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§49-4-734. Disposition Alternatives for Incompetent Juveniles

(a) If the court determines that the juvenile has attained competency, the court shall proceed with the delinquent juveniles proceeding in accordance with this article. (b) After a hearing pursuant to 49-4-732 of this code, if the court determines by the preponderance of the evidence that the juvenile is incompetent to proceed and cannot attain […]

§49-4-735. Stay of Transfer to Criminal Jurisdiction

If a juvenile is presumed incompetent under 49-4-727(c) of this code, or if the issue of the juveniles competency to participate in the proceedings is raised at any time during the proceedings for a juvenile presumed competent under 49-4-727(b) of this code, the procedures outlined in 49-4-727 through 49-4-734 of this code shall be used […]

§49-4-802. General Provisions for Support Orders; Contempt

(a) Any pre-existing support order from any other court or administrative agency with authority to issue a support order shall remain in full force and effect until a superseding order is issued. (b) If a child is returned to the physical custody of a parent, that parent is not responsible for paying child support for […]

§49-4-803. Enforcement of Support Orders

(a) Support orders may be enforced through any manner provided in chapters thirty-eight and forty-eight of this code. (b) An action for contempt for nonpayment of support may be brought by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Children and Families or Bureau for Child Support Enforcement; the child's physical custodian; the child's […]

§49-4-904. Enticing Child From Custody; Penalties

A person who personally or by agent entices or forcibly removes a child from a custody in which the child was placed under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall be fined not more than $100, or confined in jail not more than six months, or fined and confined.

§49-4-732. Hearing to Determine Juvenile S Competency to Participate in the Proceedings

(a) Not more than 15 judicial days after receiving the evaluators report, the court shall conduct a hearing to determine the juveniles competency to participate in the proceedings. The court may continue the hearing for good cause shown. (b) The competency evaluation report is admissible as evidence in the competency proceedings. The qualified forensic evaluator […]

§49-4-721. Rules Governing Juvenile Facilities; Rights of Juveniles

(a) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Services within the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety shall propose legislative rules for promulgation in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, outlining policies and procedures governing the operation of those correctional, detention, predispositional detention centers and other facilities wherein juveniles may be […]