CT HB05521

Officers may release arrested children to parental custody, the child's own custody, or seek a court order for detention, requiring written complaint and summons in most cases.

Detention supervisors must admit only children subject to detention orders, outstanding court orders, or being transferred for court appearance when detention center capacity is reached.

Children convicted of serious juvenile offenses may petition for record erasure after 4 years of discharge and reaching age 17 (or 18 as of July 1, 2012), with no subsequent criminal convictions during that period.

Non-serious juvenile delinquency records are automatically erased on January 2 annually (or designated court date) after 2 years of discharge, age 17 (or 18), and no subsequent felony or misdemeanor convictions.

Dismissed charges and charges resulting in "not delinquent" findings are immediately erased without petition filing, and requires annual reports to the Governor and General Assembly on efforts to address disproportionate minority contact in the juvenile and child welfare systems.