Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3307 – Disclosure of juvenile’s identity
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1. Juvenile hearings conducted as they would be for adults.
[PL 1979, c. 681, §18 (RP).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3307
- Administration of juvenile justice: includes the collection, storage and dissemination of juvenile case records and juvenile intelligence and investigative record information relating to the administration of juvenile justice. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
- Detention: means the holding of a person in a facility characterized by either physically restrictive construction or intensive staff supervision that is intended to prevent a person who is placed in or admitted to the facility from departing at will. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
- Disclosure: means the transmission of information contained in juvenile case records by any means, including orally, in writing or electronically, upon request. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Guardian: means a person lawfully invested with the power, and charged with the duty, of taking care of a person and managing the property and rights of the person, who, because of age, is considered incapable of administering the person's own affairs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
- Informal adjustment: means a voluntary arrangement between a juvenile community corrections officer and a juvenile referred to the officer that provides sufficient basis for a decision by the juvenile community corrections officer not to file a petition under chapter 507. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
- Inspection: means access to and review of juvenile case records in a manner prescribed by the Supreme Judicial Court. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
- Juvenile: means a person who had not attained 18 years of age at the time the person allegedly committed a juvenile crime. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
- Juvenile community corrections officer: means an agent of the Department of Corrections authorized:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003Juvenile Court: means the District Court exercising the jurisdiction conferred by section 3101. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003 Legal custodian: means a person who has legal custody of a juvenile. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003 Officer of the court: means a judicial officer, including a judge, an attorney or an employee of the court including a clerk or a marshal. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003 Parent: means either a natural parent or the adoptive parent of a juvenile. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
1-A. Disclosure of juvenile’s identity. A law enforcement officer, officer of the court, juvenile community corrections officer or other representative of the Department of Corrections may not disclose the identity of any juvenile until a petition is open to public inspection pursuant to section 3308?C, subsection 2, paragraph A, B or C. This section does not preclude the disclosure of the identity of a juvenile to a complainant or victim, or, if the victim is a minor, to the victim’s parent or parents, guardian or legal custodian, to a criminal justice agency for the administration of juvenile justice or to the Department of Health and Human Services if necessary to carry out the statutory functions of that department, regardless of whether a petition has been or will be filed.
This section does not preclude the disclosure of the identity of a juvenile on conditional release pursuant to section 3203?A or on informal adjustment pursuant to section 3301 to a criminal justice agency for the administration of juvenile justice, or to the Department of Health and Human Services if necessary to carry out the statutory functions of that department.
[PL 2021, c. 365, §10 (AMD); PL 2021, c. 365, §37 (AFF).]
1-B. Disclosure of juvenile’s identity to victim. Upon request, the identity of a juvenile subject to Juvenile Court proceedings must be disclosed by the Juvenile Court to:
A. The victim; [PL 2021, c. 365, §10 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 365, §37 (AFF).]
B. If the victim is a minor, the parent or parents, guardian or legal custodian of the victim; or [PL 2021, c. 365, §10 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 365, §37 (AFF).]
C. If the victim cannot act on the victim’s own behalf due to death, age, physical or mental disease or disorder or intellectual disability or autism or other reason, an immediate family member, guardian, legal custodian or attorney representing the victim. [PL 2021, c. 365, §10 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 365, §37 (AFF).]
[PL 2021, c. 365, §10 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 365, §37 (AFF).]
2. Certain hearings public.
[PL 2021, c. 365, §10 (RP); PL 2021, c. 365, §37 (AFF).]
3. Record. A verbatim record must be made of all detention, bind over, adjudicatory and dispositional hearings.
[PL 2021, c. 365, §10 (AMD); PL 2021, c. 365, §37 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1977, c. 520, §1 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 664, §§26-29 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 233, §1 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 373, §§2,3 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 512, §4 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 681, §§18,19 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 361 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 421 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 445, §5 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 493, §19 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 776, §1 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 470, §7 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 624, §B17 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 180, §8 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 196, §4 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 93, §9 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 525, §16 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 365, §10 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 365, §37 (AFF).