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Law Practice,
Appellate Practice

May 4, 2022

A closer perspective on juvenile dependency

It can be a very rewarding long term vocation – or a first step in a diversified and gratifying career. It is also worth noting that a meaningful number of judges and commissioners on the court who preside across Los Angeles County started their careers as dependency lawyers.”

Paso Robles Branch

Michael C. Kelley

Judge

Civil/Probate/Appellate

Yale Law School

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May is National Foster Care month. This recognition, which has been observed for 34 years, seeks to facilitate a coordinated effort to raise public awareness in the United States of the special challenges faced by the more than 400,000 children and youth in foster care. Approximately 60,000 of these children are in California and nearly 32,000 are in Los Angeles County.

The modest goal of this article is to contribute to that awareness-rai...

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