Alabama 2025 Regular Session

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5	5	By Representatives Brinyark, Hill, Woods, Robbins, Tillman,
6	6	Sellers, Almond, Collins
7	7	RFD: Judiciary
8	8	First Read: 27-Feb-25
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17	17	SYNOPSIS:
18	18	Under existing law, the age of majority is 19
19	19	years of age.
20	20	Also under existing law, juvenile courts have
21	21	original jurisdiction over criminal acts committed by
22	22	children under 18 years of age or, in certain
23	23	circumstances, under 19 years of age; child in need of
24	24	supervision matters and commitments to the State
25	25	Department of Mental Health for individuals under 19
26	26	years of age; and certain crimes relating to juvenile
27	27	delinquency committed by individuals over 18 years of
28	28	age.
29	29	This bill would provide that juvenile courts
30	30	have original jurisdiction over criminal acts committed
31	31	by children under the age of majority; child in need or
32	32	supervision matters and commitments to the State
33	33	Department of Mental health for children who are under
34	34	the age of majority; and certain crimes relating to
35	35	juvenile delinquency committed by individuals over the
36	36	age of majority.
37	37	This bill would provide that a child who has not
38	38	arrived at the age of majority may not be detained or
39	39	confined in any jail or lockup for adults, with
40	40	exceptions.
41	41	This bill would also delete duplicative language
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71	71	This bill would also delete duplicative language
72	72	and make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update
73	73	the existing code language to current style.
74	74	A BILL
75	75	TO BE ENTITLED
76	76	AN ACT
77	77	Relating to juvenile courts; to amend Sections
78	78	12-15-102, 12-15-114, 12-15-116, 12-15-117, 12-15-207, and
79	79	12-15-208, Code of Alabama 1975; to further provide for the
80	80	original jurisdiction of juvenile courts; to provide that a
81	81	child under the age of majority may not be detained in a
82	82	facility for adults, with exceptions; and to make
83	83	nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing
84	84	code language to current style.
85	85	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
86	86	Section 1. Sections 12-15-102, 12-15-114, 12-15-116,
87	87	12-15-117, 12-15-207, and 12-15-208, Code of Alabama 1975, are
88	88	amended to read as follows:
89	89	"§12-15-102
90	90	When used in this chapter, the following words and
91	91	phrases terms have the following meanings:
92	92	(1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age or older who
93	93	has reached the age of majority as provided in Section 26-1-1 .
94	94	(2) AFTERCARE. Conditions and supervision as the
95	95	juvenile court orders after release from the Department of
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126	126	Youth Services.
127	127	(3) CHILD. An individual under:
128	128	a. Under the age of 18 years, or majority as provided
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130	130	b. Under 21 years of age and before the juvenile court
131	131	for a delinquency matter arising before that individual's 18th
132	132	birthday, or individual has arrived at the age of majority as
133	133	provided in Section 26-1-1; under 19 years of age
134	134	c. Under the age of majority as provided in Section
135	135	26-1-1 and before the juvenile court for a child in need of
136	136	supervision matter or commitment to the State Department of
137	137	Mental Health or under 19 years of age ;
138	138	d. Under the age of majority as provided in Section
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140	140	initiated under Section 12-15-115(b)(2) ; or. Where a
141	141	delinquency petition alleges that an individual, prior to the
142	142	individual's 18th birthday, has committed an offense for which
143	143	there is no statute of limitation pursuant to Section 15-3-5,
144	144	the term child also shall include the individual subject to
145	145	the petition, regardless of the age of the individual at the
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147	147	e. Of any age and before the juvenile court for a
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149	149	the age of majority if the offense has no statute of
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151	151	(4) CHILD IN NEED OF SUPERVISION. A child who has been
152	152	adjudicated by a juvenile court for doing any of the following
153	153	and who is in need of care, rehabilitation, or supervision:
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184	184	a. Being subject to the requirement of compulsory
185	185	school attendance, is habitually truant from school as defined
186	186	by the State Board of Education in the Alabama Administrative
187	187	Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a child shall not be
188	188	found in need of supervision pursuant to this subdivision if
189	189	This term does not include a child for whom the juvenile court
190	190	determines that the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian
191	191	of the child was solely responsible for the nonattendance of
192	192	the child.
