Family
Mar. 4, 2010
Poor Management Caused Court Backlog
Family law specialist Fred Silberberg says the budget crisis is not the real reason for why the family court system has reached a virtual standstill.
By Fred Silberberg
Warning to anyone about to file a divorce proceeding in certain of the larger county superior courts: Your case will not be heard in any reasonable amount of time. You will likely not have a trial that will last for less than a year. You cannot have a motion heard and completed in any reasonable period of time. Expect any orders to show cause that you may have filed to be continued, and continued, and if they are ruled upon at all, it won't happen for a...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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