By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer
HAYWARD - In 2002, Judge Julia Spain sat in the audience of the state Supreme Court watching oral arguments. The justices were presiding over a case that originated in her courtroom - a custody battle involving a 6-year-old boy.
The issue was whether to award custody to a man who had raised the boy as his own but was neither his biological nor adoptive father. The boy's mother was unable to care for him, and ... (continued)
May 18, 2011
Julia Spain
Julia Spain After a winding path of a legal career, Judge Julia Spain takes pride in seeing her decisions questioned and validated at the highest levels of the court system.
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