Wyoming § 14-6-601 Definitions

Wyoming Statutes

§ 14-6-601 — Definitions

Wyoming § 14-6-601

Title 14Children

Ch. 6JUVENILES

Art. 6JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM

This text of Wyoming § 14-6-601 (Definitions) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Wyoming primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-6-601 (2026).

Text

(a)As used in this act:

(i)"Adjudicated" or "adjudication" means as defined by W.S. 14-6-201(a)(i);

(ii)"Adult" means an individual who has attained the age of majority;

(iii)"Delinquent child" means as defined by W.S. 14- 6-201(a)(x);

(iv)"Disposition" means the action ordered by the juvenile court judge under W.S. 14-6-229 upon adjudication of a juvenile for a delinquent act or the sentence imposed on a juvenile who is convicted;

(v)"Department" means the department of family services;

(vi)"Juvenile" means an individual who is under the age of majority;

(vii)"Qualifying offense" means conduct that, if committed by an adult, would constitute a felony under the provisions of W.S. 6-1-104(a)(xii) or 35-7-1031 or under similar federal law;

(viii)"Conviction" or "convicted" means a c

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Adjudicated" or "adjudication" means as defined
by W.S. 14-6-201(a)(i);
(ii) "Adult" means an individual who has attained the
age of majority;
(iii) "Delinquent child" means as defined by W.S. 14-
6-201(a)(x);
(iv) "Disposition" means the action ordered by the
juvenile court judge under W.S. 14-6-229 upon adjudication of a
juvenile for a delinquent act or the sentence imposed on a
juvenile who is convicted;
(v) "Department" means the department of family
services;
(vi) "Juvenile" means an individual who is under the
age of majority;
(vii) "Qualifying offense" means conduct that, if
committed by an adult, would constitute a felony under the
provisions of W.S. 6-1-104(a)(xii) or 35-7-1031 or under similar
federal law;
(viii) "Conviction" or "convicted" means a conviction
of a juvenile of a qualifying offense or a conviction for any
offense for which the juvenile was charged in a circuit court or
district court;
(ix) "Detention" means the legal and physical
restriction and housing of a juvenile at the Wyoming state
hospital, the Wyoming boys' school, the Wyoming girls' school or
a juvenile detention facility defined in W.S. 14-6-201(a)(xxiv).
"Detention" shall not include any placement in a qualified
residential treatment program as defined by W.S. 14-6-
201(a)(xxviii) or a residential treatment facility that is
operated for the primary purpose of providing treatment to a
juvenile;
(x) "This act" means W.S. 14-6-601 through 14-6-606.