Procedimiento para la Recepción de Niños Residentes de Otro Estado

Explicación Simple

Si un niño de otro estado tiene problemas con la ley, un juez puede pedir a otro estado que lo reciba. El juez tiene que decidir rápidamente si acepta al niño y qué hacer después.

Es como si un entrenador de fútbol tuviera que decidir si acepta a un nuevo jugador de otro equipo. Si lo acepta, debe organizar rápidamente cómo integrarlo en su equipo y qué entrenamiento necesita.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que un niño llamado Lucas, que vive en Nueva Jersey, comete un delito y un juez allá decide que necesita ayuda. El juez de Nueva Jersey pide al juez de Pensilvania que acepte a Lucas porque su familia se mudará allí. El juez de Pensilvania revisa el caso y decide recibir a Lucas para ayudarlo con su comportamiento.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

42 Pa.C.S. 6362 - Disposition Of Resident Child Received From Another State (a) General rule.--If a juvenile court of another state which has adopted the Uniform Juvenile Court Act, or a substantially similar law which includes provisions corresponding to section 6361 (relating to disposition of nonresident child) and this section, requests a court of this Commonwealth to accept jurisdiction of a child found by the requesting court to have committed a delinquent act or to be an unruly or dependent child, and the court of this Commonwealth finds, after investigation that the child is, or is about to become, a resident of a county for which the court is established, the court shall promptly and not later than 14 days after receiving the request issue its acceptance in writing to the requesting court and direct its probation officer or other person designated by it to take physical custody of the child from the requesting court and bring him before the court of this Commonwealth or make other appropriate provisions for his appearance before the court. (b) Hearing on further disposition.--Upon the filing of certified copies of the orders of the requesting court: (1) determining that the child committed a delinquent act or is an unruly or dependent child; and (2) committing the child to the jurisdiction of the court of this Commonwealth; the court of this Commonwealth shall immediately fix a time for a hearing on the need for treatment, supervision or rehabilitation and disposition of the child or on the continuance of any probation or protective supervision. (c) Further proceedings.--The hearing and notice thereof and all subsequent proceedings are governed by this chapter. The court may make any order of disposition permitted by the facts and this chapter. The orders of t