Juvenile Law

Juvenile law treats criminal offenders, i.e., those who have not reached age 18 at the time of their offenses, are treated differently than adult offenders. Although each state's juvenile case process is different, the following steps are common to most state juvenile justice systems: intake, consent decree, fitness hearing, adjudicatory hearing, disposition plan, disposition hearing, probation review hearings, and case termination. Additionally, most states have laws that allow or require juvenile records to be expunged once the juvenile reaches a certain age. Find more information here in the juvenile law practice center.

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