Pennsylvania Code
Title 237 - JUVENILE RULES
Part I - RULES
Subpart A - DELINQUENCY MATTERS
Chapter 3 - PRE-ADJUDICATORY PROCEDURES
Part E - CONSENT DECREE
Rule 370 - Consent Decree
Universal Citation: 237 PA Code ยง 370
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
A. Agreement.
1) At any time
after the filing of a petition and before the entry of an adjudication order,
the court may, upon agreement of the attorney for the Commonwealth and the
juvenile suspend the proceedings, and continue the juvenile under supervision
in the juvenile's home, under terms and conditions negotiated with the juvenile
probation office.
2) The order of
the court continuing the juvenile under supervision shall be known as a consent
decree.
B. Explanation of conditions. The court shall explain on the record or in writing:
1) The terms,
conditions, and duration of the consent decree pursuant to Rule 373;
and
2) The consequences for
violating the conditions of the consent decree, which include the petition
under which the juvenile was continued under supervision may, in the discretion
of the attorney for the Commonwealth following consultation with the juvenile
probation officer, be reinstated, and the juvenile held accountable as if the
consent decree had never been entered if:
a)
prior to discharge by the juvenile probation officer or expiration of the
consent decree, there is a filing of a new petition against the juvenile;
or
b) The juvenile otherwise fails
to fulfill express terms and conditions of the decree.
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