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Family

Oct. 30, 2010

Family Law System Reformed

California family law is on the brink of the most dramatic changes the troubled system has seen in decades, according to experts who expect the coming reform measures to affect each county differently.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


California family law is on the brink of the most dramatic changes the troubled system has seen in decades, thanks to new reform measures designed to unify various court rules and streamline the legal process while expanding divorcing couples' due-process rights.


Those changes include giving bench officers more power to move cases, broadening the factors a court considers in determining attorneys...

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