"Becoming familiar with (CHINS) Child in Need Service"

 

Please Post and Share with Families   Family Rounds A monthly series for parents and professionals December 15, 2011~ 12 noon - 1:30 p.m. ~  Board Room @ Davenport 4, Salem Hospital   "Becoming familiar with (CHINS) Child in Need Service" Presenter:   Jessica Berry, Staff Attorney ~ Children's Law Center of Massachusetts    The Child in Need of Services (CHINS) law in Massachusetts creates a procedure for parents, police officers, and/or schools to require a child who has not committed a crime but who is running away, skipping school, or seriously misbehaving at home or in school to go to Juvenile Court to work with a Probation Officer or go in front of a Judge.   This training will introduce the basics of the Child in Need of Services (CHINS) law and how that law plays out in the Juvenile Courts. It will define the various types of CHINS and who can file for them, explain the pre-court and court procedure in a CHINS, and outline the possible outcomes in a CHINS case. Advantages and disadvantages of filing a CHINS will be presented. The training will also briefly discuss current efforts to reform the CHINS law.       Lectures are free on the third Thursday of the month at Board Room @ Davenport 4, Salem Hospital ~ right off the elevator of Davenport Bldg.                                                                           Registration is required.  Email ithomson@partners.org or call 978-354-2670

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