Determination of age
§ 714. Determination of age. (a) In determining the jurisdiction of the court under section seven hundred thirteen the age of the respondent at the time the need for supervision allegedly arose is controlling.
(b) If the respondent is within the jurisdiction of the court, but the proceedings were initiated after the respondent's eighteenth birthday, the family court shall dismiss a petition to determine whether a person is in need of supervision.
(a) Jurisdiction is measured by the child's age when the need for supervision allegedly arose — not the age at filing. ★
(b) If the proceeding is started after the respondent's 18th birthday, the court must dismiss the petition. ★
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.