6/15/16 Kids will be kids is a meaningless phrase in today’s society. In bygone times kids “got up to mischief”; today, kindergartners are being charged with assault and sexual harassment. About 10 years ago, my legal assistant’s 10-year-old son was threatened with arrest out of a local Valley school for having a scout survival tool (like a metal credit card with holes) in his coat pocket, which he had received weeks before for Christmas from his grandmother, and which he had entirely forgotten even existed. I believe today, he would have been charged.
Juveniles (in Arizona, that means under the age of 18) who are charged with criminal offenses have one more thing to worry about if their case is pending in Maricopa County’s Arrowhead Justice Court.
Although it is not required by law, local court rules in Arrowhead Justice mandate the appearance at arraignment of juveniles and their parents, even if they have hired an attorney to defend them. On the part of the juvenile, failure to do so can mean a driver license suspension, which could lead to further criminal charges, etc. For the parents, failure to appear can lead, progressively, from a summons to appear in court, to a finding of contempt, and then to an arrest warrant.
For more information on this issue see the opinion article below, written by the elected Justice of the Peace of the Arrowhead Justice Court:
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