Your child’s life may be seriously affected from both a practical and legal perspective if he or she is arrested and ultimately convicted of committing a crime as a juvenile in Arizona. Not only can a juvenile record can create a tremendous amount of stress within the family (as your child’s education and living arrangement may be dictated by the State), certain crimes (driving under the influence, for example) drastically alter the penalties of future convictions when your child becomes an adult. Moreover, a conviction against your child in Arizona is not necessarily “expunged” when he or she becomes an adult as some presume.
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January 30, 2012
