In reference to an adjacent and well-responded to topic I want
to ask when the Bishops Court became a Court of Love. Myself I
was only asked to attend a Bishops Court as they evaluated
whether to to excommunicate me in the 1970s.

I politely declined to attend and in reference to another
adjacent and well curated topic on introverted personalities
this made sense.

Until then I had not heard of a Court of Love and was well
aware of the Bishops Court and the convention of dismissing
Aaronic priesthood prior to making announcements of the
results.

Can anyone pin down the timeframe for the transition from the
Bishops Court and if they still exist, what's the difference?
After decades in a career in corporate structure there are
numerous similarly misnamed functions to Court of Love, such as
Center of Excellence.

Thanks.

BcE

I don't think it was ever officially called a court of love.
That term seems to have originated here"

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1972/07/courts-of-love?lang=eng

"Priesthood courts of the Church are not courts of retribution. They are courts of love. Oh, that members of the Church could understand this fact."

I somehow reached an awareness that essentially the Bishop’s Court and a Court of Love had the same purpose, with the distinction being that the former only had jurisdiction over women and Aaronic Priesthood holders. The latter was a Stake level undertaking.

That may have been the case. At the present time, a stake membership council (as they are now known) is only required for endowed members

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/general-handbook/32-repentance-and-membership-councils?lang=eng#title_number18

What did you do?

Or didn't do?

Do tell! Won't you?
You won't go to hell-
I can't guarantee that but I could try.

I cannot speak for others, only to what I experienced. Two grumpy-faced brothren from my ward, came to my door with a written summons to meet with the bishop & counselors. I refused even though I was attending regularly. Some time later, I was invited to a stake level church court, which I also did not attend. Now, I had been interviewed several times during the years, & not once did I know the purpose of these meetings but only once.

bishop's court = ward level
church court = stake level

Not sure about the above, but that is my understanding. Hope it helps.

there is no such ting as a court of love.
all courts bytheir vert nature are COURTS OF RETRIBUTION

Or courts of public opinion

Or tennis courts even