2005 Vermont Code - § 5511. — Release, shelter or delivery to court

§ 5511. Release, shelter or delivery to court

(a) The person taking a child alleged to be a delinquent child or a child in need of care or supervision into custody shall immediately and without first taking the child elsewhere:

(1) Release the child to his or her parents, guardian or custodian; or

(2) Deliver the child to the juvenile court and immediately file written notice thereof with the court, together with a statement of the reason for taking the child into custody.

(b) In the event that a law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a child has run away from his or her parents, foster parents, guardian, legal custodian, parent lawfully exercising parent-child contact, or other person having legal or physical responsibility for the child, the law enforcement officer shall take and deliver the child to:

(1) his or her parents, foster parents, guardian, legal custodian, parent lawfully exercising parent-child contact, or person having legal or physical responsibility for the child; or

(2) any organization designated by the commissioner of social and rehabilitation services as qualified to assist children who have run away for the purpose of reuniting them with their parents, guardian or legal custodian. (1967, No. 304 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; amended 1981, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 6, eff. July 17, 1981; 1985, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2001, No. 41, § 6.)