Unified Family Court is a fully intengrated, comprehensive approach to handling all cases involving children and families, while at the same time resolving family disputes in a fair, timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner.

The Essential Components Include:

• Court case mangement to monitor the case progress and evaluate each case at the outset to determine the appropriate resources and the appropriate way to handle the case.
• Coordination of multiple cases involving one family.
• Collaboration between the judiciary, stakeholders, and the community to provide access to an array of services for families.
• Less adversarial approach to handling family cases that focuses on minimizing harm to the child while balancing due process concerns.