All 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 only recognized minors under the law that are still dependent on the protection of their parents can file this kind of a case. Now the two instances when one may file the case would be if the child in question is neglected meaning not given basic needs or abused. If the court finds out that all these claims are valid, legal action will definitely take place.

Now when the judge does find out that the parents of the child in question are actually not treating him well, they will force the parents to give up the child while the legal process is ongoing. Now many would actually ask where the victim will stay while the decision is still not final. Well a social worker will work together with the judge in finding a foster family for the victim to go to until the final decision is reached.

Now there will be times that the parents will claim that they have changed and they would want to take the child back. Now if this kind of situation arises, the social worker will first evaluate the home whether it is actually safe to go back. Now it is only if the parents pass the evaluation then they can actually take the child back.

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.

The one who will be finding the best home for the victim would actually be the social worker. Now the job of a social worker as a whole is to first investigate the case to the type of abuse the child is going through. The social worker is also there to make inquiries about where the victim will go after.

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, this is the legal process of this type of case. Now when it comes to abused or neglected children, the court will always follow this due process. Once the process has been done, then the decision will be made right away.




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