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V.I. Code tit. 5, § 2517 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 2 - Family Division Procedure|Chapter 201 - Family Division of the Superior Court|Subchapter III - Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision Matters|§ 2517. Adjudicatory hearing for delinquency and person in need of supervision matters

 (a) All hearings under this subchapter shall be dealt with by the Family Division and shall be heard without a jury. All hearings and proceedings shall be recorded either by stenographic notes, or by electronic, mechanical or other appropriate means. (b) The parties shall be advised of their rights under law. They shall be informed of the specific allegations in the complaint and given an opportunity to admit or deny such allegations. (c) If the allegations are denied, the court shall proceed to hear evidence on the complaint or continue the matter at a later date. At the adjudicatory hearing the court shall record its findings. If the court finds the allegations in the complaint have not been established, it shall dismiss the complaint and order the child discharged from any detention or shelter care theretofore ordered in the proceeding. (d) If the court finds on the basis of a valid admission or finding of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, based upon competent and relevant evidence, that a child committed the acts by reason of which he is alleged to be delinquent, or in need of supervision, it may, in the absence of objection, proceed immediately to hear evidence to determine proper disposition for the child, and to file its finding thereon. Even if the judge finds that the child has committed the offenses alleged, if the court finds that the child is not in need of care or sanctions, it shall dismiss the proceedings and discharge the child from any detention or shelter care theretofore ordered. (e) On its own motion or that of a party, the court may continue the hearing under this section for a reasonable period to receive reports and other evidence bearing on the disposition of the complaint. In this event, the court shall make an appropriate order for detention or shelter care subject to the supervision of the court during the period of the continuance. (f) Except in hearings to declare a person in contempt of court, the general public shall be excluded from all hearings under this subchapter and only the parties, their counsels, witnesses, and other persons requested by a party shall be admitted. Such other persons as the court finds to have a proper interest in the case or in the work of the court may be admitted by the court, on the condition that such persons refrain from divulging any information which would identify the child or family involved.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 2518 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 2 - Family Division Procedure|Chapter 201 - Family Division of the Superior Court|Subchapter III - Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision Matters|§ 2518. Predisposition study and report

 (a) After a complaint has been filed pursuant to this subchapter, the court may direct that a predisposition study be made by the appropriate agency, authorized by law, the results of which study shall be contained in a report submitted in writing to the court. The study shall include information concerning the child, the family, his environment, and any other matters relevant to the disposition of the case. The study and report shall not be made prior to a finding with respect to the allegations of the complaint unless a notice of intent to admit the allegations is filed or unless the child or counsel for the child waives the right. (b) The Family Division judge may not review a predispositional study or report prior to a finding of delinquency or that the child is a person in need of supervision.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 2519 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 2 - Family Division Procedure|Chapter 201 - Family Division of the Superior Court|Subchapter III - Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision Matters|§ 2519. Continuance under supervision without adjudication; consent decree

 (a) At any time after the filing of a delinquency or person in need of supervision complaint and before the entry of an adjudication order, the court may, on motion of the Attorney General or of counsel for the child, suspend the proceedings and place the child under supervision in the community, under terms and conditions negotiated with the Youth Services Administration and agreed to by the Attorney General and the child. The court's order continuing the child under supervision shall be known as a consent decree. (b) Where the child objects to a consent decree, the court shall proceed to findings, adjudication and disposition. Where the child does not object, but an objection is made by the Attorney General, the court shall, after considering the objections and reasons therefor, proceed to determine whether it is appropriate to enter a consent decree. (c) A consent decree shall remain in force for six (6) months, unless the child is discharged sooner by the Youth Services Administration. Upon application of the Youth Services Administration or other agency supervising the child, made before expiration of the 6-month period, a consent decree may be extended by the court for an additional six months. (d) If prior to discharge by the Youth Services Administration or expiration of the consent decree, a new delinquency or person in need of supervision complaint is filed against the child, or the Youth Services Administration determines the child otherwise fails to fulfill express terms and conditions of the decree, the complaint under which the child was continued under supervision may, in the discretion of the Attorney General, be reinstated and the child held accountable just as if the decree had never been entered. (e) A child who is discharged by the Youth Services Administration, or who completes a period of continuance under supervision without reinstatement of the original delinquency complaint or person in need of supervision complaint, shall not again be proceeded against in any court for the same offense alleged in the complaint.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 2520 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 2 - Family Division Procedure|Chapter 201 - Family Division of the Superior Court|Subchapter III - Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision Matters|§ 2520. Order of adjudication, non-criminal

 (a) An order of disposition or other adjudication in proceedings under this subchapter shall not be deemed a conviction of crime or impose any civil disabilities ordinarily resulting from a conviction or operate to disqualify the child in any civil services application or appointment. (b) The disposition given a child and evidence given in any hearing under this chapter shall not be admissible as affirmative evidence against him in any case or proceeding in any other court, whether before or after reaching majority, except in dispositional or sentencing proceedings.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 2522 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 2 - Family Division Procedure|Chapter 201 - Family Division of the Superior Court|Subchapter III - Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision Matters|§ 2522. Evaluation prior to commitment