193	193	b. Disobeys Disobeying the reasonable and lawful
194	194	demands of his or her parent, legal guardian, or legal
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197	197	c. Leaves, or remains Leaving, or remaining away from,
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199	199	legal custodian, or person individual with whom he or she
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201	201	d. Commits Committing an offense established by law but
202	202	not classified as criminal.
203	203	(5) CHILD'S ATTORNEY. A licensed attorney who provides
204	204	legal services for a child , or for a minor in a mental
205	205	commitment proceeding, and who owes the same duties of
206	206	undivided loyalty, confidentiality, and competent
207	207	representation to the child or minor as is due an adult
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209	209	(6) DELINQUENT ACT. An act committed by a child that is
210	210	designated a violation, misdemeanor, or felony offense
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242	242	which the act was committed or pursuant to federal law. This
243	243	term shall does not apply to any of the following:
244	244	a. An offense Any of the following offenses when
245	245	committed by a child 16 or 17 years of age as follows:
246	246	1. A nonfelony traffic offense or water safety offense
247	247	other than one charged pursuant to Section 32-5A-191 or,
248	248	Section 32-5A-191.3, or a municipal ordinance prohibiting the
249	249	same conduct.
250	250	2. A capital offense.
251	251	3. A Class A felony.
252	252	4. A felony which that has as an element the use of a
253	253	deadly weapon.
254	254	5. A felony which that has as an element the causing of
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256	256	6. A felony which that has as an element the use of a
257	257	dangerous instrument against any person individual who is one
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259	259	(i) A law enforcement officer or official.
260	260	(ii) A correctional officer or official.
261	261	(iii) A parole or probation officer or official.
262	262	(iv) A juvenile court probation officer or official.
263	263	(v) A district attorney or other prosecuting officer or
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265	265	(vi) A judge or judicial official.
266	266	(vii) A court officer or official.
267	267	(viii) A person An individual who is a grand juror,
268	268	juror, or witness in any legal proceeding of whatever nature
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300	300	the role of the person individual as a juror, grand juror, or
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302	302	(ix) A teacher, principal, or employee of the public
303	303	education system of Alabama.
304	304	7. Trafficking in drugs in violation of Section
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306	306	8. Any lesser included offense of the offenses in
307	307	subparagraphs 1. to 7., inclusive, charged or any lesser
308	308	felony offense charged arising from the same facts and
309	309	circumstances and committed at the same time as the offenses
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311	311	b. Any criminal act, offense, or violation committed by
312	312	a child under the age of 18 years the age of majority as
313	313	provided in Section 26-1-1 who has been previously convicted
314	314	or adjudicated a youthful offender.
315	315	(7) DELINQUENT CHILD. A child who has been adjudicated
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317	317	(8) DEPENDENT CHILD. a. A child who has been
318	318	adjudicated dependent by a juvenile court and is in need of
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320	320	circumstances:
321	321	1. Whose parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or
322	322	other custodian subjects the child or any other child in the
323	323	household to child abuse, as defined in Section 12-15-301 or
324	324	neglect as defined in Section 12-15-301, or allows the child
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326	326	2. Who is without a parent, legal guardian, or legal
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358	358	or education of the child.
359	359	3. Whose parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or
360	360	other custodian neglects or refuses, when able to do so or
361	361	when the service is offered without charge, to provide or
362	362	allow medical, surgical, or other care necessary for the
363	363	health or well-being of the child.
364	364	4. Whose parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or
365	365	other custodian fails, refuses, or neglects to send the child
366	366	to school in accordance with the terms of the compulsory
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368	368	5. Whose parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or
369	369	other custodian has abandoned the child, as defined in
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371	371	6. Whose parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or
372	372	other custodian is unable or unwilling to discharge his or her
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374	374	7. Who has been placed for care or adoption in
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376	376	8. Who, for any other cause, is in need of the care and
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378	378	b. The commission of one or more status offenses as
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380	380	sufficient basis for an adjudication of dependency.
381	381	(9) DETENTION. The temporary placement of children
382	382	alleged or adjudicated to be delinquent in secure custody as
383	383	defined herein pending juvenile court disposition or transfer
384	384	to a residential facility for further care of a child
385	385	adjudicated delinquent.
