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TN Code § 37-1-154 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-154. Law Enforcement Records — Inspection Limited — Exceptions for Certain Violent Offenders

  Unless a charge of delinquency is transferred for criminal prosecution under § 37-1-134, the interest of national security requires or the court otherwise orders in the interest of the child, the law enforcement records and files shall not be open to public inspection or their contents disclosed to the public; but inspection of the records and files is permitted by:  A juvenile court having the child before it in any proceeding;   Counsel for a party to the proceeding;   The officers of public institutions or agencies to whom the child is committed;   Law enforcement officers of other jurisdictions when necessary for the discharge of their official duties; and   A court in which such child is convicted of a criminal offense for the purpose of a presentence report or other dispositional proceeding, or by officials of penal institutions and other penal facilities to which such child is committed, or by a parole board in considering such child's parole or discharge or in exercising supervision over such child.     Notwithstanding subsection (a), petitions and orders of the court in a delinquency proceeding under this part shall be opened to public inspection and their content subject to disclosure to the public if:   The juvenile is fourteen (14) years of age or older at the time of the alleged act; and   The conduct constituting the delinquent act, if committed by an adult, would constitute first degree murder, second degree murder, rape, aggravated rape, aggravated sexual battery, rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, aggravated robbery, especially aggravated robbery, kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, or especially aggravated kidnapping; or     The conduct constituting the delinquent act, if committed by an adult, would constitute an act of terrorism, as defined by § 39-13-803, or an attempt to commit an act of terrorism.     Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, if a court file or record contains any documents other than petitions and orders, including, but not limited to, a medical report, psychological evaluation or any other document, such document or record shall remain confidential.    Except as otherwise permitted in this section, it is an offense for a person to intentionally disclose or disseminate to the public the law enforcement records concerning a charge of delinquency, including the child's name and address.   A violation of this subsection (d) shall be punished as criminal contempt of court as otherwise authorized by law.     Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, where notice is required under § 49-6-3051, an abstract of the appropriate adjudication contained in the court file or record shall be made and provided to the parent, guardian, or other custodian of the juvenile, including the department, and this abstract shall be presented to the school in which the juvenile is, or may be, enrolled, in compliance with § 49-6-3051.
TN Code § 37-1-157 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-157. Contributing to Dependency — Penalties — Jurisdiction of Court

  When any child is alleged to be a dependent and neglected child, the parent, guardian or other person who by any willful act causes, contributes to or encourages such dependency and neglect commits a Class A misdemeanor, triable in the circuit or criminal court.   In such a case when the defendant pleads not guilty, the juvenile court judge has the power to bind the defendant over to the grand jury as in cases of misdemeanors under the criminal laws of this state. In such case, when the defendant pleads not guilty, the juvenile court judge has the power to bind the defendant over to the grand jury or to proceed to hear the case on its merits without the intervention of a jury if the defendant requests the hearing in juvenile court and expressly waives in writing an indictment, presentment, grand jury investigation and jury trial. In the event the defendant enters a plea of guilty, the juvenile court judge has the same power as the circuit or criminal court in making final disposition of the case.   Reliance by a parent, guardian or custodian upon remedial treatment, other than medical or surgical treatment for a child, when such treatment is legally recognized or legally permitted under the laws of this state, shall not subject such parent, guardian or custodian to any of the penalties hereunder.   Subsection (a) shall not be construed to impose criminal liability upon a mother based solely upon her act of voluntarily delivering a newborn infant to a facility pursuant to § 68-11-255.
TN Code § 37-1-158 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-158. Contempt of Court

 The court may punish a person for contempt of court for disobeying an order of the court or for obstructing or interfering with the proceedings of the court or the enforcement of its orders by imposing a fine or imprisonment as prescribed for circuit, chancery or appellate courts pursuant to title 29, chapter 9.
TN Code § 37-1-160 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-160. Interstate Flight by Juvenile Felon — Applicability of Part

