Pennsylvania Code
Title 237 - JUVENILE RULES
Part I - RULES
Subpart A - DELINQUENCY MATTERS
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part D - JUVENILE COURT HEARING OFFICERS
Rule 187 - Authority of Juvenile Court Hearing Officer

Universal Citation: 237 PA Code ยง 187

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

A. Cases to be heard by Juvenile Court Hearing Officer. A juvenile court hearing officer shall have the authority to preside over only the following:

1) detention hearings, detention review hearings, or shelter-care hearings;

2) discovery, pre-adjudicatory, or preliminary proceedings for misdemeanors;

3) any hearing in which the petition alleges only misdemeanors; and

4) uncontested dispositional review hearings and uncontested probation revocation hearings.

B. No authority. A juvenile court hearing officer shall not have the authority to:

1) conduct transfer hearings pursuant to Rule 394;

2) issue warrants; and

3) hear requests for writs of habeas corpus.

C. Right to hearing before judge. Prior to the commencement of any proceeding, the juvenile court hearing officer shall inform the juvenile, the juvenile's guardian(s), if present, the juvenile's attorney, and the attorney for the Commonwealth that the juvenile and the Commonwealth have a right to have the matter heard by a judge. If the juvenile or the Commonwealth objects to having the matter heard by the juvenile court hearing officer, the case shall proceed before the judge.

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