386	386	(10) GUARDIAN AD LITEM. A licensed attorney appointed
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416	416	(10) GUARDIAN AD LITEM. A licensed attorney appointed
417	417	by a juvenile court to protect the best interests of an
418	418	individual without being bound by the expressed wishes of that
419	419	individual.
420	420	(11) INTAKE OFFICER. A juvenile probation officer or an
421	421	employee of the judicial branch of government , who is neutral
422	422	and detached from executive and legislative branch activities ,
423	423	and designated by the juvenile court judge to initiate
424	424	original delinquency cases, dependency cases, and child in
425	425	need of supervision cases, as well as and cases designated in
426	426	Section 12-15-132, before the juvenile court. The juvenile
427	427	court intake officer shall be appointed a magistrate pursuant
428	428	to Rule 18 of the, Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration ,
429	429	to issue warrants of arrest for individuals 18 years of age or
430	430	older who have arrived at the age of majority as provided in
431	431	Section 26-1-1 committing criminal offenses under the
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433	433	(12) JUVENILE COURT. The juvenile or family court
434	434	division of the circuit or district court having jurisdiction
435	435	over matters as provided by this chapter.
436	436	(13) JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY. Any facility owned or
437	437	operated by the state, any county, or other legal entity
438	438	licensed by and contracted with the Department of Youth
439	439	Services for the detention of children.
440	440	(14) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any person individual,
441	441	however denominated, who is authorized by law to exercise the
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443	443	(15) LEGAL CUSTODIAN. A parent, person, agency, or
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474	474	department to whom legal custody of a child under the
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476	476	has been awarded by order of the juvenile court or other court
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478	478	(16) LEGAL CUSTODY. A legal status created by order of
479	479	the juvenile court which vests in a legal custodian : (i) the
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481	481	jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to this chapter
482	482	and; (ii) the right and duty to protect, train, and discipline
483	483	the child; and (iii) the right and duty to provide the child
484	484	with food, shelter, clothing, education, and medical care, all
485	485	subject to the powers, rights, duties, and responsibilities of
486	486	the legal guardian of the person of the child and subject to
487	487	any residual parental rights and responsibilities. A parent,
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491	491	(17) LEGAL GUARDIAN. A person who has been appointed by
492	492	a probate court pursuant to the Alabama Uniform Guardianship
493	493	and Protective Proceedings Act, Chapter 2A (commencing with
494	494	Section 26-2A-1) of Title 26 to be a guardian of a person an
495	495	individual under 19 years of age who has not otherwise had the
496	496	disabilities of minority removed. This term does not include a
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498	498	(18) MINOR. An individual who is under the age of 19
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501	501	(19) PARENT. The legal mother or the legal father of a
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532	532	child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to
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534	534	(20) PICK-UP ORDER. In any case before the juvenile
535	535	court, an order directing any law enforcement officer or other
536	536	person individual authorized by this chapter to take a child
537	537	into custody and to deliver the child to a place of detention,
538	538	shelter, or other care designated by the juvenile court.
539	539	(21) PROBATION. The legal status created by order of
540	540	the juvenile court following an adjudication of delinquency or
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542	542	in a community subject to supervision and return to the
543	543	juvenile court for violation of probation at any time during
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545	545	(22) RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. A dwelling, other than a
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548	548	including, but not limited to, institutions, foster family
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552	552	(23) RESIDUAL PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
553	553	Those rights and responsibilities remaining with a parent
554	554	after a transfer of legal custody of a child under the
555	555	jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to this chapter ,
556	556	including, but not necessarily limited to, the right of
557	557	visitation, the right to withhold consent to adoption, the
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590	590	juvenile court not to be in the best interests of the child.
591	591	(24) SECURE CUSTODY. As used with regard to juvenile
592	592	detention facilities and the Department of Youth Services,
593	593	this term means residential facilities with construction
594	594	features designed to physically restrict the movements and
595	595	activities of persons individuals in custody such as locked
596	596	rooms and buildings , including locked rooms and buildings,
597	597	rooms and buildings that contain alarm devices that prevent
598	598	departure;, fences;, or other physical structures. This term
599	599	does not include facilities where physical restriction of
600	600	movement or activity is provided solely through facility
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602	602	(25) SHELTER CARE. The temporary care of children in
603	603	group homes, foster care, relative placement, or other
604	604	nonpenal facilities."
