Family Court Juvenile Proceedings
Current through 2025
Chapter I · SCOPE OF RULES
Chapter II · DELINQUENCY AND WAYWARDNESS
- 2 Petition
- 3 Intake Procedure
- 4 Informal Adjustment Procedure
- 5 Filing of Petition: Amendment
- 6 Summons
- 7 Release of Child Under Custody of the Court
- 8 Detention Prior to Adjudication Deadlines
- 9 Arraignment; Adjudicatory Hearing
- 10 Discovery
- 11 Disposition
- 12 Waiver or Certification — Juvenile Drug Offenders
- 13 Waiver Hearing
- 14 Certification Hearing Deadlines
Chapter III · DEPENDENCY, NEGLECT, ABUSE, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
- 15 Dependency, Neglect, or Abuse
- 16 Summons Upon Petition
- 17 Putative Father
- 18 Preliminary Proceedings Deadlines
- 19 Role of the Guardian Ad Litem of the Child
- 20 Probable Cause Hearing
- 21 Discovery
- 22 Trial on the Merits; Disposition Deadlines
- 23 Permanency Hearings
- 24 Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights Deadlines
- 25 Voluntary Termination of Parental Rights Deadlines
- 26 Mediation of Parental Rights
- 27 Legal Guardianship
- 28 Petition for Voluntary Placement
- 29 Election to Remain in Placement as a Young Adult
Chapter IV · ADOPTION
- 30 Petition
- 31 Supporting Documentation Deadlines
- 32 Service on Parents
- 33 Claim of Right
- 34 Failure to Appear
- 35 Consent to Adoption
- 36 Adoption by Step Parent; Grandparent
- 37 Home Study and Report on Adoptive Home; Criminal Records Check
- 38 Judgment or Decree of Adoption
- 39 Judgment or Decree of Open Adoption
- 40 Challenge to Adoption Judgment or Decree Deadlines
Chapter V · GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 41 Pretrial Conferences and Procedure
- 42 Proof of Official Record
- 43 In Camera Testimony of a Child
- 44 Expert Witnesses
- 45 Interpreters
- 46 Out-of-State Counsel
- 47 Time Deadlines
- 48 Motions
- 49 Dismissal
- 50 Service and Filing of Papers
- 51 Subpoena Deadlines
- 52 Appeals
- 53 Miscellaneous Matters
- 54 Exceptions Unnecessary
- 55 Harmless Error
- 56 Regulation of Conduct in the Courtroom
- 57 Records
- 58 Rules of Practice and Orders
- 59 Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
- 60 Effective Date