RULE NO. 18
            JUVENILE OFFENDER STATUS CONFERENCES


I.   Status Conference Schedule/Notification

     A. At the time of a juvenile's arraignment on criminal
     charges, the Court will set a status conference/hearing
     date and time. Notification will be provided on a
     notice form. The status conference/hearing shall be at
     4:00 PM on the second regular juvenile arraignment
     docket following arraignment, if the case is a 60 day
     fact-finding set (Klickitat County), or at 4:00 PM on
     the second regular criminal/civil motion day following
     arraignment (Skamania County).

     In Klickitat County, if the case is a 30 day fact-
     finding set, the status conference/hearing shall be
     held on the next regular juvenile arraignment docket
     following arraignment. The juvenile and the juvenile's
     attorney shall be present at the status
     conference/hearing unless the juvenile and his/her
     attorney have signed off on a status conference report
     prior to the status conference/hearing.

     B. The Prosecuting Attorney and the Juvenile Court
     Administrator shall make available to the juvenile's
     attorney, or if unrepresented, to the juvenile, an
     offer to settle the case prior to the status
     conference/hearing date. No further plea bargain offers
     will be accepted by the Court after the status
     conference/hearing date unless good cause be shown.


(Adopted effective September 1, 2006)