Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3314-B – Counseling, treatment, education or case management for juveniles and their parents, guardians and legal custodians
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1. Counseling, treatment, education or case management. In conjunction with a disposition under section 3314, the court may require the juvenile and the juvenile’s parent, guardian or legal custodian to participate in counseling, treatment, education or case management as determined by the court. The counseling, treatment, education or case management must be designed to create a favorable environment for sustained noncriminal behavior.
[PL 2003, c. 142, §2 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 142, §3 (AFF).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3314-B
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Guardian: means a person lawfully invested with the power, and charged with the duty, of taking care of a person and managing the property and rights of the person, who, because of age, is considered incapable of administering the person's own affairs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
- Juvenile: means a person who had not attained 18 years of age at the time the person allegedly committed a juvenile crime. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
- Legal custodian: means a person who has legal custody of a juvenile. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
- Parent: means either a natural parent or the adoptive parent of a juvenile. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Probation: means a legal status created by court order in cases involving a juvenile adjudicated as having committed a juvenile crime that permits the juvenile to remain in the juvenile's own home or other placement designated by the Juvenile Court subject to revocation for violation of any condition imposed by the court. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
2. Costs. The court may order a parent, guardian or legal custodian to pay or cause to be paid all or part of the reasonable costs of any counseling, treatment, education or case management ordered pursuant to this section.
[PL 2003, c. 142, §2 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 142, §3 (AFF).]
3. Enforcement. After notice and hearing and in accordance with the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 66, the court may invoke its contempt powers to enforce its counseling, treatment, education, case management or other order that applies to the juvenile, the juvenile’s parent, guardian or legal custodian or any other person before the court who is subject to an order to participate in counseling, treatment, education or case management. If the court invokes its contempt powers against the juvenile, section 3314, subsection 7 applies.
[PL 2007, c. 196, §6 (AMD).]
4. Probation. The court may not revoke a juvenile’s probation because of a failure of the juvenile’s parent, guardian or legal custodian to comply with an order under this section.
[PL 2003, c. 142, §2 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 142, §3 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2003, c. 142, §2 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 142, §3 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 196, §6 (AMD).