(1) The Colorado rules of juvenile procedure shall apply in all proceedings conducted under this article.
(2) Hearings shall be held before the court without a jury, except as provided in sections 19-2-107 and 19-2-601 (3), and may be conducted in an informal manner.
(3) A verbatim record shall be taken of all proceedings, including any hearing conducted by a magistrate.
(4) When more than one juvenile is named in a petition or individual petitions are filed against more than one juvenile alleging delinquent acts arising from the same delinquent episode, any proceedings, including trials, may be consolidated.
(5) Juvenile cases shall be heard separately from adult cases, and the juvenile or his or her parents, guardian, or other custodian may be heard separately when deemed necessary by the court.
(6) The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the juvenile is required to attend all proceedings, including all hearings, concerning the juvenile. Failure, without good cause, to attend a proceeding concerning the juvenile may subject the parent, guardian, or legal custodian to contempt sanctions; except that, if the juvenile's legal custodian is a county department of social services or the department of human services, the legal custodian need not attend any proceeding at which the juvenile's guardian ad litem is present.
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