If you are referring to the age of emancipation and moving out of your parent's control, the court. If you are referring to being charged criminally as an adult, the prosecutor can ask for it, but the court will rule on that matter as well.
The state of Georgia is one of the most stringent states in granting emancipation. There is NO mechanism for doing so prior to the minors 18th birthday.See below link:
For serious crimes, a juvenile can sometimes be tried as an adult. The jail will not put a juvenile offender in a cell with an adult offender.
It depends on the juvenile and the offense.
The word juvenile means not yet adult. You are a juvenile human.
No, once they are certified with a criminal adult status, they no longer qualify for the juvenile justice system.
Maybe, If your acting juvenile.
Old, mature, or adult. Those words are the opposite of juvenile.
The same things people do who go to adult prison. Where you go depends on if you are tried as an adult or juvenile.
Yes, it can.
You can not put an adult in a juvenile facility! And in Florida, when you turn 18, you are considered an adult. Juvenile records are sealed. The juvenile warrant won't go away for 7 years. (Florida statute of limitations) However, a juvenile warrant will not become an adult warrant just because they child turns 18.
If you're referring to the defendant - a juvenile wouldn't be appearing in 'adult' court anyway. That's why they have a juvenile justice system.