Family
Oct. 27, 2009
L.A. Court Caps Pay for Minors' Counsel in Family Law
The cost-saving measure has some lawyers worried childrens' interest won't be served. Others say transparency and oversight is needed to ensure counsel are acting and billing appropriately.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Los Angeles County is imposing new restrictions on pay for court-appointed lawyers representing children in divorce and custody cases and potentially limiting their caseload, a cost-saving measure that has some worried for the children's interests.
The order, issued by Presiding Family Law Judge Marjorie Steinberg on Tuesday, tightens the belt on a department that did not previousl...
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