 Hi, I'm David Cantor with the Law Offices of David Michael Cantor today I'm going to talk about juvenile advisory hearings in Arizona now after a juvenile is arrested There can be an advisory hearing to tell him what his charges are and it can be done the same time as a detention hearing What's a detention hearing? Well, if you go to dmcanner.com You'll see that I talk about that in another blog that I've done Now if a summons has arrived meaning if the juvenile wasn't arrested then this will be the first court appearance the advisory hearing The court will advise the juvenile of the charges, his right to private or court appointed counsel and the judge will set release conditions These can be released conditions to a parent, a relative or a legal guardian There can be our curfew set or home arrest, there can be a probation officer who's assigned who will monitor the juvenile And also there can be an ankle monitor that would be a GPS tracking device Now the probation officer, the PO will first do a background check on the juvenile for the judge to use He will talk about school, job history, drug history, family support, arrest history So the judge is going to have all of that before he makes his determination on release conditions Now to adjudication hearing, what is that? That's a trial In juvenile courts people get adjudicated, they don't get adjudicated guilty, they get adjudicated delinquent or not delinquent Now this adjudication hearing must be set within 45 to 60 days of the advisory hearing A disposition hearing, that would be a sentencing if the juvenile is found delinquent Or he pleads guilty on the spot at the advisory hearing Then the judge will also set it out for the adjudication disposition hearing Or he can actually do it right there if it's a simple misdemeanor So if you or a loved one have been charged in the juvenile court system give us a call It doesn't cost anything to sit down and talk with us but it does take about 30 minutes We'd love to help you out with this and we look forward to hearing from you soon