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Here in Texas, you have to be at the age of 10. If you are any younger, than it is the parent/guardians fault.

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Q: How old must you be to be charged with juvenile delinquency?
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Delinquency social and legal?

A juvenile delinquency is a person that has broke the law. The person is not old enough to go to jail so will be going to juvenile center.


Which states allow juvenile delinquency judgments?

In the United States most states have enacted a Juvenile Code that is applicable to persons not old enough to be held responsible for criminal acts. The Federal Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act defines juvenile delinquency and sets forth rules regarding court procedures and punishment. You need to do a state by state review to determine how each state handles juvenile delinquency. See related links.


Can an 18 year old be charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor?

yes you can.


Can your 13 year old be charged with indecent exposure?

Yes, he can be charged as Juvenile Offender. Although yonger than an adult - at 13 years old he is past "the age of reason."


What would happen if you harbored a 14 year old run away?

Depending on where you are you could be charged with something along the lines of "contributing to the delinquency of a minor".


How old do you have to be to be charged with jeuvenile delinquency or unruliness?

it is 8 years old in geargia but i dont know about any other state so plz done ask me about any other state


Is it illegal to leave a one year old with a juvenile delinquent?

No. A juvenile delinquent is not a legal definition it is a social one. In addition delinquency means 'failing in duty', which is an adult trait. By definition a juvenile has not attained adulthood therefore cannot be delinquent. A person may be delinquent in some duties but not in others.


A 7 year old got charged with doing drugs can she go to juvenile?

Yes. This will be up to a judge to decide.


Will the court extradite a 16 year old on a delinquency petition if I have sent him to anotehr state before it was completed?

They may not extradite the juvenile but you have probably left YOURSELF open to a charge of Contempt Of Court.


What if a 14 year old gets charged with gross sexual imposition?

Gross Sexual Imposition by a minor can be challenged in the juvenile courts


If a 15-year-old and a 19-year-old run away in the state of Arkansas can the 19-year-old be charged with kidnapping?

Yes, the 15 year old is counted as a child


Who burned down Mickey Gilley's club in 1989 in Pasadena?

It was a juvenile that was charged with the arson of Gilley's. Because he was only 16 years old at the time, his name was withheld. He was charged with arson and did his time.