Family
Feb. 3, 2012
Judge's order offers look inside dependency court
Critics of Tuesday's blanket order allowing regular media access to juvenile dependency courts are predicting more delays and more expensive litigation as a result.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - More work, delays and appeals. That's the prediction from opponents of an order issued by the presiding judge of the county's juvenile courts to open dependency cases to the media.
The move attempts to answer years of concern that the sealed court proceedings shielded flaws in the child protection system instead of protecting children.
But in arguing why their cases sh...
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