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Toronto Youth Shorts Adjudication – 05:00AM
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Toronto Youth Shorts Adjudication – 05:00AM

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:25 AM PDT

The 2010Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival jury talks about how makes an effective T24 Project film and uses that criteria to analyze one of the challenge finalists, 05:00AM made by Orhan Sumen, Kalynda Braithwaite, David Nicol and Alex Morin. The adjudication was held at the Alumnae Theatre on Saturday July 17 as the final night of the 2010 Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival. The jury consists of: -NOW Magazine senior film critic and Vice President of the Toronto Film Critics Association, Norman Wilner -Academy Award nominated filmmaker and animator (Selfish Giant), Peter Sander -Winner of the 2009 Toronto Youth Shorts Excellence in Film Direction award (Along the Lines of Connectivity: Please Mind the Gap), Karen Forhan
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What does “petition for adjudication of wardship for a minor” mean?

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Question by boots: What does “petition for adjudication of wardship for a minor” mean?
My 16 yr old was found with marijuana, a police officer delivered a paper stating “in the interest of the minor -petition for adjudication of wardship”, but what exactly does it mean? If you don’t know or you have a sarcastic opinion, please save it. Thank you.

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Answer by leslie S
Juvenile court uses a lot of strange terms. For example a defendant is not a defendant but a minor respondent.
In your specific case in the interest means that the request to a judge is in to see if you are a:
fit parent or
to see if the child should be made a ward of the state or
given his emancipation, that is to be treated as an adult (usually just for this case).

You should have been given a date/time/place for the hearing.

Given his age and if he was found with a large amount, usually that charge is something like manufacture and sale, they are looking to find him an adult so he can go to trial in adult court and get an adult sentence.

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