Family
Sep. 13, 2012
For LA family courts, less is more
The family law division at the Los Angeles County Superior Court has taken a lot of budget cuts in the past year, but lawyers say the system is actually working more efficently than ever.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - When Judge Scott M. Gordon began supervising the Los Angeles County Superior Court's family law division in January, some litigants downtown waited as long as 18 months for trial, by his estimate.
Then something unusual happened. Even as the court's cuts hit family law hard - two courtrooms were closed at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse and roughly 15 percent of the division's ...
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