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COURTS Juvenile Courts Amend Provisions Relating to Juvenile Proceedings, so as to Restrict Full-Time Juvenile Court Judges From Serving as a Judge in Another Court; Clarify the Obligation of the District Attorney Regarding a Petition in Juvenile Court...

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The Act delineates between the situation in which there is a deprived child and the situation in which there is an unruly child or delinquent child so that they will not be treated the same under the law. Further, the Act provides that where there is a non-adjudication of a delinquent or unruly case, or where there is a child at risk of being prosecuted but there is no adjudication, the records shall be sealed.