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Aug. 3, 2021

Emphasizes Permanency

Juvenile dependency Judge Michael Rushton wants kids in homes.

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Emphasizes Permanency

Michael Rushton

Riverside County (Murrieta)

Career Highlights: Elected to the Riverside County Superior Court, 2008; deputy district attorney, Riverside County, 1992-2008

Law School: UC Hastings College of Law
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MURRIETA -- When a child finds a new home, Judge Michael J. Rushton has a tradition of taking a picture with the freshly formed family.

"There's probably countless pictures of me with kids getting adopted with their parents on adoption day," he said.

A relative adopting a child or the child being reunified with a parent make up the happy endings to Rushton's cases, but they often require taking an arduous path.

A former gang prosecutor,... (continued)

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