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606	606	(a) A juvenile court shall exercise exclusive original
607	607	jurisdiction of juvenile court proceedings in which a child is
608	608	alleged to have committed a delinquent act, to be dependent,
609	609	or to be in need of supervision. A dependency action shall may
610	610	not include a custody dispute between parents. Juvenile cases
611	611	before the juvenile court shall be initiated through the
612	612	juvenile court intake office pursuant to this chapter.
613	613	(b) A juvenile court shall does not have jurisdiction
614	614	over any delinquent act committed by an individual before his
615	615	or her 18th birthday he or she has arrived at the age of
616	616	majority as provided in Section 26-1-1, for which a petition
617	617	has not been filed before the individual reaches 21 years of
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648	648	age, except when the delinquent act is an offense having no
649	649	statute of limitation as provided in Section 15-3-5.
650	650	(c) A juvenile court shall also exercise exclusive
651	651	original jurisdiction over each of the following:
652	652	(1) Proceedings pursuant to the Interstate Compact on
653	653	Juveniles and the Interstate Compact on Placement of Children
654	654	pursuant to Article 2, Chapter 2 of Title 44.
655	655	(2) Proceedings for termination of parental rights."
656	656	"§12-15-116
657	657	(a) A juvenile court shall have exclusive original
658	658	jurisdiction to try any individual committing any of the
659	659	following offenses while 18 years of age or older after he or
660	660	she has arrived at the age of majority as provided in Section
661	661	26-1-1:
662	662	(1) Contributing to the delinquency, in need of
663	663	supervision, or dependency of a child in violation of Section
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665	665	(2) Opposing or interfering with a juvenile probation
666	666	officer or a representative of the Department of Human
667	667	Resources in violation of Section 12-15-112.
668	668	(3) Violating any of the confidentiality provisions of
669	669	Sections 12-15-133, 12-15-134, 12-15-135, or 12-15-217.
670	670	(4) Nonsupport in violation of Section 13A-13-4.
671	671	(5) Violating any of the juvenile sex offender
672	672	provisions of Section 15-20A-27(b)(1).
673	673	(6) Violating any of the provisions of the compulsory
674	674	school attendance laws in Section 16-28-12.
675	675	(b) All criminal cases before the juvenile court shall
676	676	be governed by the laws relating thereto and shall be
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706	706	be governed by the laws relating thereto and shall be
707	707	initiated by complaint made before a judge or magistrate
708	708	according to criminal procedure."
709	709	"§12-15-117
710	710	(a) Once a child has been adjudicated dependent,
711	711	delinquent, or in need of supervision, jurisdiction of the
712	712	juvenile court shall terminate when the child becomes 21 years
713	713	of age unless, prior thereto, the judge of the juvenile court
714	714	terminates its jurisdiction by explicitly stating in a written
715	715	order that it is terminating jurisdiction over the case
716	716	involving the child. Nothing in this section is intended to
717	717	affect the initial and continuing jurisdiction of juvenile
718	718	courts over cases other than delinquency, dependency, or in
719	719	need of supervision cases as provided in Sections 12-15-114,
720	720	12-15-115, 12-15-116, or any other statute by which
721	721	jurisdiction was initially lawfully invoked.
722	722	(b) The jurisdiction of the juvenile court shall
723	723	terminate when the child is convicted or adjudicated a
724	724	youthful offender as provided in Section 12-15-203(i) and
725	725	Section 12-15-204(b). If a person an individual already under
726	726	the jurisdiction of the juvenile court is convicted or
727	727	adjudicated a youthful offender in a criminal court of a crime
728	728	committed at the age of 18 or older after he or she has
729	729	arrived at the age of majority as provided in Section 26-1-1 ,
730	730	the conviction or adjudication shall terminate the
731	731	jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
732	732	(c) In any case over which the juvenile court has
733	733	jurisdiction, the juvenile court shall retain jurisdiction
734	734	over an individual of any age to enforce or modify any prior
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764	764	over an individual of any age to enforce or modify any prior
765	765	orders of the juvenile court unless otherwise provided by law
766	766	and also shall retain jurisdiction for the enforcement or
767	767	modification of any prior orders of the juvenile court
768	768	requiring the payment of fines, court costs, restitution, or
769	769	other money ordered by the juvenile court until paid in full.