 The court, before committing a child as delinquent to a residential institution, shall first temporarily commit such child to the Youth Services Administration for a period not to exceed forty-five days for evaluation, and the Youth Services Administration shall make a recommendation to the court prior to final commitment; Provided, however, That the committing judge may waive such temporary commitment in cases where the child concerned has previously been evaluated through temporary commitment by the Youth Services Administration and such evaluation is available to the court and the evaluation information is current and relevant.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 2523 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 2 - Family Division Procedure|Chapter 201 - Family Division of the Superior Court|Subchapter III - Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision Matters|§ 2523. Center evaluations

 Evaluations shall include but not be limited to: (a) a complete physical, psychological, and, if needed, a psychiatric examination; (b) an investigation and consideration of family and community environment and other facts in the background of the person concerned that might relate to his delinquency; (c) a determination of the correctional or custodial care that would be most appropriate. The Youth Services Administration shall create such facilities and employ such personnel as will enable the center to conduct the necessary physical, mental and psychological examinations required by this section.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 2524 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 2 - Family Division Procedure|Chapter 201 - Family Division of the Superior Court|Subchapter III - Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision Matters|§ 2524. Probation

 (a) The period of probation may be for a determinate period of time or an indeterminate period of time until the child has attained the age of 19 years. The Family Division of the court may terminate probation and discharge the child at any time if warranted by the conduct of the child and the ends of justice. (b) The court may as a condition of probation require that the child adhere to one or more of the following conditions: (1) not violate any Virgin Islands or federal criminal statutes; (2) make periodic reports to and appear in person before any person or agency as directed by the court; (3) work or pursue a course of study or vocational training; (4) undergo medical or psychiatric treatment, or treatment for substance abuse or alcoholism; (5) attend or reside in a facility established for the instruction or residence of persons on probation; (6) support his dependents; (7) refrain from possessing a firearm; (8) permit the probation counselor to visit him at his home or elsewhere; (9) reside with his parents or in a foster home; (10) attend a non-residential program for youth; (11) contribute to his own support at home or in a foster home; (12) participate with or without his family in counseling programs; (13) in cases involving malicious or destructive acts of minors less than 18 years, pay restitution in an amount representing a fair and reasonable cost to replace the property or repair the damage caused by the minor not to exceed $2,000.00, and directing that the minor pay out of his own funds the amount of replacement or damage, either in a lump sum or in periodic payments in an amount set by the court; Provided, however, in any case, including cases involving malicious or destructive acts of minors less than 18 years, the court may impose a fine of not more than $2,500; (14) make non-monetary restitution or participate in a supervised work or community service program; (15) operate a motor vehicle under such restrictions as the court may order; and (16) comply with such other lawful conditions as may be ordered by the court, including refraining from the use of controlled substances and alcohol. (c) The terms of probation, as directed by the court, shall be in writing and a copy shall be given to the child.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 2525 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 2 - Family Division Procedure|Chapter 201 - Family Division of the Superior Court|Subchapter III - Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision Matters|§ 2525. Probation revocation; disposition

 (a) A child on probation incident to an adjudication as a delinquent or person in need of supervision who violates a term of his probation may be proceeded against in a probation revocation hearing. (b) A proceeding to revoke probation shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint. Complaints shall be verified and shall state the grounds for the revocation. (c) If a complaint is filed charging a violation of a condition of probation the court shall: (1) order the child to appear; or (2) order detention pursuant to criteria in section 2514 of this title. (d) The court shall conduct a hearing of the alleged violation of probation. (e) At the hearing, the Attorney General shall have the burden of going forward with the evidence and proving the violation by clear and convincing evidence. Such evidence shall be presented in court with the right of confrontation, cross-examination and representation by counsel for the child. (f) If a delinquent child is found to have violated a term of his probation pursuant to a probation revocation hearing, the Court may extend the period of probation or make any other order of disposition specified in this subchapter of a child adjudicated delinquent. (g) If a person in need of supervision is found to have violated a term of his probation pursuant to a probation revocation hearing, the court may extend the period of probation or make any other order of disposition specified in this subchapter for a child adjudicated a person in need of supervision. (h) An order revoking probation is a final appealable order.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 2526 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 2 - Family Division Procedure|Chapter 201 - Family Division of the Superior Court|Subchapter III - Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision Matters|§ 2526. Criteria and procedure for sentencing a transferred child

