For the purpose of this article, the following definitions apply:
DELINQUENT ACTS. Those acts which violate the laws of the United States, the laws of the State of Michigan or the ordinances of the City of Flint; those acts which cause or would tend to cause the minor to come under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Division of the Probate Court as defined by MCLA § 712A.2: or those acts by which the minor intentionally causes physical harm to another or deliberately creates an unreasonable risk of physical harm to himself or herself or to others. DELINQUENT ACTS do not include traffic violations.
DRUGS. Any controlled substance as defined now or hereafter by the Public Health Code for the State of Michigan. Currently, such substances are defined in part 72 of the Health Code, being MCLA §§ 333.7201 et seq.
MINOR. Any unemancipated person under seventeen (17) years of age.
PARENT. A mother, father or legal guardian of a minor who has the responsibility for the health, welfare, care, maintenance and supervision of the minor at the time the delinquent act is alleged to have been committed by the minor.
(Ord. 3272, passed 3-14-1994)
Statutory reference:
Probate Code; Authority and jurisdiction of court, see MCLA 712A.2
Public Health Code, see MCLA 333.7201 et seq.