The bill amends Section 14-1-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 14-1, which pertains to proceedings in Family Court, to extend the voluntary extension of care (VEC) program to children in the juvenile justice system and to children who have been reunified prior to their eighteenth birthday but whose reunification was unsuccessful. This allows these children to voluntarily agree to extended care and legal supervision until the age of twenty-one. The bill retains the court's jurisdiction over children who are wayward, delinquent, dependent, neglected, or abused, and it specifies that the court may continue to exercise jurisdiction until the individual’s twenty-first birthday under certain conditions. The act takes effect upon passage.

Statutes affected:
5260: 14-1-6