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Our focus began with issues relating to fatherhood, but we now raise awareness of the societal and personal impacts of high-conflict custody disputes as well as the immediate need for court reform to address outcome disparities and impose requirements of transparency and accountability within the family law system. It is our civic responsibility to protect constitutional rights to due process and equal treatment for all parents.
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The Scoop Part I
SFGATE by Adam Ashton/CalMatters 12/11/2024
Los Angeles Times by Connor Sheets 12/11/2024
Los Angeles Times by Connor Sheets 12/11/2024
California judges say they’re underpaid, and their new lawsuit could cost taxpayers millions
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/california-judges-say-they-re-underpaid-and-19973564.php
Los Angeles Times by Connor Sheets 12/11/2024
Los Angeles Times by Connor Sheets 12/11/2024
Los Angeles Times by Connor Sheets 12/11/2024
California courts sued over failure to ensure transcripts in millions of hearings
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-11/lawsuit-california-court-reporter-transcripts
KEYT News by Andrew Gillies 12/10/2024
Los Angeles Times by Connor Sheets 12/11/2024
KEYT News by Andrew Gillies 12/10/2024
California Commission issues public admonishment of Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Adams
California Courts Newsroom
The San Francisco Standard by Garrett Leahy 8/3/2023
KEYT News by Andrew Gillies 12/10/2024
Upcoming Judicial Council Meeting February 2025
https://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/event/judicial-council-meeting-22
Vanguard News Group by Robert J. Hansen 10/26/2023
The San Francisco Standard by Garrett Leahy 8/3/2023
The San Francisco Standard by Garrett Leahy 8/3/2023
California State Bar Chairman Brandon Stallings Faces Fresh Disclosures of Attorney Misconduct in Wake of Thomas Girardi Affair
The San Francisco Standard by Garrett Leahy 8/3/2023
The San Francisco Standard by Garrett Leahy 8/3/2023
The San Francisco Standard by Garrett Leahy 8/3/2023
California ‘snitch rule’ requires lawyers report illegal conduct of peers
https://sfstandard.com/2023/08/03/california-new-snitch-rule-stop-lawyers-misconduct/
The scoop Part II
More News-Worthy stories
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Ruggeri, H., S. Bassi, and F. Johnson. February 18, 2024. The Davis Vangu
CA
Judges Blocks Public Access to Attempted Murder Case Involving Family Court Reunification Therapist
Newberg, Katelyn. February 15, 2024. Las Vegas Review-Journal.
NV
Nevada Supreme Court rules public has right to access Family Court hearings
S. Bassi, and F. Johnson. Feb. 14, 2024. The Davis Vanguard.
CA
Federal Judge Gives California’s Attorney General 60 Days to Explain Family Court Outdated ‘Slut-Shaming’ Law
Kaye, Jacob. February 13, 2024. Queens Daily Eagle.
NY
Lawmakers call on state to 'fully fund' family court
https://queenseagle.com/all/2024/2/13/lawmakers-call-on-state-to-fully-fund-family-court
S. Bassi, and F. Johnson. Jan. 16, 2024. The Davis Vanguard.
CA
Judge Faces Removal after Appointing Minors Counsel to Address Children’s Extracurricular Activities in Family Law Case
Hansen, Robert J. March 31, 2023. The Davis Vanguard.
CA
Death, Child Support and Attorney’s Fees in Silicon Valley
https://www.davisvanguard.org/2023/03/part-five-tainted-trials-tarnished-headlines-stolen-justice/
Patton, Mary Claire. Feb. 15, 2023. KSAT.com.
TX
Texas brothers who beat stepfather to death for sexually abusing their sister appear in court
Ortiz, Erik. July 30, 2021. NBC News.
PA
One disaster after another: How a family court judge failed families
Father's Rights
Briefs and Blogs
Wang, Wendy, Ph.D. Institute for Family Studies. 10/24/2023.
2023
American Dads Are More Involved Than Ever
https://ifstudies.org/ifs-admin/resources/briefs/ifs-wang-fatherstimebrief-oct2023-1.pdf
Kibbler, Tara. HeinOnline Blog. 6/19/2020.
2020
A Fathers’ Day Investigation of the Fathers’ Rights Movement
https://home.heinonline.org/blog/2020/06/a-fathers-day-investigation-of-the-fathers-rights-movement/
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