§ 803.221 Short title
§ 803.222 Definitions
§ 803.223 Annual report
§ 803.224 Inquiry; report
§ 803.225 Commitment report; petition to conduct review hearing; combining annual report with review hearing
§ 803.225a Community placement and discharge from wardship; chemical testing for DNA identification profiling; exception; providing samples; manner; consent; hearing or court order not required; disclosure;
§ 803.226 Contracts
§ 803.227 Conditional effective date
§ 803.228 Effective date
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 803 > Act 73 of 1988 - The Juvenile Facilities Act

  • County juvenile agency: means that term as defined in section 2 of the county juvenile agency act. See Michigan Laws 803.222
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the family independence agency. See Michigan Laws 803.222
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Juvenile: means a person within the jurisdiction of the family division of the circuit court under section 2(a) of chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 803.222
  • Juvenile facility: means a county facility, an institution operated as an agency of the county or the family division of circuit court, or an institution or agency described in the youth rehabilitation services act, 1974 PA 150, MCL 803. See Michigan Laws 803.222
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.