Question

1. What is an adjudication hearing?

2. What is the role of the prosecuting attorney in the juvenile court?

3. What is a family court, and how does it differ from a juvenile court?

4. What function does the court administrator have in the juvenile court?

Answer 1

Ans. 1

The adjudication hearing refers to the bench trial before the judge or master for determination as to whether a child is indeed dependent. The adjudication hearing is known as the fact finding hearing, the court decides whether the child protective services agency can prove the allegation. The CPS attorney present evidence through the testimony of the CPS case worker and law enforcement or other witnesses.

Ans. 2

The prosecuting attorney works for the government or services which is responsible for starting legal proceeding and then proving in court that suspect committed the crime.

Prosecuting attorney begin a case by reviewing the report about juvenile from different sources and medium, prosecuting attorney may be assigned to specific areas of laws such as juvenile offences. Prosecuting attorney must follow the cases through each stage of the judicial process and communicate with all involved parties.

Ans. 3

The family courts are primary stage of law enforcement which experiences some specific variation of cases, family courts belongs to social law finding and problem solving procedure. The family court is quite different to juvenile court because the family court generally solve the matter of child custody, domestic violence etc. while juvenile courts specially belong to juvenile offences, and they do work where juvenile get accused.

Ans. 4

The Juvenile court administrator is responsible for day to day task which are important to keep the courthouse running efficiently. The administrator decide the case pattern, timing and consumption of time in each and every cases. Administrator often work closely with juveniles and judges, and responsible for the entering orders and judgements and perform clerical or financial management depending on jurisdiction.