Separate hearing when child appears
§ 163. Separate hearing when child appears. Any case under this act in which children are directly involved or appear shall be heard separately and apart from the hearing of cases against adults, and, where practicable, room separate and apart from a regular court room shall be provided for the use of the family court, together with suitable quarters for the use of the judge, probation officers and other employees of the court.
Cases directly involving children are heard separately from adult cases, in a separate room where practicable.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.