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Committees briefed on juvenile-court procedures: custody, emergency care orders and DCF’s supervisory role
Summary
Legislative counsel described the steps following police contact with a youth — citation, custody, emergency care order and temporary care hearing — and outlined DCF’s role in case plans and probation supervision in the family division.
At a Jan. 15 joint hearing, legislative counsel explained the procedural steps that follow law enforcement encounters with young people alleged to have committed delinquent acts and described DCF’s supervisory role in juvenile probation.
Ben Novogrovsky, legislative counsel with the Office of Legislative Council, told the two House committees that the family division’s jurisdiction generally begins at age 10 and that probation supervision for juveniles is handled by DCF. “Probation is a big factor in these juvenile justice cases,” Novogrovsky said. Under family-division supervision, “a delinquent child is subject to the supervision of DCF,” he added.
Why it matters: how a child is processed affects custody, placement and access to services.…
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