San Diego County (San Diego)
SAN DIEGO — In Judge Marissa A. Bejarano’s chambers there is a small handwritten note next to a picture of a smiling adopted girl that reads: “I love you, Judge. Thank you for letting me stay here.”
“That’s a reminder of the impact that we make every day,” the judge said.
Her job in dependency court is to give children new parents, remove them from parents who abuse them, or help the parents do bette... (continued)