  This part shall not apply to any person who violates:  Any law of this state defining a felony, and is at the time of such violation less than eighteen (18) years of age, if such person thereafter flees from this state. Any such person may be proceeded against in the manner otherwise provided by law for proceeding against persons accused of a felony. Upon the return of such person to this state by extradition or otherwise, proceedings shall be commenced in the manner provided for in this part;   Any law of another state defining a felony, and is at the time of such violation less than eighteen (18) years of age, if such person thereafter flees from that state into this state. Any such person may be proceeded against as an adult in the manner provided in the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, compiled in title 40, chapter 9. Pending rendition to the demanding state, the juvenile shall be detained as provided in § 37-1-116; provided, that nothing in this subdivision (a)(2) shall prevent a juvenile from being released pursuant to § 40-9-106.     This section does not apply in any case where proceedings under the Interstate Compact for Juveniles, compiled in chapter 4, part 1 of this title, are applicable.
TN Code § 37-1-161 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-161. Reimbursement Account

  There is hereby established a reimbursement account, which shall be comprised of such amount of federal funds as are set aside by the commission on children and youth from the state's allocation under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act formula grant funds and of state funds, if funds for such purpose are appropriated in the general appropriations act. The reimbursement account shall be used to provide financial assistance to counties for removing children from adult jails.    A child who meets the criteria of § 37-1-114(c) for placement in a secure facility and who is taken into custody in a county that does not operate a secure juvenile detention facility may, with the approval of the juvenile court having jurisdiction in the matter, receive alternative services provided through the reimbursement account.   A child who meets the criteria of § 37-1-114(c) for placement in a secure facility and who is taken into custody in a county that has established a secure juvenile detention facility since the passage of legislation effective May 26, 1983, that prohibits the placement of children in adult jails may, with the approval of the juvenile court having jurisdiction in the matter, receive nonsecure alternative services provided through the reimbursement account.     The commission on children and youth shall promulgate regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, for the administration of the reimbursement account. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following factors:  Reporting requirements;   A maximum amount of payment per day;   Maximum length of stay;   Qualifications of service providers; and   Allowable services, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following items:  Transportation;   Secure detention;   Emergency shelter care;   Emergency foster care; and   Attendant care.       The juvenile court having jurisdiction in the matter shall make a determination concerning the ability of a child's parent or guardian to pay for all or part of the services eligible for reimbursement account payment. If the parent or guardian is able to pay for all or part of such services, the court shall require such payment from the parent or guardian.
TN Code § 37-1-162 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-162. Supplement and Account for Juvenile Court Services Improvement

  A supplement shall be provided by the state each year to counties for the improvement of juvenile court services. Such supplements shall be administered by the department of children's services and distributed by the department to participating counties. Where more than one (1) court exercises juvenile court jurisdiction within a single county, each court shall receive an equitable share of the county's allocation, as determined by percentage of juvenile court intakes or some other appropriate measure. Each court accepting such funds shall employ a youth services officer to be appointed and supervised by the court.   The department shall establish policies regarding application and reporting procedures, adequate minimum educational requirements for youth services officers, and permissible uses of funds received under this section, including, but not limited to, requirements that such funds shall not be used to supplant funds formerly used by counties for juvenile court services, to pay salaries or personal expenses of juvenile court judges, or to construct or remodel jails or other facilities used for the detention or housing of adults alleged to have committed or been convicted of criminal offenses.
TN Code § 37-1-163 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-163. Financial Obligations

  Financial obligations shall not be assessed against a child in a delinquent or unruly case, including in any order of disposition under § 37-1-131 or § 37-1-132, though this does not affect the assessment of restitution pursuant to § 37-1-131(b). However, the court may order parents, legal custodians, or guardians to pay financial obligations in accordance with the provisions of this part. Restitution to any victim shall be prioritized over all financial obligations.   Failure to pay or timely pay any financial obligations or restitution assessed to the child or the child's parents, guardian, or legal custodian shall not serve as a sole basis for continued court jurisdiction over or supervision of a child.   Failure to pay or timely pay any financial obligations or restitution assessed to the child, child's parents, legal custodians, or guardians shall not serve as a basis for placement in the custody of the department or other removal of the child from the child's home, including the home of a parent, guardian, or legal custodian, for any length of time.   The court shall consider the child's parents, legal custodians, or guardians' financial ability to pay in determining the amount of any financial obligations incurred or assessed by the state or county as described in this part. The court may decline to assess financial obligations if the court determines that assessment would pose financial hardship to the parents, legal custodians, or guardians.   Any financial obligations ordered shall not be referred to any collection service as defined by § 62-20-102.
TN Code § 37-1-164 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-164. Risk and Needs Assessment

