An Act concerning children and
juveniles; amending K.S.A. 38-1542, 75-7007, 75-7021,
75-7023, 75-7032, 76-172 and 79-4803 and
K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1502, 38-1528, 38-
1543, 38-1562, 38-1565, 38-1583, 38-1602,
38-1604, 38-1624, 38-1636, 38-1640, 38-
1663, as amended by section 8 of chapter 187
of the 1998 Session Laws of Kansas, 38-
1664, 38-1673, 38-1681, 38-16,129, 46-2801 and
75-7024 and repealing the existing
sections; also repealing K.S.A. 75-7008 and
75-7009 and K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1502, as
amended by section 42 of 1999 House Bill No.
2191, 38-1502c and 38-1602a.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Kansas:
New Section 1. (a) The Kansas youth
authority established by K.S.A.
75-7008 prior to amendment by this act hereby is abolished.
(b) All of the powers, duties and
functions of the Kansas youth au-
thority are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed upon
the
Kansas advisory group on juvenile justice and delinquency
prevention.
(c) The Kansas advisory group on juvenile
justice and delinquency
prevention shall be the successor in every way to the powers,
duties and
functions of the Kansas youth authority in which the same were
vested
prior to the effective date of this act. Every act performed in the
exercise
of such powers, duties and functions by or under the authority of
the
Kansas advisory group on juvenile justice and delinquency
prevention
shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed
by the
Kansas youth authority in which such powers, duties and functions
were
vested prior to the effective date of this act.
(d) Whenever the Kansas youth authority
is referred to or designated
by a statute, contract or other document, such reference or
designation
shall be deemed to apply to the Kansas advisory group on juvenile
justice
and delinquency prevention.
(e) All of the records, memoranda,
writings and property of the Kan-
sas youth authority shall be and hereby are transferred to the
Kansas
advisory group on juvenile justice and delinquency prevention and
such
advisory group shall have legal custody of the same.
New Sec. 2. (a) (1) Whenever a
person is adjudicated as a juvenile
offender, the court upon motion of the state, shall hold a hearing
to
consider imposition of a departure sentence. The motion shall state
that
a departure is sought and the reasons and factors relied upon. The
hearing
shall be scheduled so that the parties have adequate time to
prepare and
present arguments regarding the issues of departure sentencing. The
vic-
tim of a crime or the victim's family shall be notified of the
right to be
present at the hearing for the convicted person by the county or
district
attorney. The parties may submit written arguments to the court
prior to
the date of the hearing and may make oral arguments before the
court
at the hearing. The court shall review the victim impact statement,
if
available. Prior to the hearing, the court shall transmit to the
defendant
or the defendant's attorney and the prosecuting attorney copies of
the
predispositional investigation report.
(2) At the conclusion of the hearing or
within 20 days thereafter, the
court shall issue findings of fact and conclusions of law regarding
the
issues submitted by the parties, and shall enter an appropriate
order.
(3) If a factual aspect of a crime is a
statutory element of the crime
or is used to determine crime severity, that aspect of the current
crime
of conviction may be used as an aggravating factor only if the
criminal
conduct constituting that aspect of the current crime of conviction
is
significantly different from the usual criminal conduct captured by
the
aspect of the crime. Subject to this provision, the nonexclusive
lists of
aggravating factors provided in subsection (b)(2) of K.S.A.
21-4716, and
amendments thereto, and in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 21-4717, and
amend-
ments thereto, may be considered in determining whether substantial
and
compelling reasons exist.
(b) If the court decides to depart on its
own volition, without a motion
from the state, the court must notify all parties of its intent and
allow
reasonable time for either party to respond if they request. The
notice
shall state that a departure is intended by the court and the
reasons and
factors relied upon.
(c) In each case in which the court
imposes a sentence that deviates
from the presumptive sentence, the court shall make findings of
fact as
to the reasons for departure regardless of whether a hearing is
requested.
(d) If the sentencing judge departs from
the presumptive sentence,
the judge shall state on the record at the time of sentencing the
substantial
and compelling reasons for the departure. When a departure sentence
is
appropriate, the sentencing judge may depart from the matrix as
provided
in this section. When a sentencing judge departs in setting the
duration
of a presumptive term of imprisonment:
(1) The presumptive term of imprisonment
set in such departure
shall not total more than double the maximum duration of the
presump-
tive imprisonment term;
(2) the court shall have no authority to
reduce the minimum term of
confinement as defined within the sentencing matrix; and
(3) the maximum term for commitment of
any juvenile offender to a
juvenile correctional facility is age 22 years, 6 months.
(e) A departure sentence may be appealed
as provided in K.S.A. 38-
1681, and amendments thereto.
New Sec. 3. (a) A permanent
guardian may be appointed after a find-
ing of unfitness pursuant to K.S.A. 38-1583 and amendments thereto
or
with the consent and agreement of the parents.
(b) Upon appointment of the permanent
guardian, the child in need
of care proceeding shall be dismissed.
Sec. 4. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1502
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 38-1502. As used in this code, unless the context
otherwise in-
dicates:
(a) "Child in need of care" means a
person less than 18 years of age
who:
(1) Is without adequate parental care,
control or subsistence and the
condition is not due solely to the lack of financial means of the
child's
parents or other custodian;
(2) is without the care or control
necessary for the child's physical,
mental or emotional health;
(3) has been physically, mentally or
emotionally abused or neglected
or sexually abused;
(4) has been placed for care or adoption
in violation of law;
(5) has been abandoned or does not have a
known living parent;
(6) is not attending school as required
by K.S.A. 72-977 or 72-1111,
and amendments thereto;
(7) except in the case of a violation of
K.S.A. 41-727, subsection (j)
of K.S.A. 74-8810 or subsection (m) or (n) of K.S.A. 79-3321, and
amend-
ments thereto, or, except as provided in subsection (a)(12) of
K.S.A. 21-
4204a and amendments thereto, does an act which, when committed
by
a person under 18 years of age, is prohibited by state law, city
ordinance
or county resolution but which is not prohibited when done by an
adult;
(8) while less than 10 years of age,
commits any act which if done by
an adult would constitute the commission of a felony or misdemeanor
as
defined by K.S.A. 21-3105 and amendments thereto;
(9) is willfully and voluntarily absent
from the child's home without
the consent of the child's parent or other custodian;
(10) is willfully and voluntarily absent
at least a second time from a
court ordered or designated placement, or a placement pursuant to
court
order, if the absence is without the consent of the person with
whom the
child is placed or, if the child is placed in a facility, without
the consent
of the person in charge of such facility or such person's
designee;
(11) has been residing in the same
residence with a sibling or another
person under 18 years of age, who has been physically, mentally or
emo-
tionally abused or neglected, or sexually abused; or
(12) while less than 10 years of age
commits the offense defined in
K.S.A. 21-4204a and amendments thereto.
(b) "Physical, mental or emotional abuse
or neglect" means the in-
fliction of physical, mental or emotional injury or the causing of
a dete-
rioration of a child and may include, but shall not be limited to,
failing to
maintain reasonable care and treatment, negligent treatment or
maltreat-
ment or exploiting a child to the extent that the child's health or
emotional
well-being is endangered. A parent legitimately practicing
religious beliefs
who does not provide specified medical treatment for a child
because of
religious beliefs shall not for that reason be considered a
negligent parent;
however, this exception shall not preclude a court from entering an
order
pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 38-1513 and amendments
thereto.
(c) "Sexual abuse" means any act
committed with a child which is
described in article 35, chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes
Annotated and
those acts described in K.S.A. 21-3602 or 21-3603, and
amendments
thereto, regardless of the age of the child.
(d) "Parent," when used in relation to a
child or children, includes a
guardian, conservator and every person who is by law liable to
maintain,
care for or support the child.
(e) "Interested party" means the state,
the petitioner, the child, any
parent and any person found to be an interested party pursuant to
K.S.A.
38-1541 and amendments thereto.
(f) "Law enforcement officer" means any
person who by virtue of
office or public employment is vested by law with a duty to
maintain
public order or to make arrests for crimes, whether that duty
extends to
all crimes or is limited to specific crimes.
(g) "Youth residential facility" means
any home, foster home or struc-
ture which provides 24-hour-a-day care for children and which is
licensed
pursuant to article 5 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes
Annotated.
(h) "Shelter facility" means any public
or private facility or home
other than a juvenile detention facility that may be used in
accordance
with this code for the purpose of providing either temporary
placement
for the care of children in need of care prior to the issuance of a
dispos-
itional order or longer term care under a dispositional order.
(i) "Juvenile detention facility"means
any secure public or private
facility used for the lawful custody of accused or adjudicated
juvenile
offenders which must not be a jail.
(j) "Adult correction facility" means any
public or private facility, se-
cure or nonsecure, which is used for the lawful custody of accused
or
convicted adult criminal offenders.
(k) "Secure facility" means a facility
which is operated or structured
so as to ensure that all entrances and exits from the facility are
under the
exclusive control of the staff of the facility, whether or not the
person
being detained has freedom of movement within the perimeters of
the
facility, or which relies on locked rooms and buildings, fences or
physical
restraint in order to control behavior of its residents. No secure
facility
shall be in a city or county jail.
(l) "Ward of the court" means a child
over whom the court has ac-
quired jurisdiction by the filing of a petition pursuant to this
code and
who continues subject to that jurisdiction until the petition is
dismissed
or the child is discharged as provided in K.S.A. 38-1503 and
amendments
thereto.
(m) "Custody," whether temporary,
protective or legal, means the
status created by court order or statute which vests in a
custodian,
whether an individual or an agency, the right to physical
possession of
the child and the right to determine placement of the child,
subject to
restrictions placed by the court.
