal custodian - A custodian to whom legal custody has been given by...
Section 6358 - Assessment of delinquent children by the State Sexual Offenders Assessment Board - (a) General rule.--A child who has been found to be...
Section 6361 - Disposition of nonresident child - (a) General rule.--If the court finds that a child who...
Section 6362 - Disposition of resident child received from another state - (a) General rule.--If a juvenile court of another state which...
Section 6363 - Ordering foreign supervision - (a) General rule.--Subject to the provisions of this chapter governing...
Section 6364 - Supervision under foreign order - (a) General rule.--Upon receiving a request of a juvenile court...
Section 6365 - Powers of foreign probation officers - If a child has been placed on probation or protective...
Section 6371 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter...
Section 6372 - Juvenile Court Judges' Commission - (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the Office of General...
Section 6373 - Powers and duties - The commission shall have the power and is required to...
Section 6374 - Power to make grants - The commission shall have the power, and its duty shall...
Section 6375 - Funding - The General Assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as it...