  A validated risk and needs assessment shall be used in all delinquent cases post disposition in making decisions and recommendations regarding programming and treatment.   The department may make available a validated tool for use by any juvenile court; however, any juvenile court may instead choose to use a different validated tool.   Any risk and needs assessment tool that is adopted by a juvenile court or the department must periodically undergo a validation study to ensure that the risk and needs assessment is predictive of the risk of reoffending of the population on which the tool is being administered.   Each delinquent child ordered to probation supervision under § 37-1-131 or committed to the custody of the department shall undergo a validated risk and needs assessment within seven (7) days of the court's disposition, excluding nonjudicial days, to inform supervision level, referrals to programs and services, and case planning.   In delinquent cases, the court may order that a risk and needs assessment be conducted prior to disposition if there is written agreement from the child, the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, and, if applicable, the child's attorney. A child may undergo such a risk and needs assessment prior to disposition to identify specific factors that predict a child's likelihood of reoffending and, when appropriately addressed, may reduce the likelihood of reoffending, and the results of the risk and needs assessment shall be provided to the court prior to or at the time of the disposition of the child.
TN Code § 37-1-165 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-165. Contracts Among Counties to Pool Juvenile Justice Supplements

 Any two (2) or more contiguous counties may contract to pool the state juvenile justice supplements received by such counties through the commission on children and youth in order to provide more effective and efficient provision of services, including the employment of one (1) or more persons to provide full-time assistance throughout the contracting counties. Any combination of counties may so contract, but where feasible, counties desiring to pool their supplements should attempt to act within the judicial district of which they constitute a part.
TN Code § 37-1-167 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-167. Removal From Abusive Parent or Other Party

 If a child has suffered either sexual abuse or aggravated child abuse at the hands of a parent, legal guardian or caregiver, that child shall not be placed back in the care of the abusive party unless the judge finds by clear and convincing evidence that a threat to the child's safety no longer exists.
TN Code § 37-1-168 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-168. Juvenile-Family Crisis Intervention Programs — General Provisions

  The department of children's services shall establish juvenile-family crisis intervention programs to provide continuous twenty-four (24) hour on-call service designed to attend and stabilize juvenile-family crises. The crisis intervention program may, in appropriate cases, work with the family on a short-term basis. The juvenile-family crisis intervention program may make referrals for appropriate services needed to continue resolution of the crisis.   The juvenile-family crisis intervention programs may serve as an alternative to juvenile court in situations where a juvenile-family crisis exists and there has been either:  A request by a parent or juvenile for intervention; or   A referral by a public or private agency, educational institution or any other organization serving children, that has contact with the juvenile or family, and has reason to believe that a family crisis exists.     If there has already been court intervention through the filing of a petition or otherwise, the court may refer appropriate cases to the juvenile-family crisis intervention program. If the department is providing non-custodial services to a child or family, or both, it may provide services through its juvenile-family crisis intervention program if appropriate.   If, in the judgment of the juvenile-family crisis intervention program, a juvenile-family crisis continues to exist despite the provision of crisis intervention services and the exhaustion of appropriate community services, then the juvenile-family crisis intervention program shall, in writing or through sworn testimony, certify to the juvenile court that there is no other less drastic measure than court intervention. The court may then proceed by accepting a petition or acting on a pending petition and hold a hearing to determine what is in the best interest of the child consistent with § 37-1-132 and any other applicable laws under this part.
TN Code § 37-1-169 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-169. Referrals by Juvenile Court to Crisis Intervention Program

