Juvenile Competency

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This is Article 18 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Juvenile Competency.” It is part of Chapter 11 “Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts”, which is part of Title 16.1 “Courts Not of Record”. It contains 6 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 6 sections.

§ 16.1-356	Raising question of competency to stand trial; evaluation and determination of competency
§ 16.1-357	Disposition when juvenile found incompetent
§ 16.1-358	Disposition of the unrestorably incompetent juvenile
§ 16.1-359	Litigating certain issues when the juvenile is incompetent
§ 16.1-360	Disclosure by juvenile during evaluation or restoration; use at guilt phase of trial adjudication or disposition hearing
§ 16.1-361	Compensation of experts