Perspective
Mar. 12, 2011
Traffic Jam
Giving priority to two classes of litigants, at the expense of all others, has created a traffic jam in our family courts. By Fred Silberberg of Silberberg & Ross.
We are now entering the third month of court reform under Family Code Section 217 (commonly known as the "Elkins Commission Recommendations"), and while many would argue that it is "too soon to tell" whether the return of oral testimony improves the administration of justice, there is one glaring problem. While the intent behind the recommendations issued by the task force were to restore a sense of due process to family law...
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