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Family

Aug. 1, 2000

New Legal Center an Instant Success

Maria Montengo and her husband Albert wearily scrutinized the signs along the second floor of the Los Angeles County Courthouse for the third or fourth time. Though half the Central District's family law courtrooms are on the second floor, the couple didn't know where to begin proceedings to petition for paternity and visitation rights for his 3-year-old son from a previous relationship.

By Ed Kimble
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        Maria Montengo and her husband Albert wearily scrutinized the signs along the second floor of the Los Angeles County Courthouse for the third or fourth time. Though half the Central District's family law courtrooms are on the second floor, the couple didn't know where to begin proceedings to petition for...

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