  By promulgation of local rules of the juvenile court, a referral may be made to the department of children's services juvenile-family crisis intervention program in the following instances:  Where there is an allegation that a child is unruly; or   Where there is an allegation that a juvenile-family crisis exists.     Nothing in this section shall preclude the court or the department from taking any necessary action that shall be required to provide to a child any protective services, including, but not limited to, emergency protective custody.
TN Code § 37-1-170 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-170. Joinder of Parents or Guardians in Juvenile Court Actions

  A juvenile court may, when the court determines that it is in the best interests of the child, join the child's parent or guardian and the person with whom the child resides, if other than the child's parent or guardian, as a respondent to a juvenile court action and may issue a summons requiring the parent or guardian and the person with whom the child resides, if other than the child's parent or guardian, to appear with the child at all proceedings under this chapter involving the child. If the parent or guardian of any child cannot be found, the court, in its discretion, may proceed with the case without the presence of such parent or guardian.    For the purposes of this section, “parent” includes a natural parent who has sole or joint custody, regardless of whether the parent is designated as the primary residential custodian, or an adoptive parent. This subsection (b) does not apply to any person whose parental rights have been terminated pursuant to this title or the parent of an emancipated minor.   For the purposes of this section, “emancipated minor” has the same meaning as set forth in § 39-11-106.     The summons shall require the person or persons having the physical custody of the juvenile, if other than a parent or guardian, to appear and to bring the juvenile before the court at a time and place stated.   Whenever a parent or guardian or person with whom the juvenile resides, if other than the parent or guardian, who has received a summons to appear fails, without good cause, to appear on any date set by the court, a bench warrant shall be issued for the parent, guardian or person with whom the juvenile resides and the parent, guardian or person with whom the juvenile resides shall be subject to contempt.   For purposes of subsection (d), good cause for failing to appear includes, but is not limited to, a situation where a parent or guardian:  Does not have physical custody of the child and resides outside Tennessee;   Has physical custody of the child, but resides outside of Tennessee and appearing in court will result in undue hardship to such parent or guardian; or   Resides in Tennessee, but is outside of the state at the time of the juvenile proceeding for reasons other than avoiding appearance before the court and appearing in court will result in undue hardship to such parent or guardian.     This section shall not be applicable to any proceeding in a case that has been transferred to the criminal court pursuant to the provisions of § 37-1-134.   The general assembly hereby declares that every parent or guardian whose child is the subject of a juvenile proceeding under this title should attend any such proceeding as often as is practicable.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a right for any juvenile to have a parent or guardian present at any proceeding at which such juvenile is present.
TN Code § 37-1-171 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-171. Written Orders — Presumptions — Forms

  When a court desires to commit a child to the department of children's services under this part, it shall do so by written order that finds that the child has been adjudicated dependent and neglected, unruly, delinquent or meets the criteria in § 37-1-175. If the written order fails to make a specific adjudication of the child, it shall be presumed that the court has found the child dependent and neglected. Commitments to the department shall be consistent with all other laws regarding adjudication and commitment to the department. Nothing in this part shall be interpreted as prohibiting taking children into emergency protective services custody without a prior adjudication.   When a court commits a child to the department, the court shall address the issue of child support under § 37-1-151(b).   The department shall prepare a form for the court to use when committing a child to custody. Such form shall be completed and transmitted along with the court's commitment order to the department at the time of the child's commitment.
TN Code § 37-1-172 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-1-172. Use and Disposition of Federal Funds

  The court shall not direct the department of children's services' or its contractors' or agents' use or disposition of any federal funds for which any child or person in the care of the department is eligible or may receive and for which the department may be payee on behalf of such child or person including, but not limited to, Social Security survivors benefits under Title II of the federal Social Security Act, compiled in 42 U.S.C. § 401 et seq., and supplemental security income benefits under Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, compiled in 42 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq., foster care or adoption assistance benefits received pursuant to Title IV-E of the Adoption Assistance Act of 1980 of the federal Social Security Act, compiled in 42 U.S.C. § 670 et seq., or veteran's benefits, railroad retirement benefits or black lung benefits or any successor entitlements that are provided by federal law.   Funds received under any federal benefits programs shall be processed, utilized and accounted for by the department pursuant only to federal regulations or federal court orders governing those programs.