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December 1998 Administration of Justice Bulletin No. 98/0.t adjudication may be proved by stipulation of the par- ties. an original or copy of the court record of the adju- dication, a copy of records maintained by the Division of Criminal Information or by the Office of Juvenile Justice. or any other method the court finds to be reliable. Disposition Chart The following chart indicates which level or levels of disposition are available in a particular case: Delinquency History Level Offense Low Medium High Violent Level 2 or 3 Level 3 Level 3 Serious Level 1 or 2 Level 2 Level 2 or 3 Minor Level I Level I or 2 Level 2 Exception to Chart Commitment of Chronic Minor Offender When a juvenile is adjudicated delinquent for a minor offense, the court may impose a Level 3 dispo- sition ffthe juvenile has been adjudicated for four or more prior offenses. In determining prior offenses, each successive offense is one that was committed after adjudication-of the preceding offense. Multiple Offenses When a juvenile is adjudicated deLinquent for more tluan one offense during a session of juvenile court, the court must consolidate the offenses for dis- position and impose a single disposition as specified for the class of offense and delinquency history, level of the most serious offense. Level 1, Community Dispositions At Level 1. the court' may order the .types of evaluation and treatment described earlier and may also do any of the following. 1. Require that the juvenile be supervised in the juvenile's own home, or place the juvenile in the custody of a parent, the county department of social services, or another appropriate per- son or agency. [This alternative is the same as former GS. 7A-647(2).] 2. Excuse the juvenile fi.om the compulsory school attendance law. [This alternative is the same as former GS. 7A-648(3).1 3. Order the juvenile to cooperate with a com- mtmity-based program, an intensive substance abuse treatment program, or a residemial or nonresidential treatment program. Participa- tion in the programs may not exceed twelve months. [This alternative is a modification of former G.S. 7A-649(6).] 4. Require full or partial restitution, up to $500, payable within a twelve-month period. [Except for the mount limitation, this alter- native is the same as former G.S. 7A-649(2). I 5. Impose a fine. [This alternative is the same as former G.S. 7A-649(5).1 6. Order the juvenile to perform up to i00 hours of supervised community service. [Except for specifying a maximum number of hours, this alternative is the same as former GS. 7A- 649(4).1 7. Order the juvenile to participate in the victim- offender reconciliation program. 8. Place the juvenile on probation under the supervision of a court counselor. (Probation is described more fully below.) 9. Order that the juvenile not be licensed to operate a motor vehicle. [This alternative is the same as former G,S. 7A-649(9), with the added reqtm'ement that the clerk of oourt notify the Division of Motor Vehicles of the order. I I0. Impose a curfew on the juvenile. 11. Order that the juvenile not associate with specified persons or be in specified places. (This provision existed previously as a condi- tion of probation, but not as a specific dispo- sitional aitemative.) 12. Impose confinement on an intermittent basis in an approved detention facility, for not more than five 24-hour periods. [This alternative is the same as former G.S. 7A-649(7), except that it does not require that the confinement be completed within a 90-day period.] 13. Order the juvenile to cooperate with place- ment in a wilderness program. Level 2, Intermediate Dispositions At Level 2, the court may order the types of evaluation and treatment described earlier, may order any disposition from Level I (numbers 1 through above), and must order at least one of the following intermediate dispositions: 1. Order the juvenile to cooperate with place- ment in a wilderness program. 19