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Family,
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Feb. 14, 2020

Mediation magic at the dependency courts

There is magic happening at the Los Angeles County Dependency Courts in Monterey Park and Antelope Valley, California. These are the Los Angeles County Superior Courts where judges, lawyers, social workers, parents and guardians address difficult questions surrounding the protection of children from abuse and neglect.

Stacey Lisk

Mediator, Co-Founder
Southern California Family Mediation

Email: stacey@socalfm.org

Sidney Kanazawa

Mediator/Arbitrator, Attorney
ARC (Alternative Resolution Centers)

Email: skanazawa@arc4adr.com

USC Gould School of Law

There is magic happening at the Los Angeles County Dependency Courts in Monterey Park and Antelope Valley, California. These are the Los Angeles County Superior Courts where judges, lawyers, social workers, parents and guardians address difficult questions surrounding the protection of children from abuse and neglect. It often begins with a teacher, doctor, friend or relative noticing unusual marks of injury on a child or noticing a child lacking care or noticing beha...

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