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Judges and Judiciary

Dec. 28, 2011

Layoff notice comes at bad time for mother of three

There rarely, if ever, is a good time to receive a layoff notice, but for one legal process clerk at San Joaquin County Superior Court the timing was particularly bad - it came while she was on maternity leave.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


STOCKTON - There's rarely, if ever, a good time to receive a layoff notice, but for one legal process clerk at San Joaquin County Superior Court, the timing was particularly bad - the notice came while she was on maternity leave.


Heather Romuar, who had been a court employee since December 2007, gave birth to her third child two months before the pink slip arrived in the mail at her Stockton hom...

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