This is the Year...
This is the Place...
100 years of Juvenile Justice...

The Denver Juvenile Court, similarly to the Denver Probate Court, is a district-level court that has original jurisdiction over special, limited issues in Denver City and County. It is the only separate Juvenile Court in Colorado. It's unique status could only be removed by constitutional amendment. The Denver juvenile Court turned 100 years old in 2003. It was the first functioning juvenile court in the United States, arose from truancy concepts, and became the second official U.S. Juvenile Court soon after creation of Chicago's Juvenile Court. It has weathered the Ku Klux Klan, major changes in Federal Constitutional law, the 50-year-old change from county court to district court status, and new challenges every day.

We invite you to share this unique, living children's resource
here on the web and also at Juvenile Court on
Centennial Day, September 19, 2003.