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NH Rev Stat § 169-B:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:2-a - Parental Responsibility.

    169-B:2-a Parental Responsibility. –||I. In each case brought pursuant to this chapter, on the date of the arraignment, the court shall identify the parent or parents of the minor or, in their absence, the guardian or other person charged by law with the responsibility for the welfare of the minor. It shall be the obligation of such parent or guardian to:||(a) Personally attend and assure the attendance of the minor at all hearings of the court.||(b) Personally attend and assure the attendance of the minor at all meetings with the department of health and human services and collateral support service agencies occasioned by the action.||(c) Fully participate in all services ordered by the court including, but not limited to, substance abuse treatment, parenting classes, mediation, diversion, and community service.||(d) [Repealed.]||(e) Supervise the minor's compliance with all orders of the court and conditions of release and probation including, but not limited to, curfew, school attendance and general behavior.||II. Failure to supervise and otherwise accept responsibility as required by this section may be treated as criminal contempt of court punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and 90 days' imprisonment. It shall be a defense to any such charge of contempt that the parent, guardian or such other person or persons having custody and control of the minor made reasonable efforts to comply.|||Source. 1999, 305:3. 2010, 175:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. 2020, 26:29, eff. July 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:3 - Jurisdiction.

    169-B:3 Jurisdiction. –||The court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over all proceedings alleging delinquency.|||Source. 1979, 361:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:5 - Venue.

    169-B:5 Venue. –||I. Proceedings under this chapter may be originated in any judicial district in which the minor is found or resides, or where the offense is alleged to have occurred.||II. By the court, upon its own motion, or that of any party, proceedings under this chapter may, upon notice and acceptance, be transferred to another court as the interests of justice or convenience of the parties require.||III. When a minor who is on conditional release moves from one political subdivision to another, the court may transfer, upon notice and acceptance, to the court with jurisdiction over the political subdivision of the minor's new residence, if such transfer is in the best interest of the minor.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1987, 402:8. 2003, 253:1, eff. July 14, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:5-a - Filing Reports, Evaluations, and Other Records.

    169-B:5-a Filing Reports, Evaluations, and Other Records. –||All reports, evaluations and other records requested by the court from the department of health and human services, school districts, counselors, and guardians ad litem in proceedings under this chapter shall be filed with the court and all other parties at least 5 days prior to any hearing, unless the court sets a different deadline upon the request of any party or agency providing the information. Once filed with the court and given to all other parties, the report, evaluation or other record need not be refiled during the proceeding. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall not be grounds for dismissal of the petition.|||Source. 1991, 57:1. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 310:181. 2008, 274:1, eff. July 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:6-a - Notice of Petition to Department of Health and Human Services.

    169-B:6-a Notice of Petition to Department of Health and Human Services. –||Upon the filing of any petition under RSA 169-B:6, the court shall serve the department of health and human services with a copy of the petition and the department shall be a party to and shall receive notice of all proceedings under this chapter from the court and all other parties.|||Source. 1995, 308:58; 310:175, 181. 2004, 31:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:7 - Issuance of Summons and Notice.

    169-B:7 Issuance of Summons and Notice. –||I. After a legally sufficient petition has been filed, the court shall issue a summons to be served personally or, if personal service is not possible, at the usual place of abode of the person having custody or control of the minor or with whom the minor may be, requiring that person to appear with the minor at a specified place and time, which time shall not be less than 24 hours nor more than 7 days after service. If the person so notified is not the parent or guardian of the minor, then a parent or guardian shall be notified, provided they and their residence are known, or if there is neither parent nor guardian, or their residence is not known, then some relative, if there be one whose residence is known.||II. A copy of the petition shall be attached to each summons or incorporated therein.||III. Upon receipt of the petition, the court shall appoint counsel for the minor. Such appointment shall occur promptly, and in no event later than the time when the summons is issued. Notice of the appointment shall be transmitted to counsel and to the petitioner by electronic mail and by first class mail on the day of the appointment. The summons shall contain a notice of the right to representation by counsel and the name, address, telephone number, and electronic mail address of the attorney who has been appointed by the court. The summons shall also state as follows: "With limited exception, the department of health and human services shall be responsible for the cost of services provided under this chapter. RSA 186-C regarding children with disabilities grants minors and their parents certain rights to services from school districts at public expense and to appeal school district decisions regarding services to be provided."|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1983, 458:7. 1990, 140:2, X. 1995, 302:7. 2006, 291:5. 2008, 274:31, eff. July 1, 2008. 2020, 26:13, eff. July 1, 2020. 2021, 207:2, Pt. I, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:8 - Failure to Appear; Felony Against Person or Property; Felony Drug Offense; Warrant.

