Rule 25 - Adjudication Orders(a) Delinquency and child in need of supervision proceedings. (1) Content. An adjudication order shall recite that the child has been adjudicated a delinquent child or a child in need of supervision, as applicable, but in no event shall it recite that the child has been found guilty. No order of adjudication concerning any child shall recite that a child has been found guilty; but it shall recite that a child is found to be a delinquent child or a child in need of supervision. Upon a written motion by a party, the youth court shall make written findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which it relies for the adjudication that the child is a delinquent child or a child in need of supervision. Any order of adjudication shall be confidential as provided by section 43-21-561(5) of the Mississippi Code and as otherwise provided by law.(2) Two or more offenses alleged in same petition. On each count admitted or proved in accordance with these rules, the court shall enter a separate adjudication on that count within its adjudicatory order. (b) Child protection proceedings. (1) Content. An adjudication order shall recite that the child has been adjudicated a neglected child or an abused child or a sexually abused child or a dependent child, as applicable, but in no event shall it recite that the child has been found guilty. Upon a written motion by a party, the youth court shall make written findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which it relies for the adjudication that the child is a neglected child or an abused child or a sexually abused child or a dependent child. Any order of adjudication shall be confidential as provided by section 43-21-561(5) of the Mississippi Code and as otherwise provided by law. (2) Two or more children subject of the same petition. On each charge of abuse and neglect in the same petition admitted or proved in accordance with these rules, the court shall enter a separate adjudication on that charge within its adjudicatory order. Comments & Procedures
Rule 25(a)(1), -(b)(1).
These provisions comport with the statutory procedures. See Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-561(5) (2008).
Rule 25(a)(2), -(b)(2).
These provisions comport with the statutory procedures. See Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-455(2008).
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The Uniform Rules of Youth Court Practice were revised by order entered 7/17/2012.