Children’s Court of New South Wales

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The Children’s Court of New South Wales is a specialist court that deals primarily with matters involving children and young people, including care and protection cases and juvenile criminal proceedings within New South Wales, Australia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court of New South Wales ⓘ
juvenile court ⓘ
specialist court ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Communities and Justice (New South Wales) ⓘ
ageJurisdictionExtendedLimit 21 years in some care matters ⓘ
ageJurisdictionUpperLimit 18 years ⓘ
appealsTo District Court of New South Wales ⓘ
Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
appliesPrinciple best interests of the child ⓘ
rehabilitation of young offenders ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
establishedBy New South Wales legislation ⓘ
focusesOn accountability and rehabilitation in youth crime matters ⓘ
welfare and safety of children in care matters ⓘ
governingLaw Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) ⓘ
Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW) ⓘ
Young Offenders Act 1997 (NSW) ⓘ
handlesCaseType adoption-related matters (limited jurisdiction) ⓘ
applications for apprehended violence orders involving children ⓘ
care and protection cases ⓘ
juvenile criminal proceedings ⓘ
hasBuilding Children’s Court at Broadmeadow ⓘ
Children’s Court at Parramatta ⓘ
hasConfidentialityRule restrictions on publication of identifying information about children ⓘ
hasHead President of the Children’s Court of New South Wales ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasProceedingFeature less formal procedures than adult criminal courts ⓘ
hasSpecialization child protection law ⓘ
family and child welfare law ⓘ
juvenile justice ⓘ
hasTypeOfJudge Children’s Magistrate ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.childrenscourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/ ⓘ
hearsFromAgency applications brought by the Department of Communities and Justice (child protection) ⓘ
jurisdiction New South Wales ⓘ
legalSystem Australian legal system ⓘ
locatedIn State of New South Wales ⓘ
linked to: New South Wales

Sydney ⓘ
parentOrganization Local Court of New South Wales (administrative linkage) ⓘ
partOf New South Wales court system ⓘ
primaryFunction hear care and protection matters involving children and young people ⓘ
hear criminal proceedings involving children and young people ⓘ
protectsGroup children ⓘ
young people ⓘ
regionServed entire State of New South Wales ⓘ
linked to: New South Wales
usesProcedure closed court hearings for most matters ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

courts of New South Wales → hasSpecialistCourt → Children’s Court of New South Wales ⓘ
Children’s Court of New South Wales → hasBuilding → Children’s Court at Broadmeadow ⓘ
linked to: Children’s Court of New South Wales
Local Court of New South Wales → hasDivision → Children’s Court of New South Wales ⓘ