§352-29 Termination of director's right to supervise person. (a) The authority of the director to supervise the conduct of a person who has been committed to the director's care, unless such authority shall be sooner terminated pursuant to this chapter or chapter 571, shall cease:
(1) At the time of sentencing for any subsequent offense for which the committed person has been waived pursuant to section 571-22 and has been convicted by a court of competent criminal jurisdiction;
(2) At the expiration date of the order of commitment issued unless the director has, prior to such expiration date, sought and obtained from the court an extension of such order;
(3) Whenever the director, prior to the termination otherwise of such order, determines that the purposes of such order have been achieved in the case of a person under age eighteen; provided that if the commitment order reserves the prior approval of the family court for any discharge before termination, the director shall obtain approval of the court for a discharge; or
(4) Whenever the director, prior to the termination otherwise of such order, determines that the purposes of such order have been achieved in the case of a person committed to a term extending beyond the person's eighteenth birthday and obtains court approval prior to discharge.
(b) The director, in each case described in subsection (a)(2), (3) and (4) of this section, shall immediately notify the person, the court, the police department of the county where the committed person resided before commitment, and, if a minor, the person's parent or guardian of the termination of the director's supervision over such person, provided that in cases covered by subsection (a)(1), the sentencing court shall provide such notification including notice to the director. [L 1980, c 303, pt of §8(1); am L 1981, c 134, §1; am L 1997, c 325, §4]
Revision Note
In subsection (a)(1) and (2), "or" deleted pursuant to §23G-15.
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