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| Sec. A-3. 15 MRSA §3301, sub-§1, ķA, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 520, §1, is | amended to read: |
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| A. Decide that no further action requiring ongoing | supervision is not required, either in the interests of the | public or of the juvenile; |
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| | Sec. A-4. 15 MRSA §3301, sub-§5, ķA, as amended by PL 1989, c. 502, Pt. | A, §41, is further amended to read: |
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| A. Decide that no further action requiring ongoing | supervision is not required either in the interests of the | public or of the juvenile. If the juvenile caseworker | determines that the facts in the report prepared for the | caseworker by the referring officer pursuant to section | 3203-A, subsection 3, are sufficient to file a petition, but | in the caseworker's judgment the interest of the juvenile | and the public will be served best by providing the juvenile | with services voluntarily accepted by the juvenile and the | juvenile's parents, guardian or legal custodian if the | juvenile is not emancipated, the juvenile caseworker may | refer the juvenile for that care and treatment and not | request that a petition be filed; |
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| | Sec. A-5. 15 MRSA §3314, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 752, §21, | is further amended to read: |
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| | 2. Suspended disposition. The court may impose any of the | dispositional alternatives provided in subsection 1, and may | suspend its disposition and place the juvenile on a specified | period of probation that is subject to such provisions of Title | 17-A, section 1204 as the court may order and that is | administered pursuant to the provisions of Title 34-A, chapter 5, | subchapter IV, except that in no case may the court impose the | condition set out in Title 17-A, section 1204, subsection 1-A. | The court may impose as a condition of probation that a juvenile | must reside outside the juvenile's home in a setting satisfactory | to the juvenile caseworker if the court determines that | reasonable efforts have been made to prevent or eliminate the | need for removal of the juvenile from the juvenile's home and | that continuation in the juvenile's home would be contrary to the | welfare of the juvenile. Imposition of such a condition does not | affect the legal custody of the juvenile. |
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| Revocation of probation is governed by the procedure procedures | contained in Title 17-A, sections 1205, 1205-A and 1206, except | that the provisions of Title 17-A, section 1205, subsections 4 | and 5 requiring a preliminary hearing and Title 17-A, section | 1206, subsection 7-A does do not apply, provided that ; however, |
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