FLASHBACK: SACRAMENTO FAMILY COURT AUDIT FAIL - FAMILY COURT SERVICES, EVALUATORS, MEDIATORS, MINOR'S COUNSEL, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ALL FAULTED

Nine years later, court watchdogs and whistleblowers say little has changed.

Read our Special Report: Sacramento County Family Court Operates as RICO Racketeering Enterprise, Charge Whistleblowers.

Family Law and Divorce Lawyers: Judge Acknowledges Draconian Family Court Conditions To Family Law Attorneys - Public Not Notified

Supervising Judge Matthew J. Gary Warns Family Court Problems Will Get Worse - Court Services To Be Slashed to "Core Functions"

In an address to the Sacramento County Bar Association Family Law Section, Family Court Judge Matthew Gary admitted that the conditions in Family Court continue to deteriorate, and are now worse than the conditions which last year led to national news coverage by the New York Times. 

Gary, the supervising family law and probate judge, spoke at the February family law luncheon held by and for family law attorneys. According to an account of the event in The Family Law Counselor, the newsletter of the Sacramento County Bar Association Family Law Section, Gary revealed that...

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Family Law and Judges: Hon. Steve White Responds To State Auditor About Family Court Sacramento Audit

Judge Steve White Acknowledges Long Lines at Family Courthouse - To State Auditors Office

The counter service wait times and long lines at the William R. Ridgeway Family Courthouse have made national news. Last week, a New York Times article about budget cuts to California courts included a photo of the public counter line at the Sacramento County Family Courthouse. Overlooked by the East Coast reporter was the fact that the long line pictured wasn’t the queue to get service at the public counter. As any court customer may have recognized, the line pictured was the line to get a ticket to be able to continue waiting in the inside public counter bleacher area.

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