Issue 34
May 2019
Unified Family Court Connection, Spring 2019
 
With family law cases continuing to increase nationwide, courts continually are refining their focus to create justice systems that help address the issues facing families in a more holistic and therapeutic way.  
 
The Spring 2019 issue of the Unified Family Court Connection offers a collection of articles on unified family courts, demonstrating how courts strive continually to improve.
The Honorable George Czutrin, a senior

justice of the family court in Toronto, and Tami Moscoe, senior family counsel, discuss access to justice challenges in the family law arena and how recent developments in Ontario courts have responded to those challenges in meaningful ways.

Julia F. Weber, JD, MSW, a consultant, speaker, and mediator who teaches domestic violence law at Golden Gate University School of Law, writes about how California's courts have responded to legislative, cultural, and budgetary changes over the years.

Barbara A. Babb, an associate professor of law and the founder and director of the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) at the University of Baltimore School of Law, and Gloria H. Danziger, former CFCC  Senior Fellow, write about their work with Nebraska to devise recommendations for the development and implementation of a unified family court pilot project in Nebraska.

Barbara A. Babb and Judith D. Moran  preview  their recently published book, "Caring for Families  in Court: An Essential Approach to Family Justice,"
which offers a vital new perspective on how family  courts and those who work in them must  approach