Juvenile Proceedings in the United States
Juvenile Proceedings
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JUVENILE PROCEEDINGSIn a juvenile proceeding, a state court is asked to decide whether and how to intervene in the life of a child who may need supervision or protection. These proceedings often take place in a juvenile or family court and usually have two distinct phases: a “jurisdictional” stage,
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