Juvenile Court Laws in the United States: A Summary by StatesCharities Publication Committee, 1910 - 150 pages |
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adjudged age limit appear apply appoint arrested association authorized bail board of charities bond charge child under 16 children under 16 children's court Colorado committed Compiled Statutes complaint county court crime criminal custodian custody delinquent child delinquent children dependent child dependent or delinquent dependent or neglected detention home district court duly duties family home felony filed GRACE ABBOTT guardianship guilty habitually hearing hereunder Illinois imprisonment incorrigible industrial school infra institution jury jury trial justice juvenile court law Juvenile Court legislation juvenile delinquency juvenile offenders magistrate minor misdemeanor Mobile County MONROE COUNTY neglected child neglected children offense Ohio original jurisdiction paid probation officers parent or guardian parole Penal Law Penalty pending person petition Pittsburgh Survey procedure proceedings punishable repealed sessions SOUTH DAKOTA Subd summons superior court supra suspended thereof tion trial unpaid Utah vicious violates warrant Wisconsin
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Page 14 - 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 83 - ... or whose home, by reason of neglect, cruelty or depravity on the part of its parents, guardian or other person in whose care it may be, is an unfit place for such...
Page 148 - ... child or some relative or friend, or 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...
Page 75 - 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 ii - THE STANDARD OF LIVING AMONG WORKINGMEN'S FAMILIES IN NEW YORK CITY. By Robert Coit Chapin. Ph.D. 388 pages. 131 tables.
Page 143 - AN" ACT conferring jurisdiction upon the county court of Monroe county to adjudicate upon all cases of children in 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 145 - 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.
Page 145 - ... child. The court shall have power, upon the hearing of any case involving any child, to exclude the general public from the room wherein said hearing is held, admitting thereto only such persons as may have a direct interest in the case...
Page 146 - All informations, depositions, warrants and other process in the hands of such magistrate shall be forthwith transmitted to the county court, and shall become part of its records ; the county court shall thereupon proceed to hear and dispose of such case in the same manner as if the proceeding had been instituted in said county court upon petition, as hereinbefore provided. In all cases the nature of the proceeding shall be explained to said child, and if they appear, to the parents, custodian or...
Page 146 - ... shall be paid such reasonable compensation as the board of supervisors may determine, as a county charge. If the county judge finds it compatible with the public interest, he may name a probation officer or other person in the county service to act as the clerk. The county judge may also, if found necessary for the adequate care and protection of the children under the jurisdiction of the court, appoint one or more additional probation officers, to be paid such compensation as the board of supervisors...