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General Juvenile Law Questions
- Who are juveniles?
- What if I am a minor but not a citizen and either in the united states legally or illegally. Will I be handled as a juvenile?
- If I am temporarily detained by the police, can they take my photograph?
- If I have been stopped or detained by the police, do I have to talk to the police?
- If I am stopped by the police, can they search me or my belongings?
- Can school officials, teachers, or counselors search me or my belongings?
- Can school officials lie to me and tell me nothing will happen to me if I make a statement and then use my statement against me to suspend or expel me or have me arrested?
- Can the police lie to me and make up evidence against me just to get me to make a statement?
- What if I am called from class by a school administrator, taken to a room to be questioned by the police, social worker, or other official, do I have to talk to them?
- Do the police have to inform me that I have the right to have my parents present before I am questioned?
- Am I entitled to have my parents present before being questioned by a school official, teacher, or counselor about a potential violation of the law?
- Am I entitled to have my parents present before I am questioned by the police?
- Can I call my parents before I am questioned?
- Am I entitled to consult with an attorney and to have an attorney present before being questioned by a school official, teacher, or counselor, about a potential violation of the law?
- What if I don’t have an attorney or cannot afford one? Am I still entitled to have an attorney present before being questioned by the police?
- Can I refuse to talk to the police unless I have an attorney present?
- Is a minor entitled to have his or her Miranda Rights read before being questioned?
- What if the police questioned me and did not advise me of my Miranda rights, but should have done so? Can they use my statements against me?
- What if the police don’t read me my Miranda rights and arrest me? Can I have the case thrown out of court?
- What if the police question me anyway and do not advise me of my miranda rights? Can I have my case thrown out of court?
- What if I am at school and a school official or teacher wants to question me about a violation of the law. Do they have to advise me of my miranda rights?
- Can statements made by me to school officials, teachers, or counselors be used to suspend or expel me from school and also used against me for prosecution in juvenile court?
- If I am in juvenile hall and a probation officer wants to question me about what happened, can the probation officer use my statements against me in court?
- Can a probation officer release me from juvenile hall before charges are filed in juvenile court?
- Am I entitled to bail out of juvenile hall like an adult can bail out of jail?
- How long can I be locked up?
- Can I be put on probation, required to do public service, and not get locked up?
- If I am arrested and put in juvenile hall, how long do I have to stay in custody?
- What if I lied about my age and said I was an adult but I wasn’t?
- What if the incident occurred when I was a minor but I am now an adult and have just been arrested?
- If I am still in juvenile hall for my first court appearance, do I have to remain in juvenile hall until my case is concluded?
- What is juvenile court?
- How old do I have to be to brought before the juvenile court?
- Even though I am a minor, can I be transferred from juvenile court to be handled in adult court?
- What rights do I have in juvenile court?
- Am I entitled to have an attorney when I go to juvenile court?
- How do I find a lawyer who specializes in handling juvenile cases?
- If the court appoints a public defender for me, will my parents get billed for the services?
- Can I be sent to a juvenile camp or other facility if the charges are found true?
- Do the charges have to be proven true beyond a reasonable doubt?
- How long will I be on probation?
- Can I get my juvenile record sealed?
- Suppose I was detained by the police and they took my name and address but no charges were ever filed. Do I have a record that needs to get sealed?
- If I have a true finding in juvenile court and I don’t have my record sealed, do I have to disclose my true finding on job applications?
- If I get my juvenile record sealed, do I have to disclose my true findings or the fact that I had my record sealed?
- Do I have a right to a jury trial?
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School officials
- What if I am at school and a school official or teacher wants to question me about a violation of the law. Do they have to advise me of my miranda rights?
- Am I entitled to have my parents present before being questioned by a school official, teacher, or counselor about a potential violation of the law?
- Am I entitled to consult with an attorney and to have an attorney present before being questioned by a school official, teacher, or counselor, about a potential violation of the law?
- What if I am called from class by a school administrator, taken to a room to be questioned by the police, social worker, or other official, do I have to talk to them?
- Can statements made by me to school officials, teachers, or counselors be used to suspend or expel me from school and also used against me for prosecution in juvenile court?
- Can school officials lie to me and tell me nothing will happen to me if I make a statement and then use my statement against me to suspend or expel me or have me arrested?
- Can school officials, teachers, or counselors search me or my belongings?
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