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Juvenile

Nov. 17, 2011

Open dependency courts will hurt our children

L.A. County's child dependency system soon will be opened to the public, despite strong opposition. By William W. Patton of Whittier Law School


By William Wesley Patton


Michael Nash, presiding judge of the Juvenile Court, has issued a notice that he will within 30 days force Los Angeles County's most vulnerable citizens, abused and neglected youth, to reveal the intimate secrets of their troubled lives to random strangers and the media. Judge Nash must know something that he is not disclosing to the public. Something that the California Legislature and the Connecticut Legislature, the largest organi...

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