Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 40, October 5, 2024
Rule 370 - Consent DecreeA.Agreement.1) At any time after the filing of a petition and before the entry of an adjudication order, the court may, upon agreement of the attorney for the Commonwealth and the juvenile suspend the proceedings, and continue the juvenile under supervision in the juvenile's home, under terms and conditions negotiated with the juvenile probation office.2) The order of the court continuing the juvenile under supervision shall be known as a consent decree.B.Explanation of conditions. The court shall explain on the record or in writing: 1) The terms, conditions, and duration of the consent decree pursuant to Rule 373; and2) The consequences for violating the conditions of the consent decree, which include the petition under which the juvenile was continued under supervision may, in the discretion of the attorney for the Commonwealth following consultation with the juvenile probation officer, be reinstated, and the juvenile held accountable as if the consent decree had never been entered if:a) prior to discharge by the juvenile probation officer or expiration of the consent decree, there is a filing of a new petition against the juvenile; orb) The juvenile otherwise fails to fulfill express terms and conditions of the decree.The provisions of this Rule 370 amended July 28, 2014, effective 9/29/2014, 44 Pa.B. 5447.