(n) "Placement" means the designation by
the individual or agency
having custody of where and with whom the child will live.
(o) "Secretary" means the secretary of
social and rehabilitation serv-
ices.
(p) "Relative" means a person related by
blood, marriage or adoption
but, when referring to a relative of a child's parent, does not
include the
child's other parent.
(q) "Court-appointed special advocate"
means a responsible adult
other than an attorney guardian ad litem who is appointed
by the court
to represent the best interests of a child, as provided in K.S.A.
38-1505a
and amendments thereto, in a proceeding pursuant to this code.
(r) "Multidisciplinary team" means a
group of persons, appointed by
the court or by the state department of social and rehabilitation
services
under K.S.A. 38-1523a and amendments thereto, which has
knowledge
of the circumstances of a child in need of care.
(s) "Jail" means:
(1) An adult jail or lockup; or
(2) a facility in the same building or on
the same grounds as an adult
jail or lockup, unless the facility meets all applicable standards
and licen-
sure requirements under law and there is (A) total separation of
the ju-
venile and adult facility spatial areas such that there could be no
haphaz-
ard or accidental contact between juvenile and adult residents in
the
respective facilities; (B) total separation in all juvenile and
adult program
activities within the facilities, including recreation, education,
counseling,
health care, dining, sleeping, and general living activities; and
(C) separate
juvenile and adult staff, including management, security staff and
direct
care staff such as recreational, educational and counseling.
(t) "Kinship care" means the placement of
a child in the home of the
child's relative or in the home of another adult with whom the
child or
the child's parent already has a close emotional attachment.
(u) "Juvenile intake and assessment
worker" means a responsible
adult authorized to perform intake and assessment services as part
of the
intake and assessment system established pursuant to K.S.A.
75-7023, and
amendments thereto.
(v) "Abandon" means to forsake, desert or
cease providing care for
the child without making appropriate provisions for substitute
care.
(w) "Permanent guardianship" means a
judicially created relationship
between child and caretaker which is intended to be permanent and
self-
sustaining without ongoing state oversight or intervention. The
perma-
nent guardian stands in loco parentis and exercises all the rights
and
responsibilities of a parent. Upon appointment of a permanent
guardian,
the child in need of care proceedings shall be dismissed. A
permanent
guardian may be appointed after termination of parental
rights.
(x) "Aggravated circumstances" means the
abandonment, torture,
chronic abuse, sexual abuse or chronic, life threatening neglect of
a child.
(y) "Permanency hearing" means a notice
and opportunity to be
heard is provided to interested parties, foster parents,
preadoptive parents
or relatives providing care for the child. The court, after
consideration of
the evidence, shall determine whether progress toward the case plan
goal
is adequate or reintegration is a viable alternative, or if the
case should
be referred to the county or district attorney for filing of a
petition to
terminate parental rights or to appoint a permanent guardian.
(z) "Extended out of home placement"
means a child has been in the
custody of the secretary and placed with neither parent for 15 of
the most
recent 22 months beginning 60 days after the date at which a child
in the
custody of the secretary was removed from the home.
(aa) "Educational institution''"eans
all schools at the elementary and
secondary levels.
(bb) "Educator" means any
administrator, teacher or other profes-
sional or paraprofessional employee of an educational
institution who has
exposure to a pupil specified in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 1998
Supp. 72-
89b03 and amendments thereto.
Sec. 5. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1528
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 38-1528. (a) To the extent possible, when any law
enforcement
officer takes into custody a child under the age of 18 years,
without a
court order, the child shall forthwith be delivered to the custody
of the
child's parent or other custodian unless there are reasonable
grounds to
believe that such action would not be in the best interests of the
child.
Except as provided in subsection (b), if the child is not delivered
to the
custody of the child's parent or other custodian, the child shall
forthwith
be delivered to a facility or person designated by the secretary or
to a
court designated shelter facility, court services officer, juvenile
intake and
assessment worker, licensed attendant care center or other person.
If,
after delivery of the child to a shelter facility, the person in
charge of the
shelter facility at that time and the law enforcement officer
determine
that the child will not remain in the shelter facility, the law
enforcement
officer shall deliver the child to a juvenile detention facility or
other secure
facility, designated by the court, where the child shall be
detained for not
more than 24 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal
holidays. It
shall be the duty of the law enforcement officer to furnish to the
county
or district attorney, without unnecessary delay, all the
information in the
possession of the officer pertaining to the child, the child's
parents or
other persons interested in or likely to be interested in the child
and all
other facts and circumstances which caused the child to be taken
into
custody.
(b) When any law enforcement officer
takes into custody any child as
provided in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 38-1527 and amendments
thereto,
proceedings shall be initiated in accordance with the provisions of
the
interstate compact on juveniles, K.S.A. 38-1001 et seq.
and amendments
thereto. Any child taken into custody pursuant to the interstate
compact
on juveniles may be detained in a juvenile detention facility or
other
secure facility.
(c) Whenever a child under the age of 18
years is taken into custody
by a law enforcement officer without a court order and is
thereafter
placed in the custody of a shelter facility, court services
officer, juvenile
intake and assessment worker, licensed attendant care center or
other
person as authorized by this code, the facility or person shall
have physical
custody and provide care and supervision for the child upon written
ap-
plication of the law enforcement officer. The application shall
state:
(1) The name and address of the child, if
known;
(2) the names and addresses of the
child's parents or nearest relatives
and persons with whom the child has been residing, if known;
and
(3) the officer's belief that the child
is a child in need of care and that
there are reasonable grounds to believe that the circumstances or
con-
dition of the child is such that, unless the child is placed in the
immediate
custody of the shelter facility or other person, it would be
harmful to the
child.
(d) A copy of the application shall be
furnished by the facility or
person receiving the child to the county or district attorney
without un-
necessary delay.
(e) The shelter facility or other person
designated by the court who
has custody of the child pursuant to this section shall discharge
the child
not later than 48 72 hours following
admission, excluding Saturdays, Sun-
days and legal holidays, unless a court has entered an order
pertaining to
temporary custody or release.
(f) In absence of a court order to the
contrary, the county or district
attorney or the placing law enforcement agency shall have the
authority
to direct at any time the release of the child.
(g) When any law enforcement officer
takes into custody any child as
provided in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 38-1527, and amendments
thereto,
the child shall forthwith be delivered to the school in which the
child is
enrolled, any location designated by the school in which the child
is en-
rolled to address truancy issues or the child's parent or other
custodian.
Sec. 6. K.S.A. 38-1542 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 38-
1542. (a) The court upon verified application may issue ex
parte an order
directing that a child be held in protective custody and, if the
child has
not been taken into custody, an order directing that the child be
taken
into custody. The application shall state:
(1) The applicant's belief that the child
is a child in need of care and
is likely to sustain harm if not immediately afforded protective
custody;
and
(2) the specific facts which are relied
upon to support the belief.
(b) (1) The order of protective
custody may be issued only after the
court has determined there is probable cause to believe the
allegations
in the application are true. The order shall remain in effect until
the
temporary custody hearing provided for in K.S.A. 38-1543 and
amend-
ments thereto, unless earlier rescinded by the court.
(2) Prior to July 1,
1993, No child shall be held in protective custody
for more than 72 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal
holidays,
unless within the 72-hour period a determination is made as to the
ne-
cessity for temporary custody in a temporary custody hearing.
Nothing in
this subsection (b)(2) shall be construed to mean that the child
must
remain in protective custody for 72 hours.
(3) On and after July 1, 1993, no
child shall be held in protective
custody for more than 48 hours, excluding Saturdays,
Sundays and legal
holidays, unless within the 48-hour period a determination
is made as to
the necessity for temporary custody in a temporary custody
hearing.
Nothing in this subsection (b)(3) shall be construed to
mean that the child
must remain in protective custody for 48
hours.
(c) Whenever the court determines the
necessity for an order of pro-
tective custody, the court may place the child in the protective
custody
of: (1) A parent or other person having custody of the child and
may enter
a restraining order pursuant to subsection (d); (2) a person, other
than
the parent or other person having custody, who shall not be
required to
be licensed under article 5 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes
Anno-
tated; (3) a youth residential facility; or (4) the secretary. When
the child
is placed in the protective custody of the secretary, the secretary
shall
have the discretionary authority to place the child with a parent
or to
make other suitable placement for the child. When circumstances
re-
quire, a child in protective custody may be placed in a juvenile
detention
facility or other secure facility pursuant to an order of
protective custody
for not to exceed 24 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal
holi-
days.
(d) The order of protective custody shall
be served on the child's
parents and any other person having legal custody of the child. The
order
shall prohibit all parties from removing the child from the court's
juris-
diction without the court's permission.
(e) If the court issues an order of
protective custody, the court may
also enter an order restraining any alleged perpetrator of
physical, sexual,
mental or emotional abuse of the child from residing in the child's
home;
visiting, contacting, harassing or intimidating the child; or
attempting to
visit, contact, harass or intimidate the child. Such restraining
order shall
be served on any alleged perpetrator to whom the order is
directed.
(f) The court shall not enter an order
removing a child from the
custody of a parent pursuant to this section unless the court first
finds
from evidence presented by the petitioner that reasonable efforts
have
been made to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the child
or
that an emergency exists which threatens the safety of the child
and re-
quires the immediate removal of the child. Such findings shall be
included
in any order entered by the court.
Sec. 7. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1543
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 38-1543. (a) Upon notice and hearing, the court may issue
an
order directing who shall have temporary custody and may modify
the
order during the pendency of the proceedings as will best serve the
child's
welfare.
(b) A hearing hereunder
pursuant to this section shall be held within
48 72 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays
and legal holidays, following a
child having been taken into protective custody.
