STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF __________________________ A JUVENILE A Child under Seventeen (17) Years of Age ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) IN THE FAMILY COURT ____ JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COMMITMENT ORDER (Department of Juvenile Justice) Docket No. ________________________________ Plaintiff Attorney: ________________________________ Defendant Attorney: ______________________________ Hearing Date: ______________________ Judge: ____________________________ Guardian ad Litem:_______________________________ Court Reporter: ____________________ On the ____ day of____________________, 20____ a verified Petition was filed in this Court by ______________________ alleging that __________________________ was a delinquent child in that ( ( / / he/ she), on ) in ___________________ County did: ___________________________________________________in violation of Section(s) _____________________________________________, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976). AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING was held on ( / / ), and pursuant to ( a plea of guilty/ a hearing on the merits), the above-named child was found upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt to be delinquent, for having: __________________________________________________________________________________________ in violation of Section(s) _____________________________________________, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976) A DISPOSITIONAL HEARING was held on ( / / ), and, as a result thereof, I find _________________________________ is a suitable person to be committed to the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice. Therefore, it is, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED in the best interest of _____________________________ that ( he/ she) is hereby committed to the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, which shall arrange for placement of this child in a suitable corrective environment, with said commitment being for an indeterminate period not to exceed the twenty-first birthday of said child, unless sooner released by proper authority. Date: _____________________, 20___ FAMILY COURT JUDGE ________________________, S.C. SCCA 485 (12/2009) American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com