Attorney General Opinion No. 1994-071

Download or read book Attorney General Opinion No. 1994-071 written by Robert T. Stephan and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Forthwith" as used in K.S.A. 38-1672(a) is not susceptible to a fixed term definition and is dependent upon the circumstances. There is no time period within which SRS must act between the time a juvenile offender is placed in the custody of a state youth center and the time a juvenile is actually admitted to the youth center. If the court commits a juvenile offender to a state youth center the county is responsible for the expenses for the care and custody of the juvenile until the juvenile is delivered to the youth center. Placing a juvenile offender in the custody of both the secretary of SRS and a youth residential facility is not an "appropriate" combination of dispositions under K.S.A. 38-1663(a)(5). The juvenile offender code does not address the length of time between the point at which a juvenile offender is placed in the custody of SRS and the time SRS decides where the juvenile will be placed. A juvenile, under house arrest, who cuts his or her electronic monitoring equipment and absconds may be charged with escape from custody. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 21-3809; 21-3810; K.S.A. 38-1602, as amended by 1994 S.B.'s No. 500, 853, 657; 38-1616; 38-1663, as amended by 1994 S.B.'s No. 500, 657, 853; 38-1664; 38-1671, as amended by 1994 S.B. 657; 38-1672.