(c) Whenever it is determined that a
temporary custody hearing is
required, the court shall immediately set the time and place for
the hear-
ing. Notice of a temporary custody hearing shall be in
substantially the
following form:
(Name of Court)
(Caption of Case)
NOTICE OF TEMPORARY CUSTODY HEARING
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REPORT OF SERVICE
I certify that I have delivered a true copy
of the above notice to the persons above named
in the manner and at the times indicated below:
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(d) Notice of the temporary custody
hearing shall be given at least
24 hours prior to the hearing. The court may continue the hearing
to
afford the 24 hours prior notice or, with the consent of the party,
proceed
with the hearing at the designated time. If an order of temporary
custody
is entered and the parent or other person having custody of the
child has
not been notified of the hearing, did not appear or waive
appearance and
requests a rehearing, the court shall rehear the matter without
unnec-
essary delay.
(e) Oral notice may be used for giving
notice of a temporary custody
hearing where there is insufficient time to give written notice.
Oral notice
is completed upon filing a certificate of oral notice in
substantially the
following form:
(Name of Court)
(Caption of Case)
CERTIFICATE OF ORAL NOTICE OF TEMPORARY CUSTODY HEARING
I gave oral notice that the court will
conduct a hearing at ______ o'clock __m. on
________, 19__, to the persons listed, in the manner and at the
times indicated
below:
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(f) The court may enter an order of
temporary custody after deter-
mining that: (1) The child is dangerous to self or to others; (2)
the child
is not likely to be available within the jurisdiction of the court
for future
proceedings; or (3) the health or welfare of the child may be
endangered
without further care.
(g) Whenever the court determines the
necessity for an order of tem-
porary custody the court may place the child in the temporary
custody
of: (1) A parent or other person having custody of the child and
may enter
a restraining order pursuant to subsection (h); (2) a person, other
than
the parent or other person having custody, who shall not be
required to
be licensed under article 5 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes
Anno-
tated; (3) a youth residential facility; or (4) the secretary. When
the child
is placed in the temporary custody of the secretary, the secretary
shall
have the discretionary authority to place the child with a parent
or to
make other suitable placement for the child. When circumstances
re-
quire, a child may be placed in a juvenile detention facility or
other secure
facility, but the total amount of time that the child may be held
in such
facility under this section and K.S.A. 38-1542 and amendments
thereto
shall not exceed 24 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal
holi-
days. The order of temporary custody shall remain in effect until
modified
or rescinded by the court or a disposition order is entered but not
ex-
ceeding 60 days, unless good cause is shown and stated on the
record.
(h) If the court issues an order of
temporary custody, the court may
enter an order restraining any alleged perpetrator of physical,
sexual,
mental or emotional abuse of the child from residing in the child's
home;
visiting, contacting, harassing or intimidating the child; or
attempting to
visit, contact, harass or intimidate the child.
(i) The court shall not enter an order
removing a child from the cus-
tody of a parent pursuant to this section unless the court first
finds from
evidence presented by the petitioner that reasonable efforts have
been
made to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the child or
that
an emergency exists which threatens the safety of the child and
requires
the immediate removal of the child. Such findings shall be included
in
any order entered by the court.
Sec. 8. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1562
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 38-1562. (a) At any time after a child has been
adjudicated to be
a child in need of care and prior to disposition, the judge shall
permit any
interested parties, and any persons required to be notified
pursuant to
subsection (b), to be heard as to proposals for appropriate
disposition of
the case.
(b) Before entering an order placing the
child in the custody of a
person other than the child's parent, the court shall require
notice of the
time and place of the hearing to be given to all the child's
grandparents
at their last known addresses or, if no grandparent is living or if
no living
grandparent's address is known, to the closest relative of each of
the
child's parents whose address is known, and to the foster parent,
prea-
doptive parent or relative providing care. Such notice shall be
given by
restricted mail not less than 10 business days before the hearing
and shall
state that the person receiving the notice shall have an
opportunity to be
heard at the hearing. The provisions of this subsection shall not
require
additional notice to any person otherwise receiving notice of the
hearing
pursuant to K.S.A. 38-1536 and amendments thereto. Individuals
receiv-
ing notice pursuant to this subsection shall not be made a party to
the
action solely on the basis of this notice and opportunity to be
heard.
(c) Prior to entering an order of
disposition, the court shall give con-
sideration to the child's physical, mental and emotional condition;
the
child's need for assistance; the manner in which the parent
participated
in the abuse, neglect or abandonment of the child; any relevant
infor-
mation from the intake and assessment process; and the evidence
re-
ceived at the dispositional hearing. In determining when
reunification is
a viable alternative, the court shall specifically consider whether
the par-
ent has been found by a court to have: (1) Committed murder in the
first
degree, K.S.A. 21-3401 and amendments thereto, murder in the
second
degree, K.S.A. 21-3402 and amendments thereto, capital murder,
K.S.A.
21-3439 and amendments thereto, voluntary manslaughter, K.S.A.
21-
3403 and amendments thereto or violated a law of another state
which
prohibits such murder or manslaughter of a child; (2) aided or
abetted,
attempted, conspired or solicited to commit such murder or
voluntary
manslaughter of a child as provided in subsection (c)(1); (3)
committed a
felony battery that resulted in bodily injury to the child or
another child;
(4) subjected the child or another child to aggravated
circumstances as
defined in subsection (x) of K.S.A. 38-1502 and amendments thereto;
(5)
parental rights of the parent to another child have been terminated
in-
voluntarily; or (6) the child has been in extended out of home
placement
as defined in subsection (z) of K.S.A. 38-1502 and amendments
thereto.
If reintegration is not a viable alternative, the court shall
consider whether
a compelling reason has been documented in the case plan to find
neither
adoption nor permanent guardianship are in the best interests of
the
child, the child is in a stable placement with a relative, or
services set out
in the case plan necessary for the safe return of the child have
been made
available to the parent with whom reintegration is planned. If
reintegra-
tion is not a viable alternative and either adoption or permanent
guardi-
anship might be in the best interests of the child, the county or
district
attorney or the county or district attorney's designee shall file a
motion
to terminate parental rights or permanent guardianship within 30
days
and the court shall set a hearing on such motion within 90 days of
the
filing of such motion. No such hearing is required when the
parents vol-
untarily relinquish parental rights or agree to appointment of
a perma-
nent guardian.
Sec. 9. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1565
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 38-1565. (a) If a child is placed outside the child's home
and no
plan is made a part of the record of the dispositional hearing, a
written
plan shall be prepared which provides for reintegration of the
child into
the child's family or, if reintegration is not a viable
alternative, for other
placement of the child. Reintegration may not be a viable
alternative
when the: (1) Parent has been found by a court to have committed
murder
in the first degree, K.S.A. 21-3401 and amendments thereto, murder
in
the second degree, K.S.A. 21-3402 and amendments thereto, capital
mur-
der, K.S.A. 21-3439 and amendments thereto, voluntary
manslaughter,
K.S.A. 21-3403 and amendments thereto or violated a law of another
state
which prohibits such murder or manslaughter of a child; (2) parent
aided
or abetted, attempted, conspired or solicited to commit such murder
or
voluntary manslaughter of a child as provided in subsection (a)(1);
(3)
parent committed a felony battery that resulted in bodily injury to
the
child or another child; (4) parent has subjected the child or
another child
to aggravated circumstances as defined in subsection (x) of K.S.A.
38-
1502, and amendments thereto; (5) parental rights of the parent to
an-
other child have been terminated involuntarily; or (6) the child
has been
in extended out of home placement as defined in subsection (z) of
K.S.A.
38-1502 and amendments thereto. If the goal is reintegration into
the
family, the plan shall include measurable objectives and time
schedules
for reintegration. The plan shall be submitted to the court not
later than
30 days after the dispositional order is entered. If the child is
placed in
the custody of the secretary, the plan shall be prepared and
submitted by
the secretary. If the child is placed in the custody of a facility
or person
other than the secretary, the plan shall be prepared and submitted
by a
court services officer.
(b) A court services officer or, if the
child is in the secretary's custody,
the secretary shall submit to the court, at least every six months,
a written
report of the progress being made toward the goals of the plan
submitted
pursuant to subsection (a). If the child is placed in foster care,
the foster
parent or parents shall submit to the court, at least every six
months, a
report in regard to the child's adjustment, progress and condition.
The
department of social and rehabilitation services shall notify the
foster
parent or parents of the foster parent's or parent's duty to submit
such
report, on a form provided by the department of social and
rehabilitation
services, at least two weeks prior to the date when the report is
due, and
the name of the judge and the address of the court to which the
report
is to be submitted. Such report shall be confidential and shall
only be
reviewed by the court and the child's guardian ad litem. The court
shall
review the progress being made toward the goals of the plan and
the
foster parent report and, if the court determines that progress is
inade-
quate or that the plan is no longer viable, the court shall hold a
hearing
pursuant to subsection (c). If the secretary has custody of the
child, such
hearing shall be held no more than 12 months after the child is
placed
outside the child's home and at least every 12 months thereafter.
For
children in the custody of the secretary prior to July 1, 1998,
within 30
days of receiving a request from the secretary, a permanency
hearing shall
be held. If the goal of the plan submitted pursuant to subsection
(a) is
reintegration into the family and the court determines after 12
months
from the time such plan is first submitted that progress is
inadequate, the
court shall hold a hearing pursuant to subsection (c). Nothing in
this
subsection shall be interpreted to prohibit termination of parental
rights
prior to the expiration of 12 months.
(c) Whenever a hearing is required under
subsection (b), the court
shall notify all interested parties and the foster parents,
preadoptive par-
ents or relatives providing care for the child and hold a hearing.
