A Sonoma County judge denied private attorney Julie Levy’s ex parte application seeking taxpayer funding for her legal defense in a civil harassment lawsuit, which was filed against a journalist while Levy was appointed as minor’s counsel in a child custody proceeding.
California’s family courts have systematically reduced the presence of official court reporters, leaving millions of legal proceedings without official verbatim records. This development impedes judicial accountability and obstructs meaningful appellate review, occurring as the California Supreme Court evaluates the adequacy of electronic recordings as a substitute for certified shorthand reporters.
A litigant at the Harbor Justice Center reported on June 4 that he remains unable to facilitate child exchanges with his former spouse, despite a criminal court modification to a protective order allowing peaceful contact for that purpose, citing conflicting directives from family court proceedings.
A small group of private attorneys in Sonoma County have been paid over $1.4 million in public funds over seven years to represent children in their parents’ divorce and custody cases, with one attorney, Daniel Beck, collecting over $271,000 of that total.
A judge at the Harbor Justice Center declined to immediately expand a father’s contact with his children, citing the timeline of a protective order despite arguments that the father had made measurable progress in treatment programming.
California’s new SB 1427 law allows married couples to file a joint petition for dissolution of marriage or legal separation, requiring them to resolve major issues in advance and incentivizing mediation to reduce the adversarial and expensive nature of family court proceedings.
Kathleen and Richard, two individuals caught in a decade-long legal battle, were both exploited by divorce attorney Mark Erickson, leading to financial ruin and emotional distress, ultimately resulting in Kathleen’s death and Richard’s continued fight for justice.
A disabled domestic violence survivor is standing up for herself and others by fighting for justice in the face of a judge who ignores case law, denies ADA accommodations, and allows bias to run unchecked in family court.
A man was arrested on a felony charge of criminal contempt for allegedly drinking alcohol and physically assaulting his daughter, and a clerical error was noted on his arrest record, but the judge declined to address it in court and left it up to the accused’s new attorney to resolve.
California parents are forced to pay private monitors hundreds of dollars per visit to see their own children under court-ordered supervision, while the state’s Professional Supervised Visitation system profits from family court dysfunction through secretive business training funded by taxpayers.
A domestic violence survivor is being subjected to legal abuse and retaliation in Santa Clara County, as the court refuses to enforce a binding support order and has held ten hearings on alimony.
A Kentucky father has won a rare victory in the state Court of Appeals after a family court judge was found to have committed a “substantial miscarriage of justice” in a high-stakes custody battle, highlighting the importance of due process and transparency in family court.
Carre Munoz, a caseworker for Colorado’s Child Protective Services, violated due process and destroyed a family by removing their children after a false positive test result caused by over-the-counter medications, and the system has been under fire for years for wrongful child removals and misconduct.
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