Adjournment of fact-finding hearing
§ 748. Adjournment of fact-finding hearing. (a) If the respondent is in pre-dispositional placement, the court may adjourn a fact-finding hearing
(i) on its own motion or on motion of the petitioner for good cause shown for not more than three days;
(ii) on motion on behalf of the respondent or by his or her parent or other person legally responsible for his or her care for good cause shown, for a reasonable period of time.
(b) Successive motions to adjourn a fact-finding hearing may be granted only under special circumstances.
(c) The court shall state on the record the reason for any adjournment of the fact-finding hearing.
If the respondent is placed, the court may adjourn (i) on its own/petitioner's motion for good cause up to 3 days; (ii) on the respondent's motion for a reasonable time. Successive adjournments only for special circumstances; the court must state the reason on the record. ★
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.