Letters
Jun. 20, 2025
In family court, justice is being delayed and children are suffering
The family law crisis in California is driven by overwhelmed and underfunded courts, a high percentage of self-represented litigants, and insufficient mediation services, resulting in prolonged delays, increased costs, and unresolved cases that harm families, especially children.
Eugene M. Hyman
Judge (Ret.)
Santa Clara County Superior Court
Santa Clara Univ Law School
Eugene is a retired judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court, where for 20 years he presided over cases in the criminal, civil, probate, family and delinquency divisions of the court. He has presided over an adult domestic violence court and in 1999 presided over the first juvenile domestic violence and family violence court in the United States.
Judge Harry L. Powazek's Daily Journal
opinion piece, "Family
law crisis: Why divorce cases now take years and cost more," June 2, 2025,
is painfully accurate.
Why don't most judges volunteer to serve in the family court? The reasons are amazingly simple to understand. Sixty percent or mo...
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