Children's Justice Initiative (CJI)

In the Best Interests of Your Child (18 min) is an orientation to child protection proceedings. The purpose of the video is to:

• Identify the people who will be involved in the child protection case and who will be in the courtroom (e.g., judge, court reporter, court attendant, county attorney, social worker, guardian ad litem, attorneys, etc.);
• Explain the parent's legal rights and responsibilities;
• Describe the juvenile court process, including the types of hearings (e.g., Emergency Protective Care, Admit/Deny, Disposition, Review, Permanency) that the parent may be required to attend and what happens at a typical hearing;
• Explain how the juvenile court process may affect the parent and the child and what will happen after court; and
• Emphasize that the child's best interests are at stake and timely resolution of the problems causing risk of harm to the child is important to the healthy development of the child. 

The video has been provided to all Children's Justice Initiative (CJI) judges, court administrators, county social services agencies, tribal social service agencies, Guardian ad Litem (GAL) Program Managers and Coordinators, and all attorneys representing parents in child protection cases. 

Orientation to the court process for Minnesota’s child protection system

တၢ်ဒုးသ့၃်ညါတၢ်ဂ့ၢ်ဘၣ်ထွဲဒီးမံၣ်နံၣ်စိထၣ်ကွီၢ်ဘျီၣ်အကျိၤအကျဲလၢတၢ်ဒီသဒၢဖိသၣ်အခွဲးအယာ်ဝဲၤကျိၤအဂီၢ် (Karen)

Faahfaahin ku saabsan habka uu u shaqeeyo nidaamka badbaadada nolosha ubadka gobolka Minnesota (Somali)

Orientación sobre el proceso judicial en el sistema de protección para menores de Minnesota (Spanish)

Kev qhia txog tus txheej txheem hais plaub rau Minnesota txoj hau kev tiv thaiv menyuam (Hmong)