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Bill To Govern Juvenile Courts May Be Presented at Next Legislature Br JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Staff Writer A state juvenile code will be one of the bills to be pre sented to the state legislature in January by the interim committee, state bar associa tion, the Oregon Supreme Court, and the Oregon Juve nile Council. One of the more important provisions of this code, or pro posed bill by the legislative interim committee on judicial administration, is that the ju venile court is given original nd exclusive jurisdiction of all persons under 18 years of ge. Another provision is that the court may appoint an at torney if the guardian or per son appearing with the child cannot afford one. Bated on Recommendation This section is based upon a recommendation in the sur vey report submitted to the interim committee by a staff composed of members of the National Probation and Pa role association. Confusion and inconsistent treatment of juvenile offend ers has resulted from the pres ent varied practice of jurisdic tion over juvenile offenders. The proposed code would in clude both traffic cases and fish and game violations un der juvenile court jurisdic tion. The practice of referring some cases involving juve niles through the adult courts could set youngsters on the criminal road," the report stated. Otherwise, proper counseling might straighten out the would-be criminal. Reasons Exist A variety of reasons now exist for sending juvenile cases to adult courts instead of to juvenile courts. The report to the interim committee states: "In the ob sence of a law giving the ju venile court original and ex clusive jurisdiction, it is un likely that police agencies will refer juvenile matters if they feel a juvenile judge is little interested, or that his juvenile department is incom petent. 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Then, the juvenile court may direct the case to be trans ferred to juvenile court if such action seems indicated. The proposed law also states that a brief written re port must be filed with the court or juvenile deparment by the arresting officer soon after the child is taken into custody, and the child's par ents notified by the appre hending agency. This is in line with a statement in the survey report which states juvenile cases in Oregon are frequently disposed of with out the judge receiving a full written report. Reports by Counselors Reports by juvenile coun selors to the court should in form the court of the results of the social investigation and make recommendations re garding disposition, according to the report to the interim committee. "They are of limited value if too brief to give essential information, or if the investi gating counselor is not orient ed to case diagnosis and treat ment," the report stated. . Reports are intended as an aid to the court in making the best disposition for each individual case, the report ex plained. Other purposes are to secure the necessary treat ment or rehabilitation in cases of neglect and delin quency, to protect the wel fare of the community at all times. Information Secured Information on such court reports was secured from 26 counties. (The ten mission counties include the nine having no juvenile depart ment at the time of the sur vey.) Written reports are not prepared in five of tiiese counties, sometimes prepared in eight counties and always prepared in 13 counties. Most of the reports exam ined by the National Proba tion and Parole association committee lacked social his tory of the case, evaluation of behavior, causes for the de linquency and a suggested treatment plan. 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Remember, you pay less at Newberry's, in Down Town Medford. Only 1.69 set r liUi mrnu Medford's Bargain Center Sixth and Central good reports, as given by the committee, seemed to be coun selors were overworked and no way of securing medical, psychological and psychiatric information. Traffic Violation In case of a traffic viola tion, the court may recom mend a driver's license or per mit be suspended and may order the juvenile offender attend a traffic school or dri ver training program, accord ing to the proposal. Also, witnesses for the state or in behalf of the child may be subpoenaed. Notes or other transcript of the hear ings shall be taken when re quired by a court of record, according to another section of the bill. Facts of the case must be given in a petition showing why the case should be brought to juvenile court. These facts must be estab lished firmly by evidence, ac cording to the proposed bill. Order Entered When the hearings end, an order must be entered direct ing disposition of the case. These stipulations are in keeping with the study rec ommendations which state uniform procedures should be used for handling juvenile court matters. The committee learned that approximately 1,100 cases of a reported 7,100 cases ap pearing before juvenile court were dismissed at the time of the hearing. This means that the juvenile courts in Oregon are used frequently for only warning or scolding juve niles. When it is proven a child is within the court's jurisdic tion he may be made a ward of the court. This means that the court may place the child on probation or under protec tive supervision, according to the suggested bill. Require ments may be set by the court restricting the child's activi ties, associates and general environment. Interstate Compact The bill also provides a ju venile interstate compact or agreement can be made allow ing the child to live in anoth er state while on probation or under protective supervision. Or, the child may be placed in an institution or with an agency of another state. The NPPA report recommends such procedure be established. This keeps the case open if the minor still needs super? vision, yet moves out of the state. . , Present practice is to close the case when the, family moved from the county. The proposed code provides proce dure for