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Family,
Judges and Judiciary

Nov. 27, 2023

Solutions for a broken family law system

There are those who think that the family court does not need more judicial officers and believe it simply needs to be more efficient. The people who think that efficiency alone will solve the problems are the same people who do not fully understand family law or the family court.

Mark E. Minyard

Partner
Minyard Morris

Minyard is a partner at Minyard Morris and served on the Elkins Family Law Task Force

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In previous articles I discussed the many problems within the current family law system. Are there solutions to these problems? Yes, the system can be materially improved if there is the motivation to do so.

Filling the authorized judicial positions should be given priority by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The funds for these judges are in the budget, and the unfilled judicial positions are not about money.

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