Detention Time Limitations

(a) No child or youth shall be held in a juvenile residential center for more than twenty-four hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, unless (1) a delinquency petition or information alleging a delinquent act has been filed and (2) an order for such continued detention has been signed by the judicial authority following a hearing as provided by subsection (b) of this section or a waiver of hearing as provided by Section 30-8. (b) A hearing to determine probable cause and the need for further detention shall be held no later than the next business day following the arrest. (c) If a nondelinquent child or youth is being held for another jurisdiction in accordance with the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, following the initial hearing as provided by subsection (b) of this section, that child or youth shall be held not © Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut SUPERIOR COURT—PROCEDURE IN JUVENILE MATTERS