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| Juvenile court's key leverage in jeopardy |
| By The Union-Tribune |
| Published: 01/26/2009 |
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CALIFORNIA - For the past decade, judges in Juvenile Dependency Court in San Diego have held a powerful weapon over parents working to get their children returned to them. If parents repeatedly fail in the court's substance abuse recovery program – by testing positive for drugs or not attending classes – they are sent to jail for contempt of court. Under that program, hundreds of parents have served jail time typically ranging from a few nights to nearly a week. Now the practice is likely to be stopped by another set of judges: the state Supreme Court. This month, the court heard oral arguments in a case brought by a San Diego woman who was sentenced to 300 days in jail for contempt of court, and ended up serving more than a month. The case turns on fundamental issues about how far juvenile courts can go to compel parents to obey orders aimed at reunifying families and the appropriate penalties for parents who don't obey. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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