Bill > S2613

This bill allows the family court to keep jurisdiction over young people who have been involved with the juvenile system, and if the court decides it's in the child's best interest, it can order them to remain in a training school, which is a facility for juvenile offenders, until they turn twenty-one years old, extending the previous age limit of nineteen. This change applies to cases where a child is found to be delinquent or wayward, or has committed offenses that would be felonies if committed by an adult, and the court has already taken jurisdiction before the child turns eighteen or nineteen, respectively. The bill also makes conforming changes to existing laws regarding certification and sentencing of juveniles, allowing for this extended jurisdiction in those specific circumstances as well.

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