    169-B:8 Failure to Appear;  Felony Against Person or Property;  Felony Drug Offense;  Warrant. –||I. Any person summoned who, without reasonable cause, fails to appear with the minor, may be proceeded against as in case of contempt of court.||II. If a summons cannot be served or the party served fails to obey the same, and in any case where it appears to the court that such summons will be ineffectual, a warrant may be issued for the minor's appearance or for the appearance of anyone having custody or control of the minor or for both.||III. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs I and II, a warrant may be issued for the detention of a minor whose offense constitutes a felony against the person or property, or a felony under RSA 318-B.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1995, 302:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:9 - Arrest or Taking Minor Into Custody.

    169-B:9 Arrest or Taking Minor Into Custody. –||I. A police officer or juvenile probation and parole officer may, without taking a minor into custody, refer the minor to the department for a needs assessment. Upon receiving such referral, the department shall conduct the needs assessment using the same process for obtaining consent as required in RSA 169-B:10, I-a for cases referred to the department after a minor is taken into custody.||I-a. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as forbidding any juvenile probation and parole officer from immediately arresting or taking into custody any minor who is found violating any law, or who is reasonably believed to be a fugitive from justice, or whose circumstances are such as to endanger such minor's person or welfare, unless immediate action is taken.||II. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as forbidding any police officer from immediately taking into custody any minor who is found violating any law, or whose arrest would be permissible under RSA 594:10, or who is reasonably believed to be a fugitive from justice, or whose circumstances are such as to endanger such minor's person or welfare, unless immediate action is taken.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1987, 402:12. 1995, 302:9. 2000, 294:9, eff. July 1, 2000. 2021, 220:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:9-a - Use of Alternatives to Secure Detention.

    169-B:9-a Use of Alternatives to Secure Detention. –||An officer may release a minor to an alternative to secure detention, with court approval, pending the arrival of the parent, guardian, or custodian. The alternative program may release the minor to the parent, guardian, or custodian upon their arrival. Any court or police or juvenile probation and parole officer, acting in good faith pursuant to this section, shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of release to an alternative to secure detention.|||Source. 1988, 197:2. 2000, 294:9, eff. July 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:9-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:9-b - Recognition of Foreign Probation Officers.

    169-B:9-b Recognition of Foreign Probation Officers. –||If a minor has been placed on probation or protective supervision by a juvenile court of another state and the minor is in this state with or without the permission of such court, the probation officer of that court or other person designated by that court to supervise or take custody of the minor has all the powers and privileges in this state with respect to the minor as have like officers or persons of this state, including the right of visitation, counseling, control, direction, taking into custody, and returning the minor to that state.|||Source. 1990, 201:3, eff. June 26, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:11 - Release Prior to Arraignment.

    169-B:11 Release Prior to Arraignment. –||An officer taking a minor into custody pursuant to RSA 169-B:9 may release the minor to a parent, guardian or custodian pending arraignment; however, if the minor is not released within 4 hours of being taken into custody, the court shall be notified, and thereupon, placement, until arraignment, shall be determined by the court.||I. A minor taken into custody pursuant to RSA 169-B:9 shall be released to a parent, guardian, or custodian pending arraignment; or||II. If such a person is not available, the court may release the minor under the supervision of a relative or friend; or may release the minor to the custody of the department of health and human services for placement in a foster home, as defined in RSA 169-C:3, XIII, a crisis home, a shelter care facility, a group home, or an alcohol crisis center certified to accept juveniles; or||III. If the court determines that continued detention is required, based upon the criteria specified under RSA 169-B:14, I(e)(2), it may order continued detention at an alternative to secure detention, or any facility certified for the detention of minors by the commissioner of the department of health and human services. A minor shall not be held in any facility where adults charged, convicted or committed for criminal offenses are simultaneously detained except that a juvenile alleged or found to be delinquent may be held for up to 6 hours in a metropolitan area or up to 24 hours in a non-metropolitan area for processing and while awaiting release or transfer to a juvenile facility, provided that the detention is in a room or cell separate and removed from all contact, both sight and sound, with all adult inmates.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1982, 39:12. 1985, 379:1. 1988, 197:3. 1989, 285:3. 1992, 18:1. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 310:171. 2001, 117:4. 2007, 325:8, eff. July 16, 2007. 2020, 26:14, eff. July 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:11-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:11-a - Minor's Welfare; Findings Regarding Removal.

    169-B:11-a Minor's Welfare;  Findings Regarding Removal. –||I. The court shall, in its first court ruling that sanctions, even temporarily, the removal of a minor from the home, determine whether continuation in the home is contrary to the minor's welfare.||II. The court shall, within 60 days of a minor's removal from the home, determine and issue written findings as to whether reasonable efforts were made or were not required to prevent the minor's removal. In determining whether reasonable efforts were made to prevent the minor's removal, the court shall consider whether services to the family have been accessible, available, and appropriate.|||Source. 2007, 236:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:12-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:12-a - Repealed by 2020, 26:36, I, effective July 1, 2021.

    169-B:12-a Repealed by 2020, 26:36, I, effective July 1, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:13 - Arraignment; Court Referrals; Uncompensated Public Service by Minors.

    169-B:13 Arraignment;  Court Referrals;  Uncompensated Public Service by Minors. –||I. No minor shall be detained for more than 24 hours, Sundays and holidays excluded, from the time of being taken into custody without being brought before a court. At any arraignment the court shall:||(a) Advise the minor in writing and orally of any formal charges;||(b) Inform the minor of the applicable constitutional rights;||(c) Appoint counsel pursuant to RSA 169-B:12;||(d) Establish any conditions for release; and||(e) Set a hearing date.||(f)(1) Inquire of the juvenile and a parent or guardian of the juvenile if the juvenile has been:||(A) Determined to have a cognitive disability; or||(B) Determined to have a mental illness, emotional or behavioral disorder, or another disorder that may impede the child's decision-making abilities; or||(C) Identified as eligible for special education services; or||(D) Previously referred to a care management entity as defined in RSA 135-F:4, III.||(2) Such inquiry shall be conducted to gather complete and accurate information. The court shall make a record of the inquiry and of any information provided in response to the inquiry.||I-a. No plea shall be taken until the minor has the opportunity to consult with counsel or until a waiver is filed pursuant to RSA 169-B:12.||II. The court may, at any time after arraignment, dispose of the petition by referring the minor or the minor and family for participation in a court approved diversion program or other intervention program.||II-a. The court may, at the arraignment or at any time thereafter, with the consent of the minor and the minor's family, refer the minor and family to a care management entity, as defined in RSA 135-F:4, III, for evaluation and/or behavioral health services to be coordinated and supervised by that entity.||III. A referral under this section may include an order for the minor to perform up to 50 hours of uncompensated public service subject to the approval of the elected or appointed official authorized to give approval of the city or town in which the offense occurred. The court's order for uncompensated public service shall include the name of the official who will provide supervision to the minor. However, no person who performs such public service under this paragraph shall receive any benefits that such employer gives to its other employees, including, but not limited to, workers' compensation and unemployment benefits and no such employer shall be liable for any damages sustained by a person while performing such public service or any damages caused by that person unless the employer is guilty of gross negligence.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1999, 305:6-8. 2008, 274:4. 2010, 175:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. 2019, 44:6, 7, eff. Aug. 2, 2019; 346:334, 335, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:14 - Release or Detention Pending Adjudicatory Hearing.

    169-B:14 Release or Detention Pending Adjudicatory Hearing. –||I. Following arraignment a minor alleged to be delinquent may be ordered by the court to be:||(a) Retained in the custody of a parent, guardian, or custodian; or||(b) Released in the supervision and care of a relative or friend; or||(c) Released to the custody of the department of health and human services for placement in a foster home, as defined in RSA 169-C:3, XIII, a group home, a crisis home, or a shelter care facility; or||(d) [Repealed.]||(e) Detained at a facility certified by the commissioner of the department of health and human services for detention of minors pursuant to the following:||(1) No minor charged with delinquency shall be securely detained following arraignment unless the prosecution establishes probable cause to believe that the minor committed the alleged delinquent acts and unless the prosecution demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence the need for secure detention, based upon the criteria for secure detention specified in subparagraph (e)(2);||(2) A minor shall not be securely detained unless secure detention is necessary:||(A) To insure the presence of the juvenile at a subsequent hearing; or||(B) To provide care and supervision for a minor who is in danger of self-inflicted harm when no parent, guardian, custodian, or other suitable person or program is available to supervise and provide such care; or||(C) To protect the personal safety or property of others from the probability of serious bodily harm or other harm.||(3) Secure detention shall not be ordered for delinquency charges which may not form the basis for commitment under RSA 169-B:19, I(j).||II. The adjudicatory hearing shall be held within 21 days of arraignment for minors detained pending such hearing and within 30 days of arraignment for minors not detained. An extension of these time limits may be permitted, upon a showing of good cause, for an additional period not to exceed 14 calendar days.||II-a. After arraignment, the court shall determine if the legally liable school district shall be joined pursuant to RSA 169-B:22.||III. All orders issued pursuant to this section shall set forth findings in writing and may be subject to such conditions as the court may determine.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1982, 39:13. 1985, 379:2. 1988, 197:4. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 302:12; 310:171. 1997, 19:1. 2001, 117:5. 2007, 325:9, 15, I. 2008, 274:5, eff. July 1, 2008. 2017, 156:158, eff. May 1, 2018. 2020, 26:15, eff. July 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:15 - No Detention at Jail.

    169-B:15 No Detention at Jail. –||Following arraignment no minor shall be detained in any facility where adults charged, convicted or committed for criminal offenses are simultaneously detained.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1992, 18:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:15-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:15-a - Inspection of Facilities; Lock-up Log.

    169-B:15-a Inspection of Facilities;  Lock-up Log. –||Each facility used by law enforcement, county sheriffs, or state police to securely detain minors shall establish a lock-up log for all minors securely detained. The log shall contain the identification number, the charge, the date and time locked in secure detention, the date and time released from secure detention, to whom released, and reason for secure detention. The log shall be kept confidential both by the agency or facility which maintains it and by the department of health and human services, which shall receive copies of the log, January 1 and July 1 of each year, beginning January 1, 1989. To ensure that the requirements of this chapter and of 42 U.S.C. section 5633 are met, any secure or non-secure facility which detains minors shall provide, upon request and in a timely manner, access to the facility for inspection purposes to the department of health and human services jail compliance monitor, or the monitor's designee. If the facility is required under this section to maintain a log, access to the log shall also be provided.|||Source. 1988, 197:5, 15. 1992, 18:3. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 310:181. 2008, 175:1, eff. Aug. 10, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-B:15-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-B - Delinquent Children|Section 169-B:15-b - Notification of Right to Request Records.

    169-B:15-b Notification of Right to Request Records. –||The court shall notify parties of their right to request in advance of any hearing under this chapter that a record of such hearing shall be preserved and made available to the parties.|||Source. 1996, 248:1, eff. Jan. 2, 1997.|