DISTRICT 43 FAMILY COURT COMMITTEE

c/o 2272 McAllister Avenue
Port Coquitiam, 8.C.
V3C 2A8

October 18, 1984

Ministry of the Attorney Genera!
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, 8.C.

Attention: Mr. Robin Bourne,

Assistant Deputy Minister
Potice Services

Dear Mr. Bourne:

Further to your meeting with Alderman R. Smith of Port Moody,

with respect to our Family Court Committee matters at the U.B.C.M.
conference, we wish to confirm that you will investigate and

report to us on the following:

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Specialization - Our Committee feals that this is mandatory
in tight of the number of juvenile cases, and/or abuse cases
that we see in our Family Court. We understand that we have
your support on this matter and would appreciate hearing from

you in this regard.

Scheduling - This ts of the utmost importance in our
particular Family Court at this time because of our
facilities. We are seeing juvenite offenders and sexual
assault/abuse cases ail using the same waiting room. This is
a detinite detriment to the cause of justice -- justice
cannot be adequately served when the offender and defendant
are forced to face each other for often lengthy periods of
time prior to court appearance. We might add that this
concerns us specifically with respect to the child abuse
cases, where a child is waiting in the same room as the

offender.