Legally Kidnapped

Shattering Your Child Welfare Delusions Since 2007


Thursday, August 07, 2008

Scrutiny of dependency court system shunned

Scrutiny of dependency court system shunned

A director of the law firm fighting to keep representing impoverished clients in Santa Clara County's juvenile dependency court has objected to a proposal to monitor firms like his as they represent children and parents across the state.

John Nieman, a top attorney at Santa Clara Juvenile Defenders, is a rare voice complaining about monitoring, among those offering comments to a statewide commission creating sweeping dependency court reforms. The reforms include standards for attorney performance, considered a critical remedy for widespread problems in the courts that oversee foster care.

Note: The headline should have read, "Scrutiny of System Suck's Shunned!"

No comments:

Post a Comment

Guess what

It Could Happen To You