MHL § 9.49

Transfer of juvenile delinquents

§ 9.49 Transfer of juvenile delinquents.

(a) The commissioner shall receive and arrange the admission to the appropriate office facility of juvenile delinquents temporarily transferred to his custody pursuant to section 353.4 of the family court act.

(b) Immediately upon the admission of a juvenile to an office facility pursuant to this section, the director shall comply with the provisions of section 9.07 of this chapter, and the mental hygiene legal service shall contact such juvenile and explain and make available the facilities thereof. Any juvenile placed pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of article nine of this chapter.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/MHY/9.49

In plain English

The commissioner receives and places juveniles temporarily transferred under FCA § 353.4; § 9.07 rights-notice applies and MHLS must contact the juvenile. Such juveniles fall under Article 9.

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.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 6 — The JG-22 Uniform Rules and Everything Else and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.