NCJ Number
133981
Date Published
1991
Length
72 pages
Annotation
This 1990 annual report of the Family Court Division of Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas provides information on the judiciary and the various branches of the Family Court Division: juvenile, domestic relations, and medical.
Abstract
Data for each branch cover filings, dispositions, and any support order and restitution payments received. Highlights of the year include the establishment of an Abuse Assistance Unit to help persons with the writing and filing of a petition for a protection order for a person not represented by counsel. Also established was an Intensive Drug and Alcohol Unit that provides intensive supervision to juveniles discharged from drug and alcohol residential facilities as well as first-time drug and alcohol offenders. A Court Masters Unit continues to be effective in relieving the judiciary of numerous cases.