Family Court - Miami, FL
A family court is a court convened to decide matters and make orders in relation to family law, such as custody of children. In common-law jurisdictions "family courts" are statutory creations primarily dealing with equitable matters devolved from a court of inherent jurisdiction, such as a superior court.
Case types may include child support, child custody, visitation rights, restraining orders, or emancipation of minors and not limited to divorce.
Criminal Law - Miami, FL
Criminal justice is the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts. Those accused of crime have protections against abuse of investigatory and prosecution powers.
The courts serve as the venue where disputes are then settled and justice is administered. With regard to criminal justice, there are a number of critical people in any court setting. These critical people are referred to as the courtroom work group and include both professional and non professional individuals. These include the judge, prosecutor, and the defense attorney. The judge, or magistrate, is a person, elected or appointed, who is knowledgeable in the law, and whose function is to objectively administer the legal proceedings and offer a final decision to dispose of a case.
Criminal Law - Miami, FL
These cases include, homicide, assault & battery, kidnapping, sexual battery, robbery, burglary, arson, theft, dealing in Stolen Property, carrying concealed weapons, lewd or lascivious indecent assault.
County Criminal Court
A county court is a court based in or with a jurisdiction covering one or more counties, which are administrative divisions (sub national entities) within a country, not to be confused with the medieval system of county courts held by the High Sheriff of each county. These cases include disorderly intoxication, possession of alcohol by a minor, sale of alcohol to a minor, disorderly conduct, loitering or prowling, vending machine theft, animal cruelty (which is also heard in the Felony Division), disturbing a school, religious or lawful assembly.
Juvenile Court - Miami, FL
A juvenile court (or young offender's court) is a tribunal having special authority to try and pass judgments for crimes committed by children or adolescents who have not attained the age of majority. In most modern legal systems, crimes committed by children and minors are treated differently to the same crimes committed by adults.
Severe offenses, like murder or gang-related acts, in 44 states of the USA are treated the same as crimes committed by adults: "Beginning around 35 years ago, increases in violent juvenile crime permitted judges to transfer juveniles to adult-criminal courts. No national data exist on the number of juvenile offenders prosecuted as adults." "The main difference between a juvenile court and an adult court in England is that the juvenile court has a much wider jurisdiction in terms of the offenses it can try. It can deal with a juvenile for any offense except homicide, although it is not bound to deal with a young person for a serious offense such as robbery or rape; on such a charge he can be committed to the Crown Court for trial in the same manner as an adult."
Domestic Violence Court - Miami, FL
Specialized domestic violence courts are designed to improve victim safety and enhance defendant accountability. They emerged in the 1980s and 1990s in response to frustration among victim advocates, judges and attorneys who saw the same litigants cycling through the justice system again and again.
Justice system practitioners, victim advocates, and researchers have cited the following major benefits of domestic violence courts:
Enhanced coordination of cases and consistent orders in different cases involving the same parties.
More comprehensive relief for victims at an earlier stage of the judicial process.
Advocacy services that encourage victims to establish abuse-free lives.
Greater understanding by judges of how domestic violence affects victims and their children.
More consistent procedures, treatment of litigants, rulings, and orders.
Greater availability of mechanisms to hold batterers accountable for the abuse.
Improved batterer compliance with orders.
Greater confidence on the part of the community that the justice system is responding effectively to domestic violence.
Greater system accountability.
"Your Right to Remain Silent"
"Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt"
"What to do if You Are the Victim of Domestic Violence"
"What to do When You Receive a Summons"
"What You Need to Know About Parenting Plans"