SANTA ANA — After about 10 years on the bench, probate Judge Jacki Brown is busier than ever, toggling between a calendar of general conservator trusts and decedent estates.
“I’ve had judges say it’s family law on steroids. I’ve found it to be a little more like family law on methamphetamines,” said Brown, who became a judge for the Orange County Superior Court’s probate mental health division about a year ago. She hears... (continued)