770	770	(d) For purposes of enforcing any order of the juvenile
771	771	court requiring the payment of fines, court costs,
772	772	restitution, or other money ordered by the juvenile court, the
773	773	remedies with regard to punishment for contempt, including
774	774	incarceration in jail of individuals 18 years of age or older
775	775	who have arrived at the age of majority as provided in Section
776	776	26-1-1, shall be available to the juvenile court."
777	777	"§12-15-207
778	778	(a) When a child is not released from detention or
779	779	shelter care as provided in Section 12-15-127, a petition
780	780	shall must be filed and a hearing held within 72 hours of
781	781	placement in detention or shelter care, Saturdays, Sundays,
782	782	and holidays included, to determine probable cause and to
783	783	determine whether or not continued detention or shelter care
784	784	is required.
785	785	(b) Notice of the detention or shelter care hearing,
786	786	either verbal or written, stating the date, time, place, and
787	787	purpose of the hearing and the right to counsel shall be given
788	788	by a juvenile probation officer to the parent, legal guardian,
789	789	or legal custodian if they can be found and to the child if
790	790	the child is over 12 years of age .
791	791	(c) At the commencement of the detention or shelter
792	792	care hearing, the juvenile court shall advise the parent,
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822	822	care hearing, the juvenile court shall advise the parent,
823	823	legal guardian, legal custodian, and the parties of the right
824	824	to counsel and shall appoint counsel if the juvenile court
825	825	determines they are indigent. The parties shall be informed of
826	826	the right of the child to remain silent. The parent, legal
827	827	guardian, legal custodian, and the parties shall also be
828	828	informed of the contents of the petition and, except as
829	829	provided herein, shall be given an opportunity to admit or
830	830	deny the allegations of the petition. Prior to the acceptance
831	831	of an admission of the allegations of the petition, the
832	832	juvenile court shall: (1) (i) Verify if the child was
833	833	previously convicted or adjudicated a youthful offender
834	834	pursuant to Section 12-15-203 or (2); or (ii) rule on any
835	835	motion of the prosecutor requesting the juvenile court to
836	836	transfer the child for criminal prosecution. The juvenile
837	837	court shall may not accept a plea of guilt or an admission to
838	838	the allegations of the petition in any case in which the child
839	839	will be transferred for prosecution as an adult, either by
840	840	grant of the motion of the prosecutor to transfer or pursuant
841	841	to Section 12-15-203.
842	842	(d) All relevant and material evidence helpful in
843	843	determining the need for detention or shelter care may be
844	844	admitted by the juvenile court even though not admissible in
845	845	subsequent hearings.
846	846	(e) If the child is not released and no parent, legal
847	847	guardian, or other legal custodian has been notified and none
848	848	appeared or waived appearance at the hearing, upon the filing
849	849	of an affidavit by the parent, legal guardian, or legal
850	850	custodian stating these facts and requesting a hearing, the
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880	880	custodian stating these facts and requesting a hearing, the
881	881	juvenile court shall rehear the matter within 24 hours
882	882	(f) If a person 18 years of age or older an individual
883	883	who has arrived at the age of majority as provided in Section
884	884	26-1-1 is alleged to have violated a condition of probation or
885	885	aftercare after the person individual was adjudicated to be
886	886	delinquent, the juvenile court may order that the person
887	887	individual be confined in the appropriate jail or lockup for
888	888	adults as ordered by the juvenile court."
889	889	"§12-15-208
890	890	(a) Persons Individuals who shall may not be detained
891	891	or confined in secure custody include all of the following:
892	892	(1) A status offender, except as further provided in
893	893	this subdivision and subsection (b).
894	894	a. Short-term secure custody of an accused status
895	895	offender may be necessary, such as detention in a juvenile
896	896	detention facility, for a brief period not exceeding 24 hours ,
897	897	prior to formal juvenile court action , for investigative
898	898	purposes, for identification purposes, or for the purpose of
899	899	allowing return of a status offender to the parent, legal
900	900	guardian, or legal custodian.
