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Apr. 2, 2001

Judge Maryanne G. Gilliard

Family law court can take on a circus atmosphere at times. The emotional nature of the subject matter lends itself to potential problems.
"We have more arrests here than downtown," says Sacramento Superior Judge Maryanne Gilliard of the William R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse on Power Inn Road. "We get fights in the halls and the elevators. I really can't go out to lunch close by because I might run into a disgruntled litigant. Security is a big ... (continued)

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