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Section 14-6-207 - Detention or Shelter Care; Delivery of Child Pending Hearing; Placing Children; Separate Detention; Notice if No Court Order.

WY Stat § 14-6-207 (2019) (N/A)
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14-6-207. Detention or shelter care; delivery of child pending hearing; placing children; separate detention; notice if no court order.

(a) If detention or shelter care of a child appears necessary to the person taking custody of the child, the child shall be delivered as soon as possible to the court or to the detention or shelter care facility designated by the court pending a hearing.

(b) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 199, § 3.

(c) A child alleged to be delinquent shall if necessary, be detained in a separate detention home or facility for delinquent children.

(i) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 199, § 3.

(ii) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 199, § 3.

(d) The person in charge of any detention or shelter care facility shall promptly notify the court and the district attorney of any child being detained or cared for at the facility without a court order and shall deliver the child to the court upon request.

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