Individ-
uals receiving notice pursuant to this subsection shall not be made
a party
to the action solely on the basis of this notice and opportunity to
be heard.
After providing the interested parties, foster parents, preadoptive
parents
or relatives providing care for the child an opportunity to be
heard, the
court shall determine whether the child's needs are being
adequately met
and whether reintegration continues to be a viable alternative. If
the court
finds reintegration is no longer a viable alternative, the court
shall con-
sider whether the child is in a stable placement with a relative,
services
set out in the case plan necessary for the safe return of the child
have
been made available to the parent with whom reintegration is
planned or
compelling reasons are documented in the case plan to support a
finding
that neither adoption nor permanent guardianship are in the child's
best
interest. If reintegration is not a viable alternative and either
adoption or
permanent guardianship might be in the best interests of the child,
the
county or district attorney or the county or district attorney's
designee
shall file a motion to terminate parental rights or for permanent
guardi-
anship within 30 days and the court shall set a hearing on such
motion
within 90 days of the filing of such motion. When the court finds
rein-
tegration continues to be a viable alternative, the court may
rescind any
of its prior dispositional orders and enter any dispositional order
author-
ized by this code or may order that a new plan for the
reintegration be
prepared and submitted to the court. No such hearing is
required when
the parents voluntarily relinquish parental rights or agree to
appointment
of a permanent guardian.
Sec. 10. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1583
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 38-1583. (a) When the child has been adjudicated to be a
child
in need of care, the court may terminate parental rights when the
court
finds by clear and convincing evidence that the parent is unfit by
reason
of conduct or condition which renders the parent unable to care
properly
for a child and the conduct or condition is unlikely to change in
the
foreseeable future.
(b) In making a determination hereunder
the court shall consider,
but is not limited to, the following, if applicable:
(1) Emotional illness, mental illness,
mental deficiency or physical
disability of the parent, of such duration or nature as to render
the parent
unlikely to care for the ongoing physical, mental and emotional
needs of
the child;
(2) conduct toward a child of a
physically, emotionally or sexually
cruel or abusive nature;
(3) excessive use of intoxicating liquors
or narcotic or dangerous
drugs;
(4) physical, mental or emotional neglect
of the child;
(5) conviction of a felony and
imprisonment;
(6) unexplained injury or death of
another child or stepchild of the
parent;
(7) reasonable efforts by appropriate
public or private child caring
agencies have been unable to rehabilitate the family; and
(8) lack of effort on the part of the
parent to adjust the parent's cir-
cumstances, conduct or conditions to meet the needs of the
child.
(c) In addition to the foregoing, when a
child is not in the physical
custody of a parent, the court, in proceedings concerning the
termination
of parental rights, shall also consider, but is not limited to the
following:
(1) Failure to assure care of the child
in the parental home when able
to do so;
(2) failure to maintain regular
visitation, contact or communication
with the child or with the custodian of the child;
(3) failure to carry out a reasonable
plan approved by the court di-
rected toward the integration of the child into the parental home;
and
(4) failure to pay a reasonable portion
of the cost of substitute physical
care and maintenance based on ability to pay.
In making the above determination, the court
may disregard incidental
visitations, contacts, communications or contributions.
(d) The rights of the parents may be
terminated as provided in this
section if the court finds that the parents have abandoned the
child or
the child was left under such circumstances that the identity of
the par-
ents is unknown and cannot be ascertained, despite diligent
searching,
and the parents have not come forward to claim the child within
three
months after the child is found.
(e) The existence of any one of the above
standing alone may, but
does not necessarily, establish grounds for termination of parental
rights.
The determination shall be based on an evaluation of all factors
which
are applicable. In considering any of the above factors for
terminating the
rights of a parent, the court shall give primary consideration to
the phys-
ical, mental or emotional condition and needs of the child. If
presented
to the court and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 60-419, and
amend-
ments thereto, the court shall consider as evidence testimony from
a
person licensed to practice medicine and surgery, a licensed
psychologist
or a licensed social worker expressing an opinion relating to the
physical,
mental or emotional condition and needs of the child. The court
shall
consider any such testimony only if the licensed professional
providing
such testimony is subject to cross-examination.
(f) A termination of parental rights
under the Kansas code for care
of children shall not terminate the right of the child to inherit
from or
through the parent. Upon such termination, all the rights of birth
parents
to such child, including their right to inherit from or through
such child,
shall cease.
(g) If, after finding the parent unfit,
the court determines a compel-
ling reason why it is not in the best interests of the child to
terminate
parental rights or upon agreement of the parents, the
court may award
permanent guardianship to an individual providing care for the
child, a
relative or other person with whom the child has a close emotional
at-
tachment. Prior to awarding permanent guardianship, the court shall
re-
ceive and consider an assessment as provided in K.S.A. 59-2132
and
amendments thereto of any potential permanent guardian. Upon
appoint-
ment of a permanent guardian, the court shall enter an order
discharging
the child from the court's jurisdiction.
(h) If a parent is convicted of an
offense as provided in subsection
(7) of K.S.A. 38-1585 and amendments thereto or is adjudicated a
juvenile
offender because of an act which if committed by an adult would be
an
offense as provided in subsection (7) of K.S.A. 38-1585 and
amendments
thereto, and if the victim was the other parent of a child, the
court may
disregard such convicted or adjudicated parent's opinions or wishes
in
regard to the placement of such child.
Sec. 11. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1602
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 38-1602. As used in this code, unless the context
otherwise re-
quires:
(a) "Juvenile" means a person 10 or more
years of age but less than
18 years of age.
(b) "Juvenile offender" means a person
who does an act commits an
offense while a juvenile which if done
committed by an adult would con-
stitute the commission of a felony or misdemeanor as defined by
K.S.A.
21-3105, and amendments thereto, or who violates
the provisions of
K.S.A. 21-4204a or K.S.A. 41-727 or subsection (j) of K.S.A.
74-8810, and
amendments thereto, but does not include:
(1) A person 14 or more years of age who
commits a traffic offense,
as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 8-2117, and
amendments thereto;
(2) a person 16 years of age or over who
commits an offense defined
in chapter 32 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated;
(3) a person whose prosecution as
an adult is authorized pursuant to
K.S.A. 38-1636 and amendments thereto and whose prosecution
results
in the conviction of an adult crime; or
(4) a person who has been found
to be an extended jurisdiction ju-
venile pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 38-1636, and
amendment
thereto, and whose stay of adult sentence execution has
been revoked
under 18 years of age who previously has been:
(A) Convicted as an adult under the
Kansas code of criminal proce-
dure;
(B) sentenced as an adult under the
Kansas code of criminal proce-
dure following termination of status as an extended
jurisdiction juvenile
pursuant to K.S.A. 38-16,126, and amendments thereto;
or
(C) convicted or sentenced as an
adult in another state or foreign
jurisdiction under substantially similar procedures described
in K.S.A. 38-
1636, and amendments thereto, or because of attaining the age
of majority
designated in that state or jurisdiction.
(c) "Parent," when used in relation to a
juvenile or a juvenile of-
fender, includes a guardian, conservator and every person who is by
law
liable to maintain, care for or support the juvenile.
(d) "Law enforcement officer" means any
person who by virtue of
that person's office or public employment is vested by law with a
duty to
maintain public order or to make arrests for crimes, whether that
duty
extends to all crimes or is limited to specific crimes.
(e) "Youth residential facility" means
any home, foster home or struc-
ture which provides twenty-four-hour-a-day care for juveniles and
which
is licensed pursuant to article 5 of chapter 65 of the Kansas
Statutes
Annotated.
(f) "Juvenile detention facility" means
any secure public or private
facility which is used for the lawful custody of accused or
adjudicated
juvenile offenders and which must shall
not be a jail.
(g) "Juvenile correctional facility"
means a facility operated by the
commissioner for juvenile offenders.
(h) "Warrant" means a written order by a
judge of the court directed
to any law enforcement officer commanding the officer to take into
cus-
tody the juvenile named or described therein.
(i) "Commissioner" means the commissioner
of juvenile justice.
(j) "Jail" means:
(1) An adult jail or lockup; or
(2) a facility in the same building as an
adult jail or lockup, unless the
facility meets all applicable licensure requirements under law and
there
is (A) total separation of the juvenile and adult facility spatial
areas such
that there could be no haphazard or accidental contact between
juvenile
and adult residents in the respective facilities; (B) total
separation in all
juvenile and adult program activities within the facilities,
including rec-
reation, education, counseling, health care, dining, sleeping, and
general
living activities; and (C) separate juvenile and adult staff,
including man-
agement, security staff and direct care staff such as recreational,
educa-
tional and counseling.
(k) "Court-appointed special advocate"
means a responsible adult,
other than an attorney appointed pursuant to K.S.A. 38-1606 and
amend-
ments thereto, who is appointed by the court to represent the best
inter-
ests of a child, as provided in K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1606a, and
amend-
ments thereto, in a proceeding pursuant to this code.
(l) "Juvenile intake and assessment
worker" means a responsible
adult authorized to perform intake and assessment services as part
of the
intake and assessment system established pursuant to K.S.A.
76-3202 75-
7023, and amendments thereto.
(m) "Institution" means the following
institutions: The Atchison ju-
venile correctional facility, the Beloit juvenile correctional
facility, the
Larned juvenile correctional facility and the Topeka juvenile
correctional
facility.
(n) "Sanction
Sanctions house" means a facility which is operated or
structured so as to ensure that all entrances and exits from the
facility are
under the exclusive control of the staff of the facility, whether
or not the
person being detained has freedom of movement within the
perimeters
of the facility, or which relies on locked rooms and buildings,
fences, or
physical restraint in order to control the behavior of its
residents. Upon
an order from the court, a licensed juvenile detention facility may
serve
as a sanction sanctions house. A
sanction house may be physically con-
nected to a nonsecure shelter facility provided the
sanction house is not
a licensed juvenile detention facility.
