Supreme Court backs raises for family court judges

Supreme Court backs raises for family court judges

The West Virginia Supreme Court has endorsed legislation that would significantly raise the salaries of the state's 45 family court judges.

In a rarity for the court, Chief Justice Brent Benjamin submitted a letter to lawmakers supporting bills introduced in the House and Senate that would raise family court judges' pay from $82,500 to $111,000 on July 1.

Note: Is this how they should be spending the government bailout money?

That's a $28,500 dollar a year raise before taxes people! That breaks down to an extra $548 dollars a week plus benefits for tearing your families apart and sticking you with massive child support orders! I'm sure that kind of money would take a lot of the personal guilt away from destroying families.

Is this how the states help those facing foreclosure, homelessness, hunger, unemployment or whatever else they can peg on a parent for a neglect charge? A lot of people in this country have to live on less than what they're getting for a raise!

And since when is $82,500 a year not enough to live a comfortable life on?

You people down in West Virginia need to wake the fuck up and do something about this!