How is Arapahoe County Juvenile Court Different than Adult Court? Juvenile crimes are treated more as the mistakes of a developing child than adult cases - where a crime is never seen as a mistake, but intentional. The juvenile court system sees kids as developing and...
Charged With A Crime? It Doesn’t Mean You’re Guilty.
Juvenile
Juvenile Unlawful Sexual Contact Attorney in Denver | Criminal Defense Lawyers Protecting Your Child
Juveniles commit sexual crimes like everyone else. They are not experienced at knowing how to behave sexually or in many other ways. As a result, children and teens are sometimes charged with crimes like Unlawful Sexual Contact in Jefferson and Douglas County, and...
Are Denver Parents of Juveniles Responsible for Their Kids Crimes?
Are parents responsible for the criminal acts of their juvenile children? The short answer is yes. C.R.S. 19-2-919 of the Colorado Children's Code gives authority to judges and magistrates in juvenile courts to impose restitution against parents or guardians in...
Colorado Juvenile Crimes Charges
As parents, when our children get in trouble, we naturally want to hold them accountable. Unfortunately, in the context of juvenile criminal law, how you as a parent hold them accountable is not how the justice system would. There are permanent, long term consequences...
Juvenile Justice in Denver and Across Colorado
Parents in Denver, Jefferson and Adams County often call and ask if they need to get a lawyer for their child when the child is accused of a crime or when the child admits to committing a crime. The answer is always YES. I think many parents assume that juvenile court...
Juvenile Crime in Colorado – Colorado Children’s Code
Title 19 of the Colorado Revised Statutes is also known as the Colorado Children's Code deals with Juvenile Crimes. In general, the Children's Code exists because Coloradans understand that when kids in Jefferson, Arapahoe, or Denver County are charged with a crime,...
When Juveniles are Treated as Adults in Colorado, C.R.S. 19-2-517
Under certain circumstances, Colorado law permits prosecutors in Denver and Weld County to file charges against Juveniles in District Court as adults. This procedure is called "Direct Filing," (C.R.S. 19-2-517). Title 19 of the Colorado Revised Statutes is called the...
Colorado Juvenile Crimes and Court
Juvenile criminal cases are usually charged in the juvenile court of each county. While technically under the jurisdiction of the District Court, a magistrate often manages the case on behalf of a judge. These types of cases involve kids charged with crimes while they...
Juvenile Adjudication vs. Adult Convictions in Colorado
In Colorado, Adams, Arapahoe and Denver County differentiate between Juvenile Crimes (kids) and adult crimes. The idea is to rehabilitate juveniles while they are still young and to give kids a second chance. Juveniles face adjudications for crimes like Theft,...
At Risk Adults, At Risk Juveniles, C.R.S. 18-6.5-103
Devner Criminal Defense Attorney: Crimes Against At-Risk Adults or Juveniles Colorado crimes against at-risk adults and at-risk juveniles under C.R.S. 18-6.5-103, is a special classification of crimes involving older; and younger, disabled, victims. If an adult is...