(o) "Sentencing risk assessment tool"
means an instrument adminis-
tered to juvenile offenders which delivers a score, or group of
scores,
describing, but not limited to describing, the juvenile's potential
risk to
the community.
(p) "Educational institution" means all
schools at the elementary and
secondary levels.
(q) "Educator" means any administrator,
teacher or other profes-
sional or paraprofessional employee of an educational institution
who has
exposure to a pupil specified in subsection (a)(1) through (5) of
K.S.A.
1998 Supp. 72-89b03, and amendments thereto.
Sec. 12. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1604
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 38-1604. (a) Except as provided in K.S.A. 38-1636, and
amend-
ments thereto, proceedings concerning a juvenile who appears to be
a
juvenile offender shall be governed by the provisions of this
code.
(b) The district court shall have
original jurisdiction to receive and
determine proceedings under this code.
(c) When jurisdiction is acquired by the
district court over an alleged
juvenile offender it may continue until: (1) Sixty days after
sentencing, if
the juvenile is committed directly to a juvenile correctional
facility; (2)
the juvenile has attained the age of 23 years, if committed to the
custody
of the commissioner pursuant to subsection (c) of K.S.A. 38-1665,
and
amendments thereto, unless an adult sentence is imposed pursuant to
an
extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution. If such adult sentence
is im-
posed, jurisdiction shall continue until discharged by the court or
other
process for the adult sentence; (3) the juvenile has been
discharged by
the court; or (4) the juvenile has been discharged under the
provisions of
K.S.A. 38-1675, and amendments thereto.
(d) Effective July 1, 1999, if a
juvenile is adjudicated a juvenile of-
fender and has previously been adjudicated a child in need
of care, the
Kansas juvenile justice code shall apply to such juvenile
and the Kansas
code for care of children shall suspend during the time of
jurisdiction
pursuant to the Kansas juvenile justice code. Prior to July
1, 1999, the
court may apply the provisions of either code to a juvenile
adjudicated
under both codes. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude
such juvenile
offender from accessing services provided by the department
of social
and rehabilitation services or any other state agency if
such juvenile is
eligible for such services. (1) If a juvenile
offender, at the time of sen-
tencing, is in an out of home placement in the custody of the
secretary of
social and rehabilitation services under the Kansas code for
care of chil-
dren code, the sentencing court may order the continued
placement of the
juvenile as a child in need of care unless the offender was
adjudicated for
a felony or a second, or subsequent, misdemeanor. If the
adjudication was
for a felony or a second, or subsequent misdemeanor, the
continued place-
ment cannot be ordered unless the court finds there are
compelling cir-
cumstances which require, in the best interest of the juvenile,
that the
placement should be continued. In considering whether
compelling cir-
cumstances exist, the court shall consider the reports and
recommenda-
tions of the foster placement, the contract provider, the
secretary of social
and rehabilitation services, the presentence investigation and
all other
relevant factors. If the foster placement refuses to continue
the juvenile in
the foster placement the court shall not order continued
placement as a
child in need of care.
(2) If a placement with the secretary
of social and rehabilitation serv-
ices is continued after sentencing, the secretary shall not be
responsible
for any costs of sanctions imposed under this
code.
(3) If such a juvenile offender is
placed in the custody of the juvenile
justice authority, the secretary of social and rehabilitation
services shall
not be responsible for furnishing services ordered in the child
in need of
care proceeding during the time of the placement pursuant to
the Kansas
juvenile justice code. Nothing in this subsection shall
preclude such ju-
venile offender from accessing services provided by the
department of
social and rehabilitation services or any other state agency if
such juvenile
is eligible for such services.
(e) The Kansas code for care
of children shall apply when necessary
to carry out the provisions of subsection (d) of K.S.A.
38-1664, and
amendments thereto.
(f) The provisions of this code shall govern
with respect to offenses
committed on or after July 1, 1997.
Sec. 13. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1624
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 38-1624. (a) By a law enforcement officer. A law
enforcement
officer may take an alleged juvenile offender into custody
when:
(1) Any offense has been or is being
committed by the juvenile in the
officer's view;
(2) the officer has a warrant commanding
that the juvenile be taken
into custody;
(3) the officer has probable cause to
believe that a warrant or order
commanding that the juvenile be taken into custody has been issued
in
this state or in another jurisdiction for an act committed
therein;
(4) the officer has probable cause to
believe that the juvenile is com-
mitting or has committed an act which, if committed by an adult,
would
constitute:
(A) A felony; or
(B) a misdemeanor and (i) the juvenile
will not be apprehended or
evidence of the offense will be irretrievably lost unless the
juvenile is
immediately taken into custody or (ii) the juvenile may cause
injury to
self or others or damage to property or may be injured unless
immediately
taken into custody; or
(5) the officer has probable cause to
believe that the juvenile has
violated an order for electronic monitoring as a term of
probation.
(b) By a court services officer or
juvenile community corrections of-
ficer. A court services officer or juvenile community
corrections officer
may take a juvenile into custody when there is a warrant
commanding
that the juvenile be taken into custody, when the court
services officer
has probable cause to believe that a warrant or order commanding
that
the juvenile be taken into custody has been issued in this state or
in
another jurisdiction for an act committed therein or when there is
prob-
able cause to believe that the juvenile has violated an order for
electronic
monitoring as a term of probation. Any court services officer
or juvenile
community correction officer may arrest a juvenile without a
warrant or
may deputize any other officer with power of arrest to arrest a
juvenile
without a warrant by giving the officer a written statement
setting forth
that the juvenile, in the judgment of the court services
officer or juvenile
community correction officer, has violated the condition of the
juvenile's
release. The written statement delivered with the juvenile by
the arresting
officer to the official in charge of a juvenile detention
facility or other
place of detention shall be sufficient warrant for the
detention of the ju-
venile.
(c) Procedure. (1) When
any law enforcement officer takes an al-
leged juvenile offender into custody, the juvenile shall be taken
without
unnecessary delay to an intake and assessment worker if an intake
and
assessment program exists in the jurisdiction, or before the court
for pro-
ceedings in accordance with this code or, if the court is not open
for the
regular conduct of business, to a court services officer, a
juvenile intake
and assessment worker, a juvenile detention facility or youth
residential
facility which the court or the commissioner shall have designated.
The
officer shall not take the juvenile to a juvenile detention
facility unless
the juvenile meets one or more of the criteria listed in K.S.A.
38-1640,
and amendments thereto. Even if the juvenile meets one or more of
such
criteria, the officer shall first consider whether taking the
juvenile to an
available nonsecure facility is more appropriate.
(2) It shall be the duty of the officer
to furnish the county or district
attorney or the juvenile intake and assessment worker if the
officer has
delivered such juvenile to the worker, with all of the information
in the
possession of the officer pertaining to the juvenile; the
juvenile's parents,
or other persons interested in or likely to be interested in the
juvenile;
and all other facts and circumstances which caused the juvenile to
be
arrested or taken into custody.
(3) (A) When the juvenile is less
than 14 years of age, no in-custody
or arrest admission or confession resulting from interrogation may
be
admitted into evidence unless the confession or admission was made
fol-
lowing a consultation between the juvenile and the juvenile's
parents,
guardian or attorney as to whether the juvenile will waive such
juvenile's
right to an attorney and right against self-incrimination. It shall
be the
duty of the facility where the juvenile has been delivered to make
a rea-
sonable effort to contact the parent or guardian immediately upon
such
juvenile's arrival unless such parent or guardian is the alleged
victim or
alleged co-defendant codefendant of the
crime under investigation.
(B) When a parent or guardian is the
alleged victim or alleged co-
defendant codefendant of the crime under
investigation and the juvenile
is less than 14 years of age, no in-custody or arrest admission or
confession
may be admitted into evidence unless the confession or admission
was
made following a consultation between the juvenile and a parent or
guard-
ian who is not involved in the investigation of the crime, or an
attorney
as to whether the juvenile will waive such juvenile's right to an
attorney
and right against self-incrimination. It shall be the duty of the
facility
where the juvenile has been delivered to make reasonable effort to
con-
tact a parent or guardian who is not involved in the investigation
of the
crime immediately upon such juvenile's arrival.
(d) Release prior to detention
hearing. In the absence of a court order
to the contrary, the court or officials designated by the court,
the county
or district attorney or the law enforcement agency taking a
juvenile into
custody shall have the authority to direct the release of the
juvenile prior
to the time specified by subsection (a) of K.S.A. 38-1632 and
amendments
thereto. In addition, if an agreement is established pursuant to
K.S.A. 38-
1635, and amendments thereto, a juvenile intake and assessment
worker
shall have the authority to direct the release of a juvenile prior
to a de-
tention hearing after the completion of the intake and assessment
process
if the juvenile intake and assessment worker has reason to believe
that if
released the juvenile will appear for further proceedings and will
not be
dangerous to self or others.
(e) Person 18 or over taken into
custody; detention and release.
Whenever a person 18 years of age or more is taken into custody by
a
law enforcement officer for an alleged offense which was committed
prior
to the time the person reached the age of 18, the officer shall
notify and
refer the matter to the court for proceedings pursuant to this
code, except
that the provisions of this code relating to detention hearings
shall not
apply to that person. If detention is necessary, the person shall
be de-
tained in jail. Unless the law enforcement officer took the person
into
custody pursuant to a warrant issued by the court and the warrant
spec-
ifies the amount of bond or indicates that the person may be
released on
personal recognizance, the person shall be taken before the court
of the
county where the alleged act took place or, at the request of the
person,
the person shall be taken, without delay, before the nearest court.
