POST-DISPOSITIONAL RIGHTS COLLOQUY 

In re ___________________ 

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(Juvenile) 

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Delinquent Act(s): __________ 
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POST-DISPOSITIONAL RIGHTS COLLOQUY 

1) You can disagree with the court’s decisions.  You have the right to file a motion.  It
must be in writing.  It must be filed within 10 days from today.  You can ask your
lawyer to file a motion to:

a) ask the court to change or review its decision finding you delinquent;

b) ask the court to change  or review its decision to place you in a program or on

probation; or

c) ask  the  court  to  change  or  review  its  decision  to  make  you  to  do  things  on
probation (such as paying money, doing community service, taking drug tests,
etc.).

In other words, you can ask the court to change or review any decision that it has 
made in your case with which you do not agree.   

Do you understand this?      Yes     No 

2) You have the right to have a lawyer help you file your motion.  If your lawyer (who
is helping you today) cannot or will not file the motion for you, the court will appoint
a new lawyer to help you.

Do you understand this?      Yes     No

3) Here’s what could happen if you file a motion:

a) the court could disagree with the motion without having a hearing;

b) the court could agree with the motion without having a hearing; or

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the court could hold a hearing and then agree or disagree with the motion.

Do you understand this?      Yes     No 

4) If the court disagrees with your motion, you have the right to ask a higher court to
look at your case.  The higher court would decide if the juvenile court made any
mistakes or abused its responsibility when it disagreed with your motion.  This is
called taking an appeal.

5) You must file your request or appeal in writing.  You have 30 days from when the

Do you understand this?      Yes     No

court disagrees with your motion to file it.

Do you understand this?      Yes     No

6) You have the right to have a lawyer to help you with your appeal.  If your lawyer
(who is helping you today) cannot or will not file your appeal for you, the court will
appoint a new lawyer to help you.

Do you understand this?      Yes     No

7) You  may  decide  that  you  would  like  to  take  an  appeal  but  do  not  wish  to  file  a
motion.  This is called taking a direct appeal.  In your direct appeal, you may ask
the higher  court  to  decide  if  the  juvenile  court  was  right  or  wrong  in finding  you
guilty (including what the juvenile judge was or was not allowed to hear) or if the
juvenile court made any mistakes or abused its responsibility in anything that the
court ordered as your consequences.

Do you understand this?      Yes     No

8) If you wish to take a direct appeal (without filing a motion first) you must file your
appeal within 30 days from today (or 30 days from the day that the court decides
your consequences).

Do you understand this?      Yes     No

9) If you admitted to any of the charges, you can only ask the higher court to look at

the following issues:

a) whether your admission was voluntary (you made your own decision to admit
to  a  charge.  No  one  forced  you  to  do  this.    You  understood  what  you  were
doing, including the consequences.);

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b) whether the court was the correct court to hear your case (the court had the

authority over your case); or

c) whether the court abused its responsibility or made any mistakes in the things

that were ordered as your consequences.

Do you understand this?      Yes     No 

10) It  is  important  that  you  remember  that  you  have  certain  time  periods  to  file  a

motion or an appeal.  These are the time periods:

a) You must file your motion within 10 days from today (or the date that the court

decides your consequences).

b) You have 30 days from the date that the court disagreed with your motion to

file your appeal with the higher court.

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If you do not file a motion, you must file your appeal to the higher court within
30 days from today (or the date that the court decides your consequences).

Do you understand this?      Yes     No 

I  promise  that  I  have  read  this  whole  form  or  someone  has  read  this  form  to  me.    I 
understand it.  The signature below and on each page of this form are mine. 

I,  ___________________________,  lawyer  for  the  juvenile,  have  reviewed  this 
form with my client.  My client has told me that he or she understands this form. 

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Juvenile 

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Lawyer for Juvenile 

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