By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - About five years ago, when Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff was a family-law comissioner, he ordered a furniture-maker to pay $100 a month in spousal support to his former wife.
That may not seem like much, but it was a lot of money to the carpenter. Beckloff realized this. He also realized it was bread on the table to the man's ex-wife, a garment worker who earned 3 cents for every piece she stitche... (continued)
