The Fulton School
For the first half of the week I have gotten to sit on one review hearing for a delinquency case. It was a positive hearing because the juvenile was doing all the things required of him by the court. The judge said if he continued to do all of his requirements he would be released from supervision by there next review hearing! I also got to see my first two adoption cases. It was very interesting to see some of the process for an adoption case and to watch the child bang the gavel in the judges chair once they were officially adopted. Robyn has continued to explain the process of authorizing and working on care and protection cases, TPR’s, and a little bit of delinquency cases. The reason it is only a little bit of delinquency is because Robyn specializes in care and protection and TPR cases as a Juvenile Office Attorney, but the cases can cross over and can have similar process’s. To authorize a care and protection referral it has to be filed into JIS, which is where the referral is created into a case and is given a case number. JIS is an internal court system that is used and viewed only by employees of the court. As I continue to shadow I am learning more about different case scenarios and how every process for a case looks a little different.
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I did not know the kid got to bang the gavel when they were adopted!
I know me neither! Although I do think it depends on the judge.
Do you know how many cases they end up having per day?
It honestly depends on the week, but on average each week they will have 10-12 PC and adjudications cases, and 4-5 TPR cases going on.