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Family

Jun. 14, 2011

Child-Centered Response to the Elkins Family Law Task Force

The Elkins Family Law Task Force's report on family court reform ignores the children. By Amy M. Pellman, Robert N. Jacobs and Dara K. Reiner


FIRST IN A THREE-PART SERIES


The "Elkins Family Law Task Force: Final Report and Recommendations" is a package of proposals designed to balance the scales in family court on behalf of self-represented litigants. The Elkins Family Law Task Force presented the Elkins Report to the Judicial Council of California on April 23, 2010, after holding hearings and reviewing suggestions for almost two years.


Regrettably, the Task Force seems to have forgo...

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