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2018 SESSION
18100503DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 16.1-242 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 16.1-242. Retention of jurisdiction.
When jurisdiction has been obtained by the court in the case
of any child, such jurisdiction, which includes the authority to suspend,
reduce, [ or ] modify [
, or dismiss ] the disposition of
any juvenile adjudication, may be retained by the court until such person
becomes twenty-one 21 years of age, except when the person is in
the custody of the Department or when jurisdiction is divested under the
provisions of § 16.1-244. In any event, when such person reaches the age of
twenty-one 21 and a prosecution has not been commenced against him,
he shall be proceeded against as an adult, even if he was a juvenile when the
offense was committed.