What Happens At A Detention Hearing?
The sole purpose of a detention hearing is to determine whether a child should be detained or released to a parent or guardian. The legal presumption is that the child should be released. The child is to be released unless one or more of the five grounds for detention is found to exist: (1) the child is likely to abscond or be removed from the jurisdiction of the court; (2) suitable supervision, care or protection for the child is not being provided by a parent, guardian, custodian, or other person; (3) the child has no parent, guardian, custodian, or other person able to return him or her to the court when required; (4) he or she is accused of committing a felony offense and may be dangerous to himself or others if released; or (5) the child has previously been found to be a delinquent child or has previously been convicted of a penal offense punishable by a term in jail or prison and is likely to commit an offense if released. *************** The attorneys at Scott H. Palmer handle a