The
court shall fix the terms and conditions of an appearance bond upon
which
the person may be released from custody. The provisions of article
28 of
chapter 22 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and K.S.A. 22-2901
and
amendments thereto relating to appearance bonds and review of
condi-
tions and release shall be applicable to appearance bonds provided
for in
this section.
Sec. 14. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1636
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 38-1636. (a) (1) Except as provided further, at any time
after
commencement of proceedings under this code against a respondent
and
prior to the beginning of an evidentiary hearing at which the court
may
enter a sentence as provided in K.S.A. 38-1655, and amendments
thereto,
the county or district attorney may file a motion requesting that
the court
authorize prosecution of the respondent as an adult under the
applicable
criminal statute. The respondent shall be presumed to be a juvenile
unless
good cause is shown to prosecute the respondent as an adult.
(2) At any time after commencement of
proceedings under this code
against a respondent who was: (A) 14, 15, 16 or 17 years of age at
the
time of the offense or offenses alleged in the complaint, if any
such of-
fense (i) if committed by an adult, would constitute an offgrid
offense, a
person felony, a nondrug severity level 1 through 6 felony or any
drug
severity level 1 or 2 felony; or (ii) was committed while in
possession of
a firearm; or (B) charged with a felony or with more than one
offense of
which one or more constitutes a felony after having been
adjudicated or
convicted in a separate prior juvenile proceeding as having
committed an
offense which would constitute a felony if committed by an adult
and the
adjudications or convictions occurred prior to the date of the
commission
of the new act charged and prior to the beginning of an evidentiary
hear-
ing at which the court may enter a sentence as provided in K.S.A.
38-
1655, and amendments thereto, the county or district attorney may
file a
motion requesting that the court authorize prosecution of the
respondent
as an adult under the applicable criminal statute. The respondent
shall
be presumed to be an adult. The burden of proof is on the
respondent
to rebut the presumption.
(3) At any time after commencement of
proceedings under this code
against a respondent and prior to the beginning of an evidentiary
hearing
at which the court may enter a sentence as provided in K.S.A.
38-1655,
and amendments thereto, the county or district attorney may file a
motion
requesting that the court designate the proceedings as an extended
juris-
diction juvenile prosecution as provided further. If the county or
district
attorney files a motion to designate the proceedings as an extended
ju-
risdiction juvenile prosecution and the respondent was 14, 15, 16
or 17
years of age at the time of the offense or offenses alleged in the
complaint
and: (A) charged with an offense (i) if committed by an adult,
would
constitute an offgrid felony, a person felony, a nondrug severity
level 1
through 6 felony or any drug severity level 1 or 2 felony; or (ii)
was
committed while in possession of a firearm; or (B) charged with a
felony
or with more than one offense of which one or more constitutes a
felony
after having been adjudicated or convicted in a separate prior
juvenile
proceeding as having committed an act which would constitute a
felony
if committed by an adult and the adjudications or convictions
occurred
prior to the date of the commission of the new offense charged,
the
burden of proof is on the respondent to rebut the designation of an
ex-
tended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution. In all other motions
requesting
that the court designate the proceedings as an extended
jurisdiction ju-
venile prosecution, the respondent is presumed to be a juvenile.
The
burden of proof is on the prosecutor to prove the respondent should
be
designated as an extended jurisdiction juvenile.
(b) The motion also may contain a
statement that the prosecuting
attorney will introduce evidence of the offenses alleged in the
complaint
and request that, on hearing the motion and authorizing prosecution
as
an adult or designating the proceedings as an extended jurisdiction
ju-
venile prosecution under this code, the court may make the findings
re-
quired in a preliminary examination provided for in K.S.A. 22-2902,
and
amendments thereto, and the finding that there is no necessity for
further
preliminary examination.
(c) (1) Upon receiving a
motion as established in subsection (a), the
court shall set a time and place for hearing on the motion. The
court shall
give notice of the hearing to the respondent, each parent of the
respon-
dent, if service is possible, and the attorney representing the
respondent.
The motion shall be heard and determined prior to any further
proceed-
ings on the complaint.
(2) At the hearing, the court shall
inform the respondent of the fol-
lowing:
(A) The nature of the charges in the
complaint;
(B) the right of the respondent to be
presumed innocent of each
charge;
(C) the right to trial without
unnecessary delay and to confront and
cross-examine witnesses appearing in support of the allegations
of the
complaint;
(D) the right to subpoena
witnesses;
(E) the right of the respondent to
testify or to decline to testify; and
(F) the sentencing alternatives the
court may select as the result of
the juvenile being prosecuted under an extended jurisdiction
juvenile pros-
ecution.
(d) If the respondent fails to appear for
hearing on a motion as es-
tablished in subsection (a) after having been served with notice of
the
hearing, the court may hear and determine the motion in the absence
of
the respondent. If the court is unable to obtain service of process
and
give notice of the hearing, the court may hear and determine the
motion
in the absence of the respondent after having given notice of the
hearing
at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in the official
county
newspaper of the county where the hearing will be held.
(e) In determining whether or not
prosecution as an adult should be
authorized or designating the proceeding as an extended
jurisdiction ju-
venile prosecution, the court shall consider each of the following
factors:
(1) The seriousness of the alleged offense and whether the
protection of
the community requires prosecution as an adult or designating the
pro-
ceeding as an extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution; (2)
whether the
alleged offense was committed in an aggressive, violent,
premeditated or
willful manner; (3) whether the offense was against a person or
against
property. Greater weight shall be given to offenses against
persons, es-
pecially if personal injury resulted; (4) the number of alleged
offenses
unadjudicated and pending against the respondent; (5) the previous
his-
tory of the respondent, including whether the respondent had been
ad-
judicated a juvenile offender under this code and, if so, whether
the
offenses were against persons or property, and any other previous
history
of antisocial behavior or patterns of physical violence; (6) the
sophistica-
tion or maturity of the respondent as determined by consideration
of the
respondent's home, environment, emotional attitude, pattern of
living or
desire to be treated as an adult; (7) whether there are facilities
or pro-
grams available to the court which are likely to rehabilitate the
respondent
prior to the expiration of the court's jurisdiction under this
code; and (8)
whether the interests of the respondent or of the community would
be
better served by criminal prosecution or extended jurisdiction
juvenile
prosecution. The insufficiency of evidence pertaining to any one or
more
of the factors listed in this subsection, in and of itself, shall
not be deter-
minative of the issue. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 38-1653,
and
amendments thereto, written reports and other materials relating to
the
respondent's mental, physical, educational and social history may
be con-
sidered by the court.
(f) (1) The court may authorize
prosecution as an adult upon com-
pletion of the hearing if the court finds that there is substantial
evidence
that the respondent should be prosecuted as an adult for the
offense with
which the respondent is charged. In that case, the court shall
direct the
respondent be prosecuted under the applicable criminal statute and
that
the proceedings filed under this code be dismissed.
(2) The court may designate the
proceeding as an extended jurisdic-
tion juvenile prosecution upon completion of the hearing if the
respon-
dent has failed to rebut the presumption or the court finds that
there is
substantial evidence that the respondent should be prosecuted under
an
extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution. A juvenile who is the
subject
of an extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution shall have the
right to a
trial by jury, to the effective assistance of counsel and to all
other rights
of a defendant pursuant to the Kansas code of criminal procedure.
Each
court shall adopt local rules to establish the basic procedures for
extended
juvenile jurisdiction prosecution in their jurisdictions.
(3) After a proceeding in which
prosecution as an adult is requested
pursuant to subsection (a)(2), and prosecution as an adult is not
author-
ized, the court may designate the proceedings to be an extended
juvenile
jurisdiction prosecution. A juvenile who is the subject of an
extended
juvenile jurisdiction prosecution shall have the right to a trial
by jury, to
the effective assistance of counsel and to all other rights of a
defendant
pursuant to the Kansas code of criminal procedure. Each court shall
adopt
local rules to establish the basic procedures for extended juvenile
juris-
diction prosecution in their jurisdictions.
(g) If the respondent is present in court
and the court also finds from
the evidence that it appears a felony has been committed and that
there
is probable cause to believe the felony has been committed by the
re-
spondent, the court may direct that there is no necessity for
further pre-
liminary examination on the charges as provided for in K.S.A.
22-2902,
and amendments thereto. In that case, the court shall order the
respon-
dent bound over to the district judge having jurisdiction to try
the case.
(h) If the respondent is convicted, the
authorization for prosecution
as an adult shall attach and apply to any future acts by the
respondent
which are or would be cognizable under this code.
(i) If the respondent is prosecuted as an
adult under subsection (a)(2)
and is not convicted in adult court of an offense listed in
subsection (a)(2)
but is convicted or adjudicated of a lesser included offense, the
respon-
dent shall be a juvenile offender and receive a sentence pursuant
to K.S.A.
38-1663, and amendments thereto.
Sec. 15. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1640
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 38-1640. (a) Except as provided in subsection
(b), the following
are criteria for determining whether to place a juvenile in a
juvenile de-
tention facility pursuant to subsection (c) of K.S.A. 38-1624 or
subsection
(e) of K.S.A. 38-1632, and amendments thereto:
(1) There is oral or written verification
that the juvenile is a fugitive
sought for an offense in another jurisdiction or that the juvenile
is cur-
rently an escapee from a juvenile detention facility.
(2) The juvenile is alleged to have
committed an offense which if
committed by an adult would constitute a class A, B or C felony if
com-
mitted prior to July 1, 1993, or would constitute an off-grid
felony, a
nondrug severity level 1, 2, 3, 4 or,
5, 6 or 7 felony or drug level 1, 2 or
3 felony if committed on or after July 1, 1993, or would constitute
a crime
described in article 35 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes
Annotated.
