Section 14-6-301 – Definitions.
14-6-301. Definitions. (a) As used in W.S. 14-6-301 through 14-6-314: (i) “Department” means the department of family services; (ii) “Home leave” means a form of temporary release for a youth from an institution, which is subject to conditions imposed by the institution or juvenile court of jurisdiction; (iii) “Institution” means the Wyoming boys’ school, Wyoming […]
Section 14-6-302 – General Powers.
14-6-302. General powers. (a) The department of family services shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of W.S. 14-6-301 through 14-6-314 including policy relating to: (i) The conduct of predisposition reports, social summaries, multidisciplinary team reviews, case plan development, hearings and interviews; (ii) Home leave applications and procedures; (iii) The […]
Section 14-6-303 – Home Leave Eligibility and Return to Institutions.
14-6-303. Home leave eligibility and return to institutions. (a) In granting a home leave, the institution shall fix terms and conditions it deems proper to govern the conduct of the youth while the home leave is in effect. The terms and conditions may be special in each case or may be prescribed by general rules […]
Section 14-6-250 – Sanction Level Three.
14-6-250. Sanction level three. (a) For a child at sanction level three, the juvenile court may: (i) Require the child to participate as a condition of probation for not less than three (3) months in a highly intensive and regimented residential program, operated by the department or by a private entity, that emphasizes discipline, physical […]
Section 14-6-241 – Expungement of Records in Juvenile, Circuit and Municipal Courts.
14-6-241. Expungement of records in juvenile, circuit and municipal courts. (a) Any person adjudicated delinquent as a result of having committed a delinquent act other than a violent felony as defined by W.S. 6-1-104(a)(xii), under the provisions of this act may petition the court for the expungement of his record in the juvenile court upon […]
Section 14-6-242 – Liability for Contempt; Penalties.
14-6-242. Liability for contempt; penalties. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court upon its own motion or upon the motion of the district or county attorney, or guardian ad litem, may find that the child, child’s parent, parents, or guardian or any other person who willfully violates, or neglects or refuses to obey or […]
Section 14-6-243 – Separate Docket for Juvenile Cases; Availability of Records for Statistics.
14-6-243. Separate docket for juvenile cases; availability of records for statistics. The clerk of the court shall maintain a separate docket for juvenile cases and record therein the case number, the offense charged, the age of the child involved and the disposition made. The records shall be made available for statistical purposes provided the names […]
Section 14-6-244 – Parental Liability for Failure to Exercise Reasonable Control and Authority.
14-6-244. Parental liability for failure to exercise reasonable control and authority. (a) A parent or guardian having custody of a child shall exercise such parental control and authority over the child as is reasonably necessary to prevent the child from engaging in delinquent acts. (b) If the court finds at the hearing of a juvenile […]
Section 14-6-245 – Progressive Sanction Guidelines.
14-6-245. Progressive sanction guidelines. (a) The purpose of the progressive sanctions guidelines authorized by W.S. 14-6-245 through 14-6-252 are to: (i) Ensure that juvenile offenders face uniform and consistent consequences and punishments that correspond to the seriousness of each offender’s current offense, prior delinquent history, special treatment or training needs and effectiveness of prior interventions; […]
Section 14-6-246 – Sanction Levels.
14-6-246. Sanction levels. (a) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, when a child is adjudicated as a delinquent the juvenile court may, in a disposition hearing, assign the child one (1) of the following sanction levels according to the child’s conduct: (i) For a misdemeanor punishable under the Wyoming Criminal Code by imprisonment for […]