This brief report reviews the status of state emancipation laws and procedures, as of 2008. Download Publication
This brief report, updated for 2009, summarizes state provisions allowing or requiring a jury trial in termination of parental rights cases. Only six states have either statutes or case law providing for a jury trial.…
All states have laws making it discretionary or mandatory for courts to require a parent or guardian to pay at least part of the support costs for a juvenile who is adjudicated delinquent and placed…
This brief report, updated for 2008, highlights state variations in provisions governing DNA registration of juveniles. Thirty-one states permit or require the DNA registration of juvenile offenders who have been adjudicated delinquent in juvenile court.…
This brief report highlights state laws permitting or prohibiting the detention of juveniles in adult facilities when they are transferred to criminal court, updated for 2008. Download Publication
This report, updated for 2009, briefly summarizes current state provisions governing the application of Megan’s Law to adjudicated juvenile sex offenders. Download Publication
This report briefly discusses the use of violence protection orders by states to control weapons possession in domestic violence situations and contains a map that shows the status of the state laws in this area.…
‘Once an Adult/Always an Adult’ provisions say that if a juvenile’s delinquency proceeding originated in or was transferred to criminal court then he or she is forever excluded from juvenile court jurisdiction. This brief report…
This report, updated for 2009, briefly summarizes current state provisions governing the age at which states require or permit juveniles to be registered as sex offenders. Download Publication
This issue of the Ohio Children, Families and the Court Bulletin briefly examines Ohio’s role in the birth and growth of the family court idea, places Ohio family courts in the current national context, characterizes…
After reviewing the literature on court processing delays and the types of delay most characteristic of delinquency cases in juvenile and family courts, this study presents the results of three case studies of juvenile courts…
This technical assistance manual was designed to assist States in their efforts to reduce disproportionate minority contact (DMC) with the juvenile justice system. Lessons learned about DMC and how to reduce it are presented: (1)…