All juvenile records are closed and confidential at the court's discretion. The juvenile court may expunge or destroy the records of a juvenile at any time.

Felonies are more serious crimes than misdemeanors. Robbery, kidnapping, rape, and murder are all examples of felonies. Public drunkenness, resisting arrest, and battery are misdemeanors.

If your child is arrested and taken into custody, he or she will be transported to the police station and booked. Booking consists of logging the name and the reason for the arrest in the record book.

A juvenile has many of the same rights that an adult has. Juveniles have the right to know the acts of which they are accused. Juveniles are innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Juveniles, or people under the age of eighteen, are usually tried in a juvenile court for misdemeanor offenses. Misdemeanor offenses are not serious crimes like murder, rape, or assault, but they are still serious enough to warrant punishment.