 (a) A child who has been transferred from the Family Division to another court of competent jurisdiction may be sentenced or committed to the custody of the Youth Services Administration until the child reaches his eighteenth birthday and then be transferred to the Bureau of Corrections to serve the remainder of the sentence, if any. (b) If the Youth Services Administration believes the child sentenced under subsection (a) of this section has exhibited conduct which is seriously detrimental to the welfare of others in custody it shall conduct an administrative hearing on the matter. The child shall have rights commensurate with an administrative hearing, including the right to be represented by an impartial representative. If the Youth Services Administration concludes through administrative hearing that the child is seriously detrimental to the welfare of others in custody, it may petition the committing court to have the child transferred to the Bureau of Corrections. The decision of the original commitment or sentence to the custody of the Youth Services Administration and subsequent transfer to the Bureau of Corrections shall be in the discretion of the committing court. (c) Provided, however, that a child who has been transferred pursuant to section 2508(d) of this title from the Family Division to another court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to section 2509 of this chapter for trial as an adult shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections for service of the sentence imposed.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 2527 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 2 - Family Division Procedure|Chapter 201 - Family Division of the Superior Court|Subchapter III - Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision Matters|§ 2527. Juvenile law enforcement records

 (a) Law enforcement records and files concerning a child shall be kept separate from the records and files of arrest of adults. Unless a charge of delinquency is transferred for criminal prosecution, such records and files shall not be open to public inspection nor their contents disclosed to the public without an order of the Family Division of the court or unless specifically authorized in this section. (b) Inspection of such law enforcement records and files is permitted without court order by the following: (1) the Family Division of the court; (2) the representatives of a public and private agency, department, or institution providing supervision or having legal custody of the child, or in preparation of an official report for the court; (3) legal counsel for the child; (4) Attorney General or his designee representing the territory; (5) a court in which the child has been convicted of a criminal offense or delinquent act for the purpose of a presentence report or other dispositional proceedings; and (6) law enforcement officers of other jurisdictions when necessary for the discharge of their current official duties. (c) Whoever, except as provided by this section, and subsection (b) of section 481 of Title 14, Virgin Islands Code, discloses, receives, or makes use of, or knowingly permits the use of information concerning a juvenile known to police, directly or indirectly derived from police records or files or acquired in the course of official duties, upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 2528 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 2 - Family Division Procedure|Chapter 201 - Family Division of the Superior Court|Subchapter III - Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision Matters|§ 2528. Youth Services Administration records

 (a) Youth Services Administration records and files shall only be open to inspection by consent of the Family Division to persons having a legitimate interest therein. All information obtained and social records prepared in the discharge of official duty by an employee of the Youth Services Administration shall not be disclosed directly or indirectly to anyone other than the Family Division of the court or others permitted under this section to receive such information, unless and until otherwise ordered by the judge. Persons or agencies permitted access without consent of the Family Division are as follows: (1) the representatives of a public or private agency, department, or institution providing supervision or having legal custody of the child or in preparing an official report to the court; (2) legal counsel for the child. (b) Whoever, except as provided by this section discloses, receives, or makes use of, or knowingly permits the use of information concerning a juvenile, directly or indirectly derived from Youth Services Administration records or files or acquired in the course of official duties, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 2529 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 2 - Family Division Procedure|Chapter 201 - Family Division of the Superior Court|Subchapter III - Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision Matters|§ 2529. Social and legal records; forms; inspection

 (a) The court shall make and keep records of all cases brought before it under this subchapter and shall devise and cause to be printed such forms as may be required for social, medical, psychological and legal records, including reports of preliminary inquiries, predispositional studies and supervisional records of such persons as may be required. (b) The court's official records made and kept under this subchapter shall be filed separate from other files and records of the court and shall not be disclosed directly or indirectly to anyone other than the Family Division of the court or others permitted under this section to receive such information unless and until otherwise ordered by the judge. Persons or agencies permitted access without consent of the court are as follows: (1) the representatives of a public or private agency, department, or institution providing supervision or having legal custody of the child, or in preparing an official report for the court; (2) legal counsel for the child; (3) the Attorney General or his designee representing the territory; and (4) a court in which the child has been convicted of a criminal offense or a delinquent act for the purpose of a presentence report or other dispositional proceedings. (c) All other court records, including dockets, complaints, motions and other papers filed with a case, transcripts of testimony, findings, verdicts, orders and decrees shall be open to inspection only by those persons and agencies designated in subsection (b) of this section. (d) Whoever, except as provided by this section, discloses, receives, or makes use of, or knowingly permits the use of information concerning a child, directly or indirectly received from the court's social and legal records or files or acquired in the course of official duties, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 2530 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 2 - Family Division Procedure|Chapter 201 - Family Division of the Superior Court|Subchapter III - Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision Matters|§ 2530. Juvenile fingerprints; photographs

 (a) Fingerprints and photographs shall be taken of a child taken into custody for any act which would be a felony if committed by an adult. If such act would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult, photographs and fingerprints may be taken; provided further that if the child is under the age of 14, prior permission from a judge shall be obtained. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, any child who is committed to an institution operated by Youth Services Administration may be fingerprinted and photographed without order of the court. Such fingerprints and photographs shall be held in the same confidential manner as other records maintained by the Youth Services Administration. (c) If the Attorney General has dismissed charges against the child or after a reasonable time has failed to file charges against the child, a motion on the part of a child whose fingerprints or photographs were taken pursuant to this section, may move that the court have the fingerprints or photographs destroyed. After hearing from the Attorney General and the child, the court may order the destruction of the fingerprints and photographs.