Pennsylvania § 6354 Effect of adjudication

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 6354 — Effect of adjudication

Pennsylvania § 6354

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 42JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

PartPART VI

Ch. 63JUVENILE MATTERS

Subch.DISPOSITION OF CHILDREN GENERALLY

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42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6354 (2026).

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(a)General rule.--An order of disposition or other adjudication in a proceeding under this chapter is not a conviction of crime and does not impose any civil disability ordinarily resulting from a conviction or operate to disqualify the child in any civil service application or appointment.

(b)Effect in subsequent judicial matters.--The disposition of a child under this chapter may only be used against him:

(1)in dispositional proceedings after conviction for the purposes of a presentence investigation and report if the child was adjudicated delinquent;

(2)in a subsequent juvenile hearing, whether before or after reaching majority;

(3)if relevant, where he has put his reputation or character in issue in a civil matter; or

(4)in a criminal proceeding, if the child was adjudicated

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(a) General rule.--An order of disposition or other adjudication in a proceeding under this chapter is not a conviction of crime and does not impose any civil disability ordinarily resulting from a conviction or operate to disqualify the child in any civil service application or appointment.

(b) Effect in subsequent judicial matters.--The disposition of a child under this chapter may only be used against him:

(1) in dispositional proceedings after conviction for the purposes of a presentence investigation and report if the child was adjudicated delinquent;

(2) in a subsequent juvenile hearing, whether before or after reaching majority;

(3) if relevant, where he has put his reputation or character in issue in a civil matter; or

(4) in a criminal proceeding, if the child was adjudicated delinquent for an offense, the evidence of which would be admissible if committed by an adult.