Persons who may originate proceedings
§ 733. Persons who may originate proceedings. The following persons may originate a proceeding under this article:
(a) a peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties, or a police officer;
(b) the parent or other person legally responsible for his care;
(c) any person who has suffered injury as a result of the alleged activity of a person alleged to be in need of supervision, or a witness to such activity;
(d) the recognized agents of any duly authorized agency, association, society or institution; or
(e) the presentment agency that consented to substitute a petition alleging the person is in need of supervision for a petition alleging, that the person is a juvenile delinquent pursuant to section 311.4.
Who can file: (a) a peace/police officer; (b) the parent or person legally responsible; (c) a person injured by the alleged activity or a witness; (d) recognized agents of an authorized agency; (e) the presentment agency that consented to substitute a PINS petition for a juvenile delinquency petition (per § 311.4). ★
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.