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FOLLOW T T JCP
Things You Need to Know About
The Family and Children
Division Act 2016
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The Family and Children Division Act seeks to:
Create a Division of the
High Court to be called,
"The Family and
Children Division" to
oversee all family and
children court
matters.
Enable the Family and Children
Courts to conduct hearings in
different ways. E.g. face-to-face,
by phone or videoconferencing.
Ensure that the Family and Children
Division has Judicial officers and
staff who are trained and qualified.
#1
Sections 10,12,16,26,28 &31
Section 5
#2
Section 4
Assign Judges to the Family
and Children Courts who’ll be
known as Family Court Judges
and Children Court Judges
respectively.
Track the progress of a child before the
Court through "monitoring hearings"
Sections 10&26
and reports by Children Probation
officers.
#3
#4
Section 7
Refer a child to a "Children Drug Treatment
Court Process" where suitable. On successful
completion of the process, the Court can
order that no conviction be recorded.
#10
Sections 20&34
#8
#9
#5
Establish a Family and
Children Court Administration
Department to support the
operations of the Courts.
Sections 37,38&39
Sections 47,48 &56
Protect the identity of a
child before the court.
#6
#7
Safeguard the interests and
voice of a child before the Court
using legal representatives.
Sections 21&35
Refer a child to Court-annexed Peer
Resolution where suitable for
recommendations on sanctions.
Section 40
The Trinidad and Tobago Juvenile Court Project (JCP) is made possible through the United States Agency for Development (USAID). The JCP is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Judiciary of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.