(3) The juvenile is awaiting court action
on another offense which if
committed by an adult would constitute a felony.
(4) The juvenile has a record of failure
to appear in court or there is
probable cause to believe that the juvenile will flee the
jurisdiction of the
court.
(5) The juvenile has a history of violent
behavior toward others.
(6) The juvenile exhibited seriously
assaultive or destructive behavior
at the time of being taken into custody and continued such behavior
after
taken into custody.
(7) The juvenile exhibited
self-destructive behavior at the time of
being taken into custody and continued such behavior after taken
into
custody.
(8) The juvenile has a record of
adjudication or conviction of one or
more offenses which if committed by an adult would constitute
felonies.
(9) The juvenile is a juvenile offender
who has been expelled from
placement in a nonsecure facility as a result of the current
alleged offense.
(10) The juvenile has been arrested
by any court services officer or
juvenile community correction officer pursuant to subsection
(b) of K.S.A.
38-1624 and amendments thereto.
(b) No person 18 years of age or more
shall be placed in a juvenile
detention center.
(c) This section shall be part of and
supplemental to the Kansas ju-
venile justice code.
Sec. 16. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1663,
as amended by section 8 of
chapter 187 of the 1998 Session Laws of Kansas, is hereby amended
to
read as follows: 38-1663. (a) When a respondent has been
adjudicated to
be a juvenile offender, the judge may select from the following
alterna-
tives:
(1) Place the juvenile offender on
probation for a fixed period, subject
to the terms and conditions the court deems appropriate based
on the
juvenile justice programs in the community, including a
requirement of
making restitution as required by subsection (d).
(2) Place the juvenile offender in the
custody of a parent or other
suitable person, subject to the terms and conditions the court
orders
based on the juvenile justice programs in the community,
including a
requirement of making restitution as required by subsection
(d).
(3) Place the juvenile offender in the
custody of a youth residential
facility or, in the case of a chronic runaway youth, place the
youth in a
secure facility, subject to the terms and conditions the
court orders.
(4) Place the juvenile offender in the
custody of the commissioner.
(5) Commit the juvenile offender to a
sanctions house for a period
no longer than seven days. Following such period, the court shall
review
the placement. The court may continue to recommit the juvenile
offender
to a sanctions house for a period no longer than seven days
followed by
a court review. Commitment to a sanctions house shall not exceed
28
consecutive total days for the same
act or transaction. If in the adjudi-
cation order, the court orders a sanctions house placement for
a verifiable
probation violation and such probation violation occurs, the
juvenile may
immediately be taken to a sanctions house and detained for no
more than
48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, prior to
court re-
view of the placement. The court and all other interested
parties shall be
notified of the sanctions house placement. An offender
over 18 years of
age or less than 23 years of age at sentencing may be committed to
a
county jail, in lieu of a sanctions house, under the same time
restrictions
imposed by this paragraph. No offender may be committed under
this
paragraph unless such offender has violated the terms of
probation.
(6) Commit the juvenile offender to a
community based program
available in such judicial district subject to the terms and
conditions the
court orders.
(7) Impose any appropriate combination of
paragraphs (1) through
(6) of this subsection and make other orders directed to the
juvenile
offender as the court deems appropriate.
(8) Commit the juvenile offender to a
juvenile correctional facility if
the juvenile offender:
(A) Previously has been
adjudicated as a juvenile offender under this
code or under the Kansas juvenile offender code as it
existed prior to July
1, 1997, for an offense which, if committed by an adult,
would constitute
a felony, a class A misdemeanor, a class B person or
nonperson select
misdemeanor or a class C person misdemeanor;
or
(B) has been adjudicated a
juvenile offender as a result of having
committed an offense which, if committed by a person 18
years of age or
over, would constitute a class A, B or C felony as defined
by the Kansas
criminal code or, if done on or after July 1, 1993, would
constitute an off-
grid crime or a nondrug crime ranked in severity level 1
through 5 or a
drug crime ranked in severity level 1 through 3.
as provided by the place-
ment matrix established in K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-16,129, and
amendments
thereto.
(9) Place the juvenile offender under a
house arrest program admin-
istered by the court pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4603b, and
amendments
thereto.
(b) (1) In addition to any other
order authorized by this section, the
court may order the: (A) Juvenile offender and the parents of the
juvenile
offender to:
(i) Attend counseling sessions as the
court directs; or
(ii) participate in mediation as the
court directs. Participants in such
mediation may include, but shall not be limited to, the victim, the
juvenile
offender and the juvenile offender's parents. Mediation shall not
be man-
datory for the victim;
(B) parents of the juvenile offender to
participate in parenting classes;
or
(C) juvenile offender to participate in a
program of education offered
by a local board of education including placement in an alternative
edu-
cational program approved by a local board of education.
(2) Upon entering an order requiring a
juvenile offender's parent to
attend counseling sessions or mediation, the court shall give the
parent
notice of the order. The notice shall inform the parent of the
parent's
right to request a hearing within 10 days after entry of the order
and the
parent's right to employ an attorney to represent the parent at the
hearing
or, if the parent is financially unable to employ an attorney, the
parent's
right to request the court to appoint an attorney to represent the
parent.
If the parent does not request a hearing within 10 days after entry
of the
order, the order shall take effect at that time. If the parent
requests a
hearing, the court shall set the matter for hearing and, if
requested, shall
appoint an attorney to represent the parent. The expense and fees
of the
appointed attorney may be allowed and assessed as provided by
K.S.A.
38-1606, and amendments thereto.
(3) The costs of any counseling or
mediation may be assessed as ex-
penses in the case. No mental health center shall charge a fee for
court-
ordered counseling greater than what the center would have charged
the
person receiving the counseling if the person had requested
counseling
on the person's own initiative. No mediator shall charge a fee for
court-
ordered mediation greater than what the mediator would have
charged
the person participating in the mediation if the person had
requested
mediation on the person's own initiative.
(c) (1) If a respondent has been
adjudged to be a juvenile offender,
the court, in addition to any other order authorized by this
section, may
suspend the juvenile offender's driver's license or privilege to
operate a
motor vehicle on the streets and highways of this state. The
duration of
the suspension ordered by the court shall be for a definite time
period to
be determined by the court. Upon suspension of a license pursuant
to
this subsection, the court shall require the juvenile offender to
surrender
the license to the court. The court shall transmit the license to
the division
of motor vehicles of the department of revenue, to be retained
until the
period of suspension expires. At that time, the licensee may apply
to the
division for return of the license. If the license has expired, the
juvenile
offender may apply for a new license, which shall be issued
promptly
upon payment of the proper fee and satisfaction of other conditions
es-
tablished by law for obtaining a license unless another suspension
or rev-
ocation of the juvenile offender's privilege to operate a motor
vehicle is
in effect. As used in this subsection, ``highway'' and ``street''
have the
meanings provided by K.S.A. 8-1424 and 8-1473, and amendments
thereto. Any respondent who is adjudicated to be a juvenile
offender who
does not have a driver's license may have such juvenile offender's
driving
privileges revoked. No Kansas driver's license shall be issued to a
juvenile
offender whose driving privileges have been revoked pursuant to
this
section for a definite time period to be determined by the
court.
(2) In lieu of suspending the driver's
license or privilege to operate
a motor vehicle on the highways of this state of any respondent
adjudi-
cated to be a juvenile offender, as provided in subsection (c)(1),
the court
in which such juvenile offender was adjudicated to be a juvenile
offender
may enter an order which places conditions on such juvenile
offender's
privilege of operating a motor vehicle on the streets and highways
of this
state, a certified copy of which such juvenile offender shall be
required
to carry any time such juvenile offender is operating a motor
vehicle on
the streets and highways of this state. Any such order shall
prescribe the
duration of the conditions imposed and shall specify that such
duration
shall be for a definite time period to be determined by the court.
Upon
entering an order restricting a juvenile offender's license
hereunder, the
court shall require such juvenile offender to surrender such
juvenile of-
fender's driver's license to the court. The court shall transmit
the license
to the division of vehicles, together with a copy of the order.
Upon receipt
thereof, the division of vehicles shall issue without charge a
driver's li-
cense which shall indicate on its face that conditions have been
imposed
on such juvenile offender's privilege of operating a motor vehicle
and that
a certified copy of the order imposing such conditions is required
to be
carried by the juvenile offender for whom the license was issued
any time
such juvenile offender is operating a motor vehicle on the streets
and
highways of this state. If the juvenile offender is a nonresident,
the court
shall cause a copy of the order to be transmitted to the division
and the
division shall forward a copy of it to the motor vehicle
administrator of
such juvenile offender's state of residence. Such court shall
furnish to any
juvenile offender whose driver's license has had conditions imposed
on
it under this section a copy of the order, which shall be
recognized as a
valid Kansas driver's license until such time as the division shall
issue the
restricted license provided for in this subsection. Upon expiration
of the
period of time for which conditions are imposed pursuant to this
subsec-
tion, the licensee may apply to the division for the return of the
license
previously surrendered by such licensee. In the event such license
has
expired, such juvenile offender may apply to the division for a new
license,
which shall be issued immediately by the division upon payment of
the
proper fee and satisfaction of the other conditions established by
law,
unless such juvenile offender's privilege to operate a motor
vehicle on
the streets and highways of this state has been suspended or
revoked
prior thereto. If any juvenile offender shall violate any of the
conditions
imposed under this subsection, such juvenile offender's driver's
license
or privilege to operate a motor vehicle on the streets and highways
of this
state shall be revoked for a period as determined by the court in
which
such juvenile offender is convicted of violating such
conditions.
