CAREGIVERS

Going to Court.

Information to help you support your young person through the court process.

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It might take years to get to court

What happens at court?

The Court is different from other places you go to. It is a place where people who have broken the law (rules) are taken by the Police.  

The Court decides what will happen to someone who has broken the law. 

O tulaga e faia mo lau tamaitiiti pe a fai lana molimau i le faamasinoga?

O fea tonu o le fale faamasino e faatali ai la'u tamaitiiti? A o fea ou te faatali ai?

Who is in the court?

Hover over or click a number to find out information about their role in court.

Court room layout showing people in the court.

Faamasino

E pule i mea uma o fai i le potu faamasino. A leai se laulauafono faamasino, ona fai lea e le faamasino o le iuga pe faamaonia se solitulafono a le tagata.

Resitara

O le soatau a le faamasino na te faamautinoaina le faia o faagasologa masani o le faamasinoga.

Molimau (o oe, mai le isi potu)

O le avanoa e faamatala ai e le tama/teine talavou i tagata uma le mea moni na tupu. Atonu e lē na o se toatasi se molimau.

Sui Molimau Lagolago

O se tasi e te iloa e tapuaia oe. E lē mafai na talanoa atu, a o ola le meapueata.

Laulauafono faamasino

E 12 sui o le laulauafono faamasino e faia le iuga o le tagata solitulafono pe faamaonia le nofosala. O tagata ese e lē iloa le tagata solitulafono po o ē molimau.

Loia a Leoleo

O le loia mo le malo. Na te folasia faamaoniga e iloa ai le mea na tupu.

Loia mo le Tagata Solitulafono

O le loia a le tagata solitulafono. Na te folasia le mataupu a le tagata solitulafono ma fai fesili.

Tagata Solitulafono po o le Tagata Tuuaia

O le tagata ua tuuaia i se solitulafono.

Leoleo Falepuipui

Na te vaaia le tagata solitulafono a o auai atu i le faamasinoga.

Sui o le Faamasinoga

Na te faamautinoa o sologa lelei tulaga uma o le faamasinoga.

Faufautua o le faamasinoga ua afaina

E fesoasoani atu ia e iloa faagasologa o le faamasinoga ma faamalamalama se fesili.

Faitau le lisi atoa o tagata e auai i le faamasinoga.

Your young person won’t be able to see the person who has harmed them, and that person won’t be able to ask them questions.

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