Government
Feb. 20, 2015
Courts set to see changes to funding for child welfare attorneys
After years of complaints, the judicial branch is looking seriously at pegging funding for court-ordered dependency counsel to court's workloads. The push comes as Gov. Jerry Brown urged such a reform in his Jan. 9 budget proposal.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - For years, courts in California have received far less funding for court-appointed counsel to represent minors in dependency court than they need. Now, attorneys who have long said that the little state funding courts receive isn't fairly allocated are praising a decision by Gov. Jerry Brown to push the judiciary to address the disparity.
"We've been trying to work through the ...
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