Virginia Code 16.1-339.1: Minors in detention homes or shelter care facilities.
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If a minor admitted to a mental health facility pursuant to this article was in a detention home or a shelter care facility at the time of his admission, the director of the detention home or shelter care facility or his designee shall provide, if available, the charges against the minor that are the basis of the detention and the names and addresses of the minor’s parents and the juvenile and domestic relations district court ordering the minor’s placement in detention or shelter care to the mental health facility and to the juvenile and domestic relations district court for the jurisdiction in which the mental health facility is located if different from the court ordering the minor’s placement in detention or shelter care.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 16.1-339.1
- detention home: means a local, regional or state public or private locked residential facility that has construction fixtures designed to prevent escape and to restrict the movement and activities of children held in lawful custody. See Virginia Code 16.1-228
- 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.
- Mental health facility: means a public or private facility for the treatment of mental illness operated or licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. See Virginia Code 16.1-336
- Minor: means a person less than 18 years of age. See Virginia Code 16.1-336
- Shelter care: means the temporary care of children in physically unrestricting facilities. See Virginia Code 16.1-228