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Jul. 8, 2009

Assigning Blame

The budget crisis isn't to blame for our overburdened family courts; the culprit is poor management, writes Fred Silberberg.

FORUM COLUMN

By Fred Silberberg

Those of us who are family law litigators know the drill. You file your case and you propound discovery. You hit a few bumps in the road when the other side does not comply with discovery or engages in stalling tactics. You do what you can to move it along. You meet and confer, you file a motion. You bring an order to show cause because there are issues that need to be addressed before you can get to trial. You file...

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