Rule 30-5. Detention Time Limitations

(a) No child or youth shall be held in a juvenile residential center for more than twenty-four hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, unless (1) a delinquency petition or information alleging a delinquent act has been filed and (2) an order for such continued detention has been signed by the judicial authority following a hearing as provided by subsection (b) of this section or a waiver of hearing as provided by Section 30-8.

(b) A hearing to determine probable cause and the need for further detention shall be held no later than the next business day following the arrest.

(c) If a nondelinquent child or youth is being held for another jurisdiction in accordance with the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, following the initial hearing as provided by subsection (b) of this section, that child or youth shall be held not more than ninety days and shall be held in a secure facility, as defined by rules promulgated in accordance with the Compact, other than a locked juvenile residential center.

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 1031.1 (1).) (Amended June 24, 2002, to take effect Jan. 1, 2003; amended June 20, 2011, to take effect Jan. 1, 2012; amended June 23, 2017, to take effect Jan. 1, 2018; amended June 10, 2022, to take effect Jan. 1, 2023; amended June 14, 2024, to take effect Jan. 1, 2025.)