2011 Vermont Code
Title 33 Human Services
Chapter 52 DELINQUENCY PROCEEDINGS
§ 5202 Order of adjudication; noncriminal
§ 5202. Order of adjudication; noncriminal
(a)(1) An order of the juvenile court in proceedings under this chapter shall not:
(A) be deemed a conviction of crime;
(B) impose any civil disabilities sanctions ordinarily resulting from a conviction; or
(C) operate to disqualify the child in any civil service application or appointment.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (1) of this subsection, an order of delinquency in proceedings transferred under subsection 5203(b) of this title, where the offense charged in the initial criminal proceedings was a violation of those sections of Title 23 specified in subdivision 801(a)(1), shall be an event in addition to those specified therein, enabling the commissioner of motor vehicles to require proof of financial responsibility under chapter 11 of Title 23.
(b) The disposition of a child and evidence given in a hearing in a juvenile proceeding shall not be admissible as evidence against the child in any case or proceeding in any other court except after a subsequent conviction of a felony in proceedings to determine the sentence. (Added 2007, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), { 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.)
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