Should family court be run solely by judges possessing a wealth of family law knowledge and experience? More often than not, family lawyers complain, judges with little or no family law background are assigned to Connecticut's family bench, while family law practitioners struggle to get appointed to judgeships. "There are people who have never done family [law] who are getting assigned family [court]," says Patricia R. Kaplan, a family lawyer who is the program director of New Haven Legal Assistance.
January 04, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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Should family court be run solely by judges possessing a wealth of family law knowledge and experience?
More often than not, leading family lawyers complain, judges with little or no family law background are assigned to the state’s family bench, while family law practitioners struggle to get appointed to judgeships.
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