Disposition of delinquent juvenile
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case MM v. State (2002)
Most recently applied in MM v. State (November 2002)
Acts 1995, No. 1261, § 6; 1999, No. 1192, § 21; 2005, No. 192, § 1.
(1) When a circuit court or any other court having jurisdiction of a juvenile under eighteen (18) years of age finds a juvenile to be delinquent as defined by the laws of this state, the court may commit the juvenile to the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services for an indeterminate period not to exceed the twenty-first birthday of the juvenile.
(2) No court may commit a juvenile found solely in criminal contempt to the division.
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.