3.__Enforcement.__After notice and hearing and in accordance with the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 42(d), the court may invoke its contempt powers to enforce its counseling, treatment, education, supervision or other order that applies to the juvenile, the juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian or any other person before the court who is subject to an order to participate in counseling, treatment, education or supervision.

4.__Probation.__The court may not revoke a juvenile's probation because of a failure of the juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian to comply with an order under this section.

Sec. 3. Application. This Act applies to juvenile crimes for which a summons is served on or after the effective date of this Act.

SUMMARY

This bill amends the Maine Juvenile Code to allow the juvenile court to require that the parent, guardian or custodian of a juvenile charged with committing a juvenile crime attend all juvenile court proceedings, unless the court excuses attendance for good cause.

This bill amends the Maine Juvenile Code to allow a court to order the parent, guardian or custodian of a juvenile adjudicated as having committed a juvenile crime to participate in and pay all or part of the reasonable costs of counseling, treatment, education and supervision as determined by the court.

This bill affirms that the court may invoke its contempt powers to enforce such attendance and court orders.