901	901	b. Detention for a brief period of time pursuant to
902	902	juvenile court authority may be necessary in order to arrange
903	903	for appropriate shelter care placement. If a petition
904	904	regarding an alleged status offender is filed in juvenile
905	905	court and if it is determined that the alleged status offender
906	906	is at imminent risk of being placed in the legal or physical
907	907	custody of the Department of Human Resources, the case shall
908	908	be referred to the county children's services facilitation
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938	938	be referred to the county children's services facilitation
939	939	team, and the procedures in Article 5 shall be followed. Upon
940	940	referral to the county children's services facilitation team,
941	941	the juvenile probation officer shall continue to provide case
942	942	management to the status offender unless the county children's
943	943	services facilitation team appoints another person to act as
944	944	case manager. The juvenile probation officer shall participate
945	945	in county children's services facilitation team meetings and
946	946	share records information and reports on the status offender
947	947	with the county children's services facilitation team.
948	948	(2) A federal ward who is held beyond 24 hours in
949	949	secure custody in a state or local juvenile detention facility
950	950	pursuant to a written contract or agreement with a federal
951	951	agency and for the specific purpose of affecting a
952	952	jurisdictional transfer, for appearance as a material witness,
953	953	or for return to his or her lawful residence or country of
954	954	citizenship shall be reported as a violation of the
955	955	deinstitutionalization of status offender requirement.
956	956	(3) A nonoffender.
957	957	(4) A child 10 years of age or younger , unless the
958	958	child is charged with an offense causing death or serious
959	959	bodily injury to a person an individual or an offense that
960	960	would be classified as a Class A felony if committed by an
961	961	adult.
962	962	(5) A child 11 or 12 years of age , unless: (i) the
963	963	child is charged with an offense causing death or serious
964	964	bodily injury to a person an individual or an offense that
965	965	would be classified as a Class A felony if committed by an
966	966	adult; or (ii) by order of a juvenile court.
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996	996	adult; or (ii) by order of a juvenile court.
997	997	(b) Persons Individuals who may be detained or confined
998	998	in secure custody include all of the following:
999	999	(1) A person An individual who violates the federal law
1000	1000	that prohibits possession of a handgun by a child under 18
1001	1001	years of age or who violates a similar state or municipal law.
1002	1002	A person An individual under this subdivision may be placed in
1003	1003	a juvenile detention facility.
1004	1004	(2) A person An individual in custody pursuant to the
1005	1005	Interstate Compact for Juveniles, contained in Section
1006	1006	44-2-10. A person An individual under this subdivision may be
1007	1007	placed in juvenile detention facilities.
1008	1008	(3) A status offender who violates a valid court order.
1009	1009	a. A status offender who is charged with or has
1010	1010	committed a violation of a valid court order may be detained
1011	1011	in secure custody in a juvenile detention facility for up to
1012	1012	72 hours in any six-month period.
1013	1013	b. A status offender who violates a valid court order
1014	1014	shall may not be committed to the Department of Youth Services
1015	1015	nor held in a jail or lockup for adult offenders.
1016	1016	c. For this valid court order exception to apply, the
1017	1017	following actions must occur when a status offender is taken
1018	1018	into custody for violating a valid court order:
1019	1019	1. The juvenile detention facility shall immediately
1020	1020	notify the juvenile court intake or probation officer that the
1021	1021	child is being held in secure custody for violating a valid
1022	1022	court order. The notice shall include the date and time the
1023	1023	child entered the juvenile detention facility.
1024	1024	2. Within the first 24 hours during which a status
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1054	1054	2. Within the first 24 hours during which a status
1055	1055	offender is held in secure custody, not including weekends or
1056	1056	holidays, a juvenile court intake or probation officer, or an
1057	1057	authorized representative of the department or agency having
1058	1058	custody or supervision of the child, shall interview the child
1059	1059	in person.
1060	1060	3. Within 48 hours of the admission of the status
1061	1061	offender to secure custody, not including weekends or
1062	1062	holidays:
1063	1063	(i) The individual who interviewed the child shall
1064	1064	submit a written assessment report to the juvenile court
1065	1065	regarding the immediate needs of the child; and
1066	1066	(ii) If the juvenile court has not yet determined
1067	1067	whether the child has violated the order, the juvenile court
1068	1068	shall conduct a hearing to determine whether there is
1069	1069	reasonable cause to believe that the child violated the order
1070	1070	and the appropriate placement of the child pending disposition
1071	1071	of the alleged violation.
1072	1072	(c) No person under 18 years of age shall individual
1073	1073	who is under the age of majority as provided in Section 26-1-1
1074	1074	may be detained or confined in any jail or lockup for adults
1075	1075	except as follows:
1076	1076	(1) For up to six hours while processing the case of
1077	1077	the child.
