Purpose
§ 711. Purpose. The purpose of this article is to provide a due process of law (a) for considering a claim that a person is in need of supervision and (b) for devising an appropriate order of disposition for any person adjudged in need of supervision.
The point of Article 7 is to give due process both (a) for deciding a claim that someone is in need of supervision, and (b) for crafting a fitting disposition (outcome) for anyone found to be a PINS.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.