(d) Whenever a juvenile offender is
placed pursuant to subsection
(a)(1) or (2), the court, unless it finds compelling circumstances
which
would render a plan of restitution unworkable, shall order the
juvenile
offender to make restitution to persons who sustained loss by
reason of
the offense. The restitution shall be made either by payment of an
amount
fixed by the court or by working for the persons in order to
compensate
for the loss. If the court finds compelling circumstances which
would
render a plan of restitution unworkable, the court may order the
juvenile
offender to perform charitable or social service for organizations
perform-
ing services for the community.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed
to limit a court's authority
to order a juvenile offender to make restitution or perform
charitable or
social service under circumstances other than those specified by
this sub-
section or when placement is made pursuant to subsection (a)(3) or
(4).
(e) In addition to or in lieu of any
other order authorized by this
section, the court may order a juvenile offender to pay a fine not
exceed-
ing $250 for each offense. In determining whether to impose a fine
and
the amount to be imposed, the court shall consider the
following:
(1) Imposition of a fine is most
appropriate in cases where the juve-
nile offender has derived pecuniary gain from the offense.
(2) The amount of the fine should be
related directly to the serious-
ness of the juvenile offender's offense and the juvenile offender's
ability
to pay.
(3) Payment of a fine may be required in
a lump sum or installments.
(4) Imposition of a restitution order is
preferable to imposition of a
fine.
(5) The juvenile offender's duty of
payment should be limited in du-
ration and in no event should the time necessary for payment exceed
the
maximum term which would be authorized if the offense had been
com-
mitted by an adult.
(f) In addition to or in lieu of any
other order authorized by this
section, if a juvenile is adjudicated to be a juvenile offender by
reason of
a violation of K.S.A. 41-719, 41-727, 65-4101 through 65-4164 or
K.S.A.
1998 Supp. 8-1599, and amendments thereto, the court shall order
the
juvenile offender to submit to and complete an alcohol and drug
evalu-
ation by a community-based alcohol and drug safety action program
cer-
tified pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1008, and amendments thereto, and to
pay a
fee not to exceed the fee established by that statute for such
evaluation.
The court may waive such evaluation if the court finds that the
juvenile
offender has completed successfully an alcohol and drug evaluation,
ap-
proved by the community-based alcohol and drug safety action
program,
within 12 months before sentencing. If such evaluation occurred
more
than 12 months before sentencing, the court shall order the
juvenile of-
fender to resubmit to and complete such evaluation and program as
pro-
vided herein. If the court finds that the juvenile offender and
those legally
liable for the offender's support are indigent, the fee may be
waived. In
no event shall the fee be assessed against the commissioner or the
juvenile
justice authority. The court may require the parent or guardian of
the
juvenile offender to attend such program with the juvenile
offender.
(g) The board of county commissioners of
a county may provide by
resolution that the parents or guardians of any juvenile offender
placed
under a house arrest program pursuant to subsection (a)(9) shall be
re-
quired to pay to the county the cost of such house arrest program.
The
board of county commissioners shall prepare a sliding financial
scale
based on the ability of the parents to pay for such a program.
(h) In addition to any other order
authorized by this section, if child
support has been requested and the parent or parents have a duty
to
support the respondent the court may order, and when custody is
placed
with the commissioner shall order, one or both parents to pay child
sup-
port. The court shall determine, for each parent separately,
whether the
parent already is subject to an order to pay support for the
respondent.
If the parent currently is not ordered to pay support for the
respondent
and the court has personal jurisdiction over the parent, the court
shall
order the parent to pay child support in an amount determined
under
K.S.A. 38-16,117, and amendments thereto. Except for good cause
shown, the court shall issue an immediate income withholding order
pur-
suant to K.S.A. 23-4,105 et seq., and amendments thereto,
for each parent
ordered to pay support under this subsection, regardless of whether
a
payor has been identified for the parent. A parent ordered to pay
child
support under this subsection shall be notified, at the hearing or
other-
wise, that the child support order may be registered pursuant to
K.S.A.
38-16,119, and amendments thereto. The parent also shall be
informed
that, after registration, the income withholding order may be
served on
the parent's employer without further notice to the parent and the
child
support order may be enforced by any method allowed by law.
Failure
to provide this notice shall not affect the validity of the child
support
order.
(i) Any order issued by the judge
pursuant to this section shall be in
effect immediately upon entry into the court's journal.
(j) In addition to the requirements of
K.S.A. 38-1671, and amend-
ments thereto, if a person is under 18 years of age and convicted
of a
felony or adjudicated as a juvenile offender for an offense if
committed
by an adult would constitute the commission of a felony, the court
shall
forward a signed copy of the journal entry to the commissioner
within 30
days of final disposition.
(k) The sentencing hearing shall be open
to the public as provided in
K.S.A. 38-1652, and amendments thereto.
Sec. 17. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1664
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 38-1664. (a) Prior to placing a juvenile offender in the
custody
of the commissioner and recommending out-of-home placement, the
court shall consider and determine that, where consistent with the
need
for protection of the community:
(1) Reasonable efforts have been made to
prevent or eliminate the
need for out-of-home placement or reasonable efforts are not
possible
due to an emergency threatening the safety of the juvenile offender
or
the community; and
(2) out-of-home placement is in the best
interests of the juvenile of-
fender.
(b) When a juvenile offender has been
placed in the custody of the
commissioner, the commissioner shall notify the court in writing of
the
initial placement of the juvenile offender as soon as the placement
has
been accomplished. The court shall have no power to direct a
specific
placement by the commissioner, but may make recommendations to
the
commissioner. The commissioner may place the juvenile offender in
an
institution operated by the commissioner, a youth residential
facility or a
community mental health center. If the court has recommended an
out-
of-home placement, the commissioner may not return the juvenile
of-
fender to the home from which removed without first notifying the
court
of the plan.
(c) During the time a juvenile offender
remains in the custody of the
commissioner, the commissioner shall report to the court at least
each six
months as to the current living arrangement and social and mental
de-
velopment of the juvenile offender.
(d) If the juvenile offender is
placed outside the juvenile offender's
home, a permanency hearing shall be held not more than
18 12 months
after the juvenile offender is placed outside the juvenile
offender's home
and, if reintegration is a viable alternative, every 12
months thereafter.
The court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the
juvenile of-
fender at the permanency hearing. Juvenile offenders who have
been in
extended out of home placement shall be provided a permanency
hearing
within 30 days of a request from the commissioner. If
reintegration is not
a viable alternative and either adoption or permanent
guardianship might
be in the best interests of the juvenile offender the county or
district at-
torney shall file a petition alleging the juvenile is a child
in need of care
and requesting termination of parental rights or the
appointment of a
permanent guardian pursuant to the Kansas code for care of
children. If
the juvenile offender is placed in foster care, the foster parent
or parents
shall submit to the court, at least every six months, a report in
regard to
the juvenile offender's adjustment, progress and condition. The
juvenile
justice authority shall notify the foster parent or parents of the
foster
parents' or parent's duty to submit such report, on a form provided
by
the juvenile justice authority, at least two weeks prior to the
date when
the report is due, and the name of the judge and the address of the
court
to which the report is to be submitted. Such report shall be
confidential
and shall only be reviewed by the court and the child's
attorney.
(d) (e) The
report made by foster parents and provided by the com-
missioner of juvenile justice, pursuant to this section, shall be
in substan-
tially the following form:
REPORT FROM FOSTER PARENTS
CONFIDENTIAL
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Child's Name | Current Address |
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Parent's Name | Foster Parents |
Primary Social Worker |
Please circle the word which best describes the
child's progress
1. Child's adjustment in the home
excellent good satisfactory needs
improvement
2. Child's interaction with foster parents and family
members
excellent good satisfactory needs
improvement
3. Child's interaction with others
excellent good satisfactory needs
improvement
4. Child's respect for property
excellent good satisfactory needs
improvement
5. Physical and emotional condition of the child
excellent good satisfactory needs
improvement
6. Social worker's interaction with the child and foster
family
excellent good satisfactory needs
improvement
7. School status of child:
School |
Grade |
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Grades | Good
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Fair
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Poor
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Attendance | Good
|
Fair
|
Poor
|
Behavior | Good
|
Fair
|
Poor
|
erational costs" shall not be limited to any per capita
reimbursement by
the commissioner of juvenile justice for juveniles under the
supervision
and custody of the commissioner but shall include payments to
counties
as and for their costs of operating the facility. The commissioner
of ju-
venile justice shall make grants of the moneys credited to the
juvenile
detention facilities fund for such purposes to counties in
accordance with
such grant program. All expenditures from the juvenile detention
facilities
fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon
warrants
of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers
ap-
proved by the commissioner of juvenile justice or the
commissioner's
designee.
Sec. 29. K.S.A. 38-1542, 75-7007,
75-7008, 75-7009, 75-7021, 75-
7023, 75-7032, 76-172 and 79-4803 and K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 38-1502,
38-
1502, as amended by section 42 of 1999 House bill No. 2191,
38-1502c,
38-1528, 38-1543, 38-1562, 38-1565, 38-1583, 38-1602, 38-1602a,
38-
1604, 38-1624, 38-1636, 38-1640, 38-1663, as amended by section 8
of
chapter 187 of the 1998 Session Laws of Kansas, 38-1664, 38-1673,
38-
1681, 38-16,129, 46-2801 and 75-7024 are hereby repealed.
Sec. 30. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the
HOUSE, and passed that body
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HOUSE adopted
Conference Committee Report ______________________________
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Speaker of the House |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
Passed the SENATE
as amended ______________________________
SENATE adopted
Conference Committee Report ______________________________
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President of the Senate |
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Secretary of the Senate |
APPROVED ______________________________
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Governor |