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Raising the Floor on Mandatory Waiver
Mandatory waiver is when a youth starts in juvenile court, but because they are a certain age and charged with a certain offense, a juvenile court judge must transfer the youth to adult court if there is cause to believe the youth committed the offense.35 What makes mandatory waiver different from traditional judicial waiver is that the juvenile court judge does not have the discretion to decide that the youth should remain in the juvenile court because of the individual circumstances of the youth’s case.36
Mandatory Waiver- 11 States- Minimum Age for at Least One Offense
Age 12: IN
Age 13: NC
Age 14: KY, ND, OH, VA, WV Age 15: CT, DE, LA, NJ
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