Arizona Laws 8-406. Probation modification, revocation disposition or termination proceedings
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A. The victim has the right to be present and be heard at any probation revocation disposition proceeding or any proceeding in which the court is requested to terminate the probation or intensive probation of a delinquent who committed a delinquent act against the victim.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 8-406
- Court: means the juvenile division of the superior court when exercising its jurisdiction over children in any proceeding relating to delinquency. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- Delinquent: means a child who is adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- Delinquent act: means an act to which this article applies pursuant to section 8-381. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- Victim: means a person against whom the delinquent act was committed, or if the person is killed or incapacitated, the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent or sibling, any other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or any other lawful representative of the person, except if the person or the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, sibling, other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or other lawful representative is in custody for an offense or is the accused. See Arizona Laws 8-382
B. The victim has the right to be heard at any proceeding in which the court is requested to modify the terms of probation or intensive probation of a delinquent if the modification will substantially affect the delinquent’s contact with or safety of the victim or if the modification involves restitution or incarceration status.