Since their creation Children's Courts have dealt with all matters relating to children, including offences by them, and against them. Children's Courts were the first legal method of removing children from their families and were able to place neglected or delinquent children under probation (supervision), send those convicted of offences to reformatories or industrial schools and order maintenance or boarding out payments for deserted mothers. It also made decisions about truancy, boarding out, institutionalisation and other matters. The Children's Court is still is the major arbiter of decisions relating to children.
Children's Courts that operated in the past but were closed by the 1980s were in Surry Hills (Metropolitan Children's Court), Burwood, Campsie, Parramatta, Hornsby and Haberfield (Yasmar).
Last updated:
27 November 2023
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