Statutes | Pa. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, ยง 11.216 | 2025
(1) Prior notice of delinquency adjudication hearings unless such hearings have been scheduled by the prosecutors office.
(2) Notification of disposition hearings.
(3) Notice of a juveniles preadjudication escape from a detention center or shelter facility and of the juveniles subsequent apprehension.
(4) Upon request, notice of whether the juvenile probation office has detained or released the juvenile following arrest and whether a delinquency petition has been filed.
(5) Notice of the details of the final disposition of the case consistent with 42 Pa.C.S. § 6336(f) (relating to conduct of hearings) unless provided by the prosecutors office.
(b) Additional notice in cases involving a personal injury rights crime or burglary. In cases involving a personal injury rights crime or burglary, the juvenile probation office shall provide notice and the opportunity to provide prior comment on the potential reduction or dropping of a charge or diversion of any case, including informal adjustment and consent decree, unless such notice and opportunity is provided by the prosecutors office. Upon request, the victim shall also receive notification of a review of disposition hearing.
(1) Offer the victim the opportunity to provide a written victim impact statement to be considered in the disposition of any case and included as part of any predisposition report submitted to the court.
(2) Notify the victim of the right to provide an oral victim impact statement at the time of disposition in cases of juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent.
(d) Postdisposition notice. Upon the request of the victim of a personal injury rights crime, the juvenile probation office shall:
(1) Provide prior notice to the victim when an adjudicated delinquent ordered into residential placement or official detention will be granted temporary leave or home pass or release.
(2) Notify the victim of a proposed release or transfer of an adjudicated delinquent from placement that is contrary to a previous court order or placement plan approved at a disposition review hearing and shall extend the victim the opportunity to provide a written objection prior to the release or transfer of the juvenile from placement.
(3) Notify the victim immediately of a juveniles escape from official detention or failure to return from temporary leave or home pass and of the juveniles subsequent apprehension.
(4) Notify the victim of the termination of the juvenile court jurisdiction.
(5) Provide the opportunity to submit written comment and of their right to provide oral testimony at a disposition review hearing.