Knowing More About Juvenile Dependency Cases

By Young Lindsay


There are actually many children around the world who are being neglected or even worse, abused by their parents while they are growing up. If a child is actually abused or neglected, he may actually file a case against his parents and bring them to court. Now if the child would actually file this kind of case, it is called a juvenile dependency case and it will be investigated by the juvenile court.

Now those children who are still not legally recognized as adults are dependent on their parents. Whenever the parents are not doing their job properly and are abusing their children, the children can actually bring in the juvenile court. It is from here that a case may actually be built and that the child may actually not be subjected to abuse anymore.

In the event that the court does find that the parents of the children are actually abusive, then they will take the children out of their houses. They will then send them over to a foster family. The foster families will be the ones to assume the role of guardians as instructed by the judge as well as a social worker and will live there temporarily until the judge has reached a final decision on what will happen to the kid.

Now just in case the original family of the child would want him back, the court may allow it to happen after an evaluation first. The social worker will work closely with the judge in investigating whether the home is a safe place for the kid. If ever the parents have passed, then the child will be sent back to his home.

Now if the judge really finds that the home is definitely not suitable for the kid to live in, then the court will not allow the parents to take their kid back. From there, the court will create a permanent plan for the child. A permanent plan is when the court will decide as to where the child will live in the long term.

Now if one is wondering who will be the one to the do inquiries about where the child will go, it will be the social worker. The social worker is the one to hear the story of both sides and will give an evaluation to the judge. With the information gotten from the social worker, the court will make the decision.

Now the judge will be the one who will be making the very last decision of what happens. Now one very important thing to remember is that in a juvenile court, there is no jury which means that the decision of the judge is the golden word. No one can argue with his decision.

So basically, those are some information about this kind of case. If a kid feels like he is being neglected or being abused by his parents, he may take it to the court and follow the process. From there, the court will be the one to decide what will happen.




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