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Aug. 24, 2020

The Optimist

Her own family’s situation gives Judge Jean Nelson hope as she presides over a dependency court calendar.

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Jean M. Nelson

Los Angeles County (Monterey Park)
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MONTEREY PARK -- Presiding over a juvenile dependency court can be depressing, but Judge Jean M. Nelson's experience with two teen foster brothers who cared for her parents in their old age gives her hope that there can be a happy ending even when children are legally removed from their parents' custody.

Nelson, appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2018 after a career prosecuting and defending white-coll... (continued)

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