Juvenile Justice Act Article 84

Where a juvenile’s statutory agent failed to nurture the juvenile and allowed the juvenile to develop circumstances listed in Subparagraph 1 of Article 3 so as to be subject to protective measures or a pronouncement of criminal offense, or rendering the execution of protective measures difficult to yield desirable results, the juvenile court may order the statutory agent to undertake parenting courses for eight (8) to fifty (50) hours by ruling, so as to enhance his/her capability in performing the parenting functions.Prior to making the ruling ordering the undertaking of parenting courses, the juvenile court, when necessary, may order the juvenile investigation officer to file an investigation report on the neglect of nurturing in question, to be accompanied by concrete suggestions.For the execution of the parenting courses, the juvenile court may assign to a juvenile protection officer, and may, taking into account opinions of a juvenile protection officer, delegate the tasks to an appropriate agencies, organizations, or individuals, which should perform the tasks under the instruction of a juvenile protection office.The parenting courses shall be executed within three (3) years from the day of the ruling; once the period lapses, the execution should cease, or at maximum be executed until the juvenile reaches the age of twenty (20) years. Where it is inappropriate that the parenting courses not to be continued due to factual reasons, the juvenile protection officer shall file relevant evidence in its application of the juvenile court for waiving the execution of the parenting courses.Where the statutory agent refuses to partake the parenting courses or does not partake the courses in sufficient hours, the juvenile court may sentence him/her a fine of NT$ 3,000 to NT$ 10,000 by ruling; if he/she refuses to take the courses after receiving a second notice, the court may carry the fine on a recurring basis until the parties concerned takes the courses. Once the fine is imposed for more than three (3) successive times, the court may publicly announce the name of the statutory agent by ruling.The ruling of fine in the preceding paragraph may constitute the title for compulsory enforcement; the juvenile court shall request the civil compulsory enforcement division of the district courts to carry out execution with execution fees exempted.Where a juvenile’s statutory agent or guardian has demonstrated a situation prescribed in Paragraph 1 and the said situation is serious, the juvenile court may make a ruling for his/her name to be publicly announced.A person being subject to a ruling made in accordance with Paragraphs 1, 5 and the preceding paragraph may file an interlocutory appeal, to which Articles 63 and 64 shall apply mutatis mutandis.