While other, more pejorative, terms could be used to describe California’s massive legal system these days, let’s just say it’s in disarray, and count the ways. The State Bar, an agency that licenses and oversees hundreds of thousands of California attorneys, has been wracked by financial irregularities and allegations that it has neglected to protect us from unethical or incompetent … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2016
Auditor responds to CJP jurisdiction challenge
Attorneys for the California State Auditor submitted a response Monday to a writ filed last month by the Commission on Judicial Performance challenging the auditor's jurisdiction. The CJP sued Auditor Elaine M. Howle in San Francisco Superior Court in October, seeking to limit the scope of an audit ordered by the Legislature in August. The CJP is the state agency that investigates and … [Read more...]
CONTACT 13: More moms come forward to say Family Court judge is bully on bench
Las Vegas (KTNV) - More mothers are coming forward to Contact 13 saying a Family Court judge is a bully on the bench, accusing her of ripping families apart, failing to enforce child support orders and leaving children as collateral damage. "You don't understand. I love her. And I'm gonna miss her so much. Please don't do this to me!" Those are the words of a tear-stricken 12-year-old girl … [Read more...]
CONTACT 13: Mom claims judge bullied her child
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - Bully on the bench? That's what a district court judge is being called after a controversial video surfaces from Family Court. Contact 13 investigates the disturbing way a mom says a judge ripped her family apart. The heart-wrenching reality is a young girl just wants to stay with her mother. But in shocking video we get an inside look into Clark County Family … [Read more...]
Mercurio Dissertation: The California Family Court System
THE CALIFORNIA FAMILY COURT SYSTEM: EXPERIENCES OF PROTECTIVE MOTHERS OF ABUSED CHILDREN Michelle Kathleen Mercurio Saybrook University There is a national epidemic of children being physically, sexually, emotionally, and verbally abused and/or neglected by their fathers as a result of custody and visitation orders by the family court system (Rosin, 2014). In addition, the family … [Read more...]