inter-county transfer of juvenile court wards with in the state. The proposed bill also pro vides for establishing a juve nile detention home. It states that a child shall be placed in a "shelter" home for tem porary custody unless it is against public interest. Limit in Station "No child shall at any time be detained in a police sta tion, jail, prison or other place where adults are de tained," the suggested bill emphasizes. Three hours is the limit for keeping a child in a police station, the code states. Exceptions to this rule are when a child is remanded or sent to a criminal court, when it is to the public interest or that of the child's to keep him in jail, where a suitable children's detention facility is not available. The report quotes from Oregon law: "Children under 14 shall not be committed to jail or be confined with adult convicts. No court or magis trate shall commit a child under 14 year of of age to jail or police station.". The report explains that shelter care is only temporary care given childern in such places as foster homes and re ceiving homes which are not restricted. This section of the report ends with a statement that in 1957 boys and girls were kept in Oregon jails on 2,123 occasions. Important Provision Another important provi sion of this deals with ap pointment of a juvenile ad visory committee. Jackson and Lane counties lead the state in this respect. Douglas county has a new advisory committee and other counties are either organizing them or showing interest, according to Mrs. Kay Crowell, Jackson county juvenile department supervisor. This provision states that juvenile court judges of each county with more than 10, 000 in population must, and other juvenile court judges of ether counties may, appoint a juvenile court advisory coun cil. This will be made up of seven directors and other members may be appointed. Duties of the council, ac cording to the proposed bill, are to study and make rec ommendations on operation of the juvenile court, to study and. make recommendations Farm Hand Held In Yoman'sDealh Troutdale - (HPD - Barnet Polley, 41, a farm laborer, was held in Mutnomah coun ty jail yesterday while sher iff's officers investigated the death of Gladys Mildred Stambaugh, 43. The woman was pronounc ed dead Friday night by a Troutdale doctor. She had ap parently been beaten about the head and body but police said cause of death will have to be determined by a cor oner's autopsy. Detectives said the two had been living together and had been involved in an alterca tion Thursday night. Polley told officers that the Stambaugh woman had spent the day in bed Friday. He said he became alarmed when she stopped breathing and alerted neighbors who called a doctor. Oregon Vets Set Remarkable Record Oregon veterans with Fed eral GI home loans have set for themselves a remarkable record of paying off home mortgage debts, according to S. T. Brannock, officer in charge, Veterans administra tion office, Medford. Brannock said that out of a total of 212,000 World War II and Korean Conflict veterans in Oregon, GI home loans had been made to 30,350 since the program was launched in De cember, 1944. Of the total, 9,074 have been paid in full by the veteran borrowers, he said. He added that the VA has paid claims on only 189 out of all loans made in Oregon. , Stuttgart, Germany -JUPD -West Germany is taking steps to speed up the prosecution of Nazi criminals. The Baden Wuertemberg state ministry of justice announced that a central agency for preparing and coordinating prosecution of former Nazis is being set up at Ludwigsburg near here. MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dfwd, Oregon, Sunday, MevemW 30, 193S 7 -FOR SALE OR LEASE Adding Machines - Calculators TYPEWRITERS DICTAPHONES "Standard-Portable-Electric'' "Timemaiter" Ask about our Rental Purchase Optioni rtUT'C Mdfor(I Office Equipment Co. TWlvnl 9 "Voighr will give you a belter deal" 41 South Grape Phone SP 2-4100 EASY ARKINtt Young Man Killed By Fumes In Garage Portland-(UPD-Harry R. Van Alst, 22, of Portland, died Friday evening, apparently from carbon monoxide fumes. The young man's body was discovered in the closed ga rage of his home by his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Van Alst, when they returned home about 5:45 p.m. Deputy coroner Rdss Wood ward said the hood of the car was up and there was evi dence that Alst had been working on the engine. Wood ward estimated Alst had been dead about five hours when his body was found. for community programs and services to prevent or correct juvenile delinquency, to stim ulate community interest in children's problems and that the county court may make appropriations for the coun cil's activities ' Referee Appointed A "referee may be appointed by the juvenile court judge to hear juvenile cases and make a full report and recommen dations, both in writing. The juvenile and guardian, or per son appearing with him, may request a hearing before' the judge within three days after appearing before the referee. ' One important recommen dation of the NPPA survey, but not included in the pro visions of the proposed code, is that of creating a state agency organization. This would be a juvenile court services bureau within the framework of the state de partment of public welfare, child welfare division. In the report, this is recommended as "the most flexible alterna tive." . Functions of such a bureau would be: 1. To work with juvenile courts and other agencies to determine the conditions and needs for services to children and youth (such information would be given the public). Work to Prevention 2. To get citizens and agency, representatives to work toward prevention and treatment of delinquency. 3. To assist in making sur veys on development of need ed juvenile court, probation, detention and other, services. -4. To work with agencies in inspecting foster homes and facilities for placement of juveniles. 5. : To provide detention care service for children and youth. 6. 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