This report, updated for 2010, summarizes state provisions allowing or requiring a jury trial in termination of parental rights cases. Download Publication
This report, updated for 2011, briefly discusses state provisions for the parental obligation of monetary support for institutionalized delinquent children. All states currently have statutes that make it either discretionary or mandatory for the court…
Juvenile and Family Law Digest is produced monthly by the National Center for Juvenile Justice. The May 2011 issue highlights two pieces of proposed legislation, one concerning status offenders, and the other concerning valid court…
This brief report presents information on states that have signed the Interstate Compact on Economic Opportunity for Military Children, designed to ease educational issues resulting from frequent moves of military families. Download Publication
This report briefly explains the ‘valid court order’ exception to the federal prohibition on holding status offenders in secure juvenile detention facilities. It also presents different state responses to the exception. If a juvenile court…
Juvenile and Family Law Digest is produced monthly by the National Center for Juvenile Justice. The April 2011 issue highlights two pieces of proposed legislation, one concerning a juvenile delinquent’s right to waive counsel, and…
Juvenile and Family Law Digest is produced monthly by the National Center for Juvenile Justice. The January 2011 issue highlights parental responsibility laws ranging from treatment to punitive and proposed legislation concerning jail time for…
‘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 Special Projects Bulletin is designed to assist juvenile probation administrators to customize policies and procedures, establish decision-making guidelines, develop instruments and forms, and other resources for the purpose of developing and implementing effective case…
Juvenile and Family Law Digest is produced monthly by the National Center for Juvenile Justice. The June 2011 issue highlights recently enacted legislation concerning domestic violence. It also summarizes recent case law on various issues,…
Juvenile and Family Law Digest is produced monthly by the National Center for Juvenile Justice. The February 2011 issue highlights proposed legislation concerning domestic violence training, and concerning military families and child custody, child support,…
This position statement was released by the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) in response to the A&E television network’s decision to air “Beyond ‘Scared Straight,'” a reality TV show about teens being intimidated and…