RULE 8.115. DISPOSITION HEARING

(a) Information Available to Court. At the disposition
hearing the court, after establishing compliance with the
dispositional considerations, determinations, and discussions
required by law, may receive any relevant and material evidence
helpful in determining the proper disposition to be made. It shall
include written reports required by law, and may include, but shall
not be limited to, the child’s need for substance abuse evaluation
and/or treatment, and any psychiatric or psychological evaluations
of the child that may be obtained and that are relevant and
material. Such evidence may be received by the court and may be
relied upon to the extent of its probative value, even though not
competent in an adjudicatory hearing. In any case in which it is
necessary or consented to by the parties that disposition be
pronounced by a judge other than the judge who presided at the
adjudicatory hearing or accepted a plea of guilty or nolo contendere,
the sentencing judge shall not pronounce disposition until the
judge becomes acquainted with what transpired at the adjudicatory
hearing, or the facts concerning the plea and the offense, including
any plea discussions if a plea of guilty or nolo contendere was
entered.
(b) Appointment of Counsel. Counsel shall be appointed at
all disposition hearings, including cases transferred from other
counties and restitution hearings, if the child qualifies for such
appointment and does not waive counsel in writing as required by