Updates to the Juvenile Justice Handook
The New Mexico Juvenile Justice Handbook now includes selected updates.
As of July 2011, the Corinne Wolfe Children's Law Center updated the new Juvenile Justice Handbook.
The Handbook provides the New Mexico judiciary and other members of the juvenile justice community with a comprehensive guide to delinquency proceedings by:
- incorporating applicable requirements of the New Mexico Children’s Code, Children’s Court and other Supreme Court rules, and case law affecting juvenile cases;
- summarizing the steps in the legal process;
- describing the roles and responsibilities of a number of the participants;
- explaining the hearings that may take place;
- and addressing such topics as competency, defenses, discovery, evidence, and sentencing.