1078	1078	(2) If the child is transferred for criminal
1079	1079	prosecution pursuant to Section 12-15-203.
1080	1080	(3) If the child is charged pursuant to Section
1081	1081	12-15-204.
1082	1082	(d)(1) When a case is transferred to another court for
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1112	1112	(d)(1) When a case is transferred to another court for
1113	1113	criminal prosecution under subdivision (c)(2), the person
1114	1114	shall individual must be transferred to the appropriate
1115	1115	officer, or jail, or lockup in accordance with the law
1116	1116	governing the detention of the person individual charged with
1117	1117	the crime. A jail or lockup used for holding adults shall may
1118	1118	not hold a status offender in secure custody at any time. An
1119	1119	accused status offender may be detained in a nonsecure area of
1120	1120	a jail or lockup for processing while waiting transportation
1121	1121	to a nonsecure shelter care facility or a juvenile detention
1122	1122	facility or while waiting for release to a parent, legal
1123	1123	guardian, or legal custodian.
1124	1124	(2) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a circuit
1125	1125	court judge exercising criminal jurisdiction from ordering
1126	1126	that a child described in subdivision (c)(2) or (3) should be
1127	1127	placed in a juvenile detention center instead of an adult jail
1128	1128	or lockup.
1129	1129	(e)(1) An accused or adjudicated delinquent child or a
1130	1130	status offender shall may not have contact with adult inmates,
1131	1131	including trustees. For the purposes of this subsection:
1132	1132	a. The term "contact" means "Contact" is defined as any
1133	1133	physical or sustained sight and sound contact ;. "Sight
1134	1134	contact" is defined as
1135	1135	b. The term "sight contact" means clear visual contact
1136	1136	between adult inmates and an accused or adjudicated delinquent
1137	1137	child or a status offender within close proximity to each
1138	1138	other. "Sound contact" is defined as ; and
1139	1139	c. The term "sound contact" means direct verbal
1140	1140	communication between adult inmates and an accused or
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1170	1170	communication between adult inmates and an accused or
1171	1171	adjudicated delinquent child or a status offender.
1172	1172	(2) No child shall may enter pursuant to public
1173	1173	authority, for any amount of time, in secure custody in a
1174	1174	secure section of a jail, lockup, or correctional facility for
1175	1175	adults as a disposition of an offense or as a means of
1176	1176	modifying his or her behavior.
1177	1177	(f) Except as provided in this section, in providing
1178	1178	detention and shelter or other care for a child referred to or
1179	1179	coming under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the
1180	1180	juvenile court shall only use a facility that has been
1181	1181	established, licensed, or approved by the Department of Youth
1182	1182	Services or Department of Human Resources for those purposes.
1183	1183	(g) Except as provided in this section, the official in
1184	1184	charge of a jail or lockup for the detention of adult
1185	1185	offenders or persons individuals charged with crimes shall
1186	1186	inform the juvenile court immediately when a child, who is or
1187	1187	appears to be a child as defined by this chapter, is received
1188	1188	at the jail or lockup. Upon request, the official shall
1189	1189	deliver the child to the juvenile court or transfer him or her
1190	1190	to a juvenile detention facility designated by the juvenile
1191	1191	court.
1192	1192	(h) The Department of Youth Services shall continue to
1193	1193	develop and implement a statewide system of juvenile detention
1194	1194	facilities that shall must be licensed by the Department of
1195	1195	Youth Services for the detention of children.
1196	1196	(i) The Department of Youth Services shall subsidize
1197	1197	the detention of children in the juvenile detention facilities
1198	1198	in an amount up to one half one-half the average cost of
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1228	1228	in an amount up to one half one-half the average cost of
1229	1229	detention. The amount of the subsidy shall depend on the funds
1230	1230	appropriated by the Legislature to the Department of Youth
1231	1231	Services. Juvenile detention facilities may contract with the
1232	1232	Department of Youth Services or other counties for the
1233	1233	detention of children.
1234	1234	(j) Any law enforcement officer, at the direction of
1235	1235	the juvenile court, shall provide security and transportation
1236	1236	services for the juvenile court in transporting children to
1237	1237	and from juvenile detention facilities and the Department of
1238	1238	Youth Services."
1239	1239	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1240	1240	1, 2025.
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