Juvenile Court Laws in the United States: A Summary by States

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Charities Publication Committee, 1910 - Juvenile courts - 150 pages

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Page 16 - This act shall be liberally construed, to the end that its purpose may be carried out, to wit: That the care, custody and discipline of a child shall approximate, as nearly as may be, that which should be given by its parents...
Page 150 - In committing any child to any custodial agency or placing it under any guardianship other than that of its natural guardians, the court shall, as far as practicable...
Page 149 - Whenever a child within the jurisdiction of said court and under the provisions of this act appears to the court to be in need of medical care, a suitable order may be made for the treatment of such child...
Page 150 - ... upon the court's own motion; and in that event an order to show cause may be made by the court, to be served upon the parent or parents of said child in such manner and for such time prior to the hearing as the court may deem reasonable. In any case arising under this act, the court may determine as between parents whether the father or mother shall have the custody, tuition and direction of said child. § 17. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as abridging the general chancery power...
Page 77 - A child of more than seven and less than sixteen years of age, who shall commit any act or omission which, if committed by an adult, would be a crime not punishable by death or life imprisonment, shall not be deemed guilty of any crime, but of juvenile delinquency only...
Page 146 - It shall be sufficient to confer jurisdiction if service is effected at any time before the time fixed in the summons for the return thereof...
Page 145 - Monroe county under sixteen years of age, who are delinquent, neglected or otherwise subject to the discipline or in need of the care and protection of the state ; and regulating the procedure in such cases, including the establishment of a detention home, a probation system and the appointment of guardians for such children.
Page 146 - ... provided that, for good cause shown, the court make an order dispensing with such service. The summons shall be considered a mandate of the court, and wilful failure to obey its requirements shall subject any person guilty thereof to liability for punishment as for a contempt.
Page 146 - A of section two, or is in such condition that the welfare of the child requires that its custody be immediately assumed, the court may indorse upon the summons a direction that the officer serving the same shall at once take said child into his custody; in the meantime such child may be admitted to bail or released in the custody of a probation officer or other person by...
Page 147 - No adjudication under the provisions of this act shall operate as a disqualification of any child subsequently to hold public office or as a forfeiture of any right or privilege or to receive any license granted by public authority; and no child shall be denominated a criminal by reason of such adjudication, nor shall such adjudication be denominated a conviction.

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