2010 Tennessee Code
Title 37 - Juveniles
Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings
Part 1 - General Provisions
37-1-110 - Informal adjustment without adjudication.
37-1-110. Informal adjustment without adjudication.
(a) Before or after a petition is filed, the probation officer or other officer of the court designated by it, subject to its direction, may give counsel and advice to the parties with a view to an informal adjustment if it appears:
(1) The admitted facts bring the case within the jurisdiction of the court;
(2) Counsel and advice without an adjudication would be in the best interest of the public and the child; and
(3) The child and the child's parents, guardian or other custodian consent thereto with knowledge that consent is not obligatory.
(b) The giving of counsel and advice cannot extend beyond three (3) months from the day commenced unless extended by the court and does not authorize the detention of the child if not otherwise permitted by this part.
[Acts 1970, ch. 600, § 10; 1981, ch. 113, § 1; T.C.A., § 37-210.]
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