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48 N.D. L. Rev. 93 (1971-1972)
The Uniform Juvenile Court Act

handle is hein.journals/nordak48 and id is 103 raw text is: THE UNIFORM JUVENILE COURT ACT The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, on the 31st day of July, 1968, approved and adopted the Uni- form Juvenile Court Act, and recommended that the Act be ap- proved by the American Bar Association and that it be promulgated for enactment.1 The American Bar Association followed that recom- mendation and adopted the Uniform Juvenile Court Act on August 7, 1968.2 As of December 1, 1970, North Dakota was the only state which had implemented this uniform act.8 However, Vermont adopt- ed a statutory scheme similar to the Uniform Juvenile Court Act, that was enacted in 1967 to take effect July 1, 1968.4 As such, Vermont's enactment came prior to the adoption of the Uniform Ju- venile Court Act by the National Conference, and any discrepancies in the Vermont Act can be explained by the fact that Vermont had to rely on a preliminary draft rather than the uniform act as adopt- ed. The Uniform Juvenile Court Act provides a variety of rights for juveniles. One such provision is that an order of adjudication under the Act is non-criminal. This noncriminal adjudication requires that: A child shall not be committed or transferred to a penal institution or other facility used primarily for the execution of sentences of per- sons convicted of a crime.'5 Other sections of the Act establish a procedure for juvenile appeals,6 and provide that, if a child is charged with a delinquent act, Evidence illegally seized or obtained shall not be received over objection to establish the allegations made against him.7 The Uniform Juvenile Court Act provides for the use of a peti- tion and summons9 which results in a statutory compliance with the Supreme Court decision, In re Gault,10 that a juvenile is entitled to adequate and timely notice of the charges against him.- Another constitutional requirement in juvenile court proceedings set forth by 1. HANDBOOK OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAws 133-134 (1968). 2. 93 A.B.A. REP. 360-361 (1968). 3. ATDBOOK OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS OF UNIFORM STATE LAws 309 (1970); N.D. CENT. CODE §§ 27-20-01 to 27-20-59 (Supp. 1971). 4. VT. STAT. ANN. tit. 33, §§ 631-666 (Supp. 1971). 6. UNIFORM JUVENILE COURT ACT § 33(a). 6. UNIFORM JUVENILE COURT ACT § 59. 7. UNIFORM JUVENILE COURT ACT § 27(b). 8. UNIFORM JUVENILE COURT ACT §§ 19-21. 9. UNIFORM JUVENILE COURT ACT §§ 22-23. 10. In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967). 11. Ild. at 38-34.

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