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Va. Code § 16.1-261: Statements made at intake or mental health screening and assessment

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  1. Title 16.1. COURTS NOT OF RECORD
  2. Chapter 11. JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURTS
  3. Article 5. INTAKE, PETITION AND NOTICE

Statements made by a child to the intake officer or probation officer during the intake process or during a mental health screening or assessment conducted pursuant to § 16.1-248.2 and prior to a hearing on the merits of the petition filed against the child, shall not be admissible at any stage of the proceedings.1977, c. 559; 1996, cc. 755, 914.

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