41-5-345. Limitation on placement of youth in need of intervention, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 41. MINORS

CHAPTER 5. YOUTH COURT ACT

Part 3. Custody and Detention

Limitation On Placement Of Youth In Need Of Intervention

41-5-345. Limitation on placement of youth in need of intervention. (1) After a probable cause hearing provided for in 41-5-332, a youth alleged to be a youth in need of intervention may be placed only in shelter care, as provided in 41-5-347.

(2) A youth alleged or found to be a youth in need of intervention may not be placed in a jail, secure detention facility, or correctional facility.

History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 286, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 76, Ch. 550, L. 1997.