If transferred to adult court, what protections are lost?

• A. Access to juvenile detention
• B. Access to juvenile court
• C. Right to counsel at juvenile level
• D. Juvenile protections such as record erase and confidentiality

Answer: (D)

Transferring a youth case to adult court removes the privacy safeguards built for juvenile proceedings. In juvenile court, records are confidential and can be sealed or erased under certain conditions, helping protect a young person’s future opportunities. Once the case moves to adult court, those confidentiality protections and the possibility of record erasure do not automatically carry over, so records are more likely to remain accessible and impact future choices. The other options describe system features rather than protections that are specifically lost by the transfer.