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<blockquote data-quote="galadriel" data-source="post: 185156"><p>Jumping in late here, but I do office support work for a central NY county attorney's dept....., County Attorneys are mandated to prosecute JD's in NY. Diversion in our county means you get to avoid Court and the Probation Dept. will meet with you and put services in place as they deem necessary. The county attorney will be involved if Probation thinks they need help making a judgment call on how to handle the case. A kid that shows sincere remorse or takes responsibility for their action or involvement will be much appreciated and better off in the long run. A kid that is oppositional and rude will be heading for Court and more stringent results a lot quicker. If you end up in Court, difficult child must be present for all appearances. He must be given assigned counsel immediately although some parents chose to hire an attorney. Standards of proof and a juvenile's rights are the same as an adult's, although confidentiality is tighter (no names in paper, sealed record, etc.)</p><p> </p><p>My difficult child was involved in vandalising/destroying a village park memorial bench and avoided police action by admitting he did it, volunteering to pay for the bench, and calling the village cop and asking to meet him to confess (when he heard the jig was up!) It all happened when difficult child's medication balance was perfect..since then he has reneged to me and wished he hadn't confessed, but that is another story! With some help from me to set it up, instead of paying difficult child built a new bench and delivered it to the park, after procrastinating for weeks and when doing the project, he screamed and raged the whole time......but anyways:</p><p> </p><p>Your input will be valuable too. Try and use this as an opportunity to explore any and all services available to you through the system. Let them know that your difficult child has been in treatment and psychiatric hospital so they can see that you are on top of the situation. </p><p> </p><p>Hang in there! These teen years are tough. My kids aren't juvies anymore so I'm dreading the next event.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="galadriel, post: 185156"] Jumping in late here, but I do office support work for a central NY county attorney's dept....., County Attorneys are mandated to prosecute JD's in NY. Diversion in our county means you get to avoid Court and the Probation Dept. will meet with you and put services in place as they deem necessary. The county attorney will be involved if Probation thinks they need help making a judgment call on how to handle the case. A kid that shows sincere remorse or takes responsibility for their action or involvement will be much appreciated and better off in the long run. A kid that is oppositional and rude will be heading for Court and more stringent results a lot quicker. If you end up in Court, difficult child must be present for all appearances. He must be given assigned counsel immediately although some parents chose to hire an attorney. Standards of proof and a juvenile's rights are the same as an adult's, although confidentiality is tighter (no names in paper, sealed record, etc.) My difficult child was involved in vandalising/destroying a village park memorial bench and avoided police action by admitting he did it, volunteering to pay for the bench, and calling the village cop and asking to meet him to confess (when he heard the jig was up!) It all happened when difficult child's medication balance was perfect..since then he has reneged to me and wished he hadn't confessed, but that is another story! With some help from me to set it up, instead of paying difficult child built a new bench and delivered it to the park, after procrastinating for weeks and when doing the project, he screamed and raged the whole time......but anyways: Your input will be valuable too. Try and use this as an opportunity to explore any and all services available to you through the system. Let them know that your difficult child has been in treatment and psychiatric hospital so they can see that you are on top of the situation. Hang in there! These teen years are tough. My kids aren't juvies anymore so I'm dreading the next event. [/QUOTE]
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