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• New Bulletin on Delinquency Jurisdiction over Juveniles and their Parents, Guardians, and Custodians

  This entry was contributed by Jacquelyn Greene on February 24, 2026 at 9:38 am and is filed under Jurisdiction, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Law.

  I am happy to share a new resource with you: Delinquency Law: Original Juvenile Jurisdiction and Juvenile Jurisdiction over Parents, Guardians, and Custodians. This new Juvenile Law Bulletin (1) describes the current law of original juvenile jurisdiction; (2) provides a guide to the law of original juvenile jurisdiction based on offense dates between 2019 and 2024; and (3) describes juvenile jurisdiction over parents, guardians, and custodians of juvenile respondents in delinquency proceedings. Selected highlights from the Bulletin are provided below. Continue Reading

• The Evolving Law of Juvenile Jurisdiction

  This entry was contributed by Jacquelyn Greene on July 22, 2025 at 9:58 am and is filed under Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Law.

  The law that governs which cases begin under juvenile jurisdiction changed three times between 2019 and 2025. Each change applies to offenses beginning on and after the effective date of the legislation and is impacted by subsequent changes. This blog pulls the different changes together in one place, providing the quick reference chart below to explain which cases begin under juvenile jurisdiction and which cases begin under criminal jurisdiction. Continue Reading