Tribe: Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington
5.20.025 – Sentencing of Juvenile Defendants
In sentencing a defendant who is under the age of eighteen (18) years, the Court may, but is not required to, impose one or more of the following sanctions in lieu of all or part of the fine and/or jail time specified for a particular offense:
1) Mandatory school attendance with proof of attendance and submission of grades to the Court on a regular schedule;
2) Restitution;
3) Probation;
4) Community service hours if agreed to by the Prosecutor;
5) Individual and/or family counseling;
6) Evaluation and treatment, including residential treatment for alcohol abuse, other substance abuse, or mental illness; or
7) Any other alternative which to the Court may seem just.
The burden of the sentence should fall primarily on the juvenile rather than on the parent, but the parent, guardian, or custodian shall be required by the Court to supervise the juvenile and to see that the sentence is carried out. If the Court finds, in the course of proceedings against a juvenile, that he is in need of care, the Court shall have broad powers to make orders for protection of the juvenile and to assist the family to provide better care for the juvenile.