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Sep. 28, 2017

Giving Hope

In family law court, Judge Layne H. Melzer tries to give parties optimism along with his rulings.

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Orange County (Orange)

ORANGE — Judge Layne Melzer spent 30 years working complex business cases with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, but said his first year presiding over a family law court has already proven tougher.

“Being a civil litigator was easy,” said the Orange County Superior Court judge. “Money is important to people, but it’s nowhere near as important as dividing up children between two parents. That’s probably been the ... (continued)

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