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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56374</law_id><section_number>16.1-357</section_number><catch_line>Disposition when juvenile found incompetent</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-356</reference><reference>16.1-358</reference><reference>16.1-360</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="18">Juvenile Competency</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Upon <span class="dictionary">finding</span> pursuant to subsection F of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Raising question of competency to stand trial; evaluation and determination of competency" href="/16.1-356/">16.1-356</a> that the juvenile is incompetent, <span class="dictionary">the court</span> shall <span class="dictionary">order</span> that the juvenile receive services to restore his competency in either a nonsecure community setting or a <span class="dictionary">secure facility</span> as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/16.1-228/">16.1-228</a>. A copy of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, who shall arrange for the provision of restoration services in a manner consistent with the <span class="dictionary">order</span>. Any report submitted pursuant to subsection E of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Raising question of competency to stand trial; evaluation and determination of competency" href="/16.1-356/">16.1-356</a> shall be made available to the agent providing restoration. <a id="paragraph-206414" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-357/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If <span class="dictionary">the court</span> finds the juvenile incompetent but restorable to competency in the foreseeable future, it shall <span class="dictionary">order</span> restoration services for up to three months. At the end of three months from the date restoration is ordered under subsection A of this section, if the juvenile remains incompetent in the <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> of the agent providing restoration, the agent shall so notify <span class="dictionary">the court</span> and make recommendations concerning <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of the juvenile. <span class="dictionary">The court</span> shall hold a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> according to the procedures specified in subsection F of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Raising question of competency to stand trial; evaluation and determination of competency" href="/16.1-356/">16.1-356</a> and, if it finds the juvenile unrestorably incompetent, shall <span class="dictionary">order</span> one of the <span class="dictionary">dispositions</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Disposition of the unrestorably incompetent juvenile" href="/16.1-358/">16.1-358</a>. If <span class="dictionary">the court</span> finds the juvenile incompetent but restorable to competency, it may <span class="dictionary">order</span> continued restoration services for additional three-month periods, provided a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> pursuant to subsection F of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Raising question of competency to stand trial; evaluation and determination of competency" href="/16.1-356/">16.1-356</a> is held at the completion of each such period and the juvenile continues to be incompetent but restorable to competency in the foreseeable future. <a id="paragraph-206415" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-357/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If, at any time after the juvenile is ordered to undergo services under subsection A of this section, the agent providing restoration believes the juvenile&#x2019;s competency is restored, the agent shall immediately send a report to <span class="dictionary">the court</span> as prescribed in subsection E of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Raising question of competency to stand trial; evaluation and determination of competency" href="/16.1-356/">16.1-356</a>. <span class="dictionary">The court</span> shall make a ruling on the juvenile&#x2019;s competency according to the procedures specified in subsection F of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Raising question of competency to stand trial; evaluation and determination of competency" href="/16.1-356/">16.1-356</a>. <a id="paragraph-206416" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-357/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1999, cc. 958, 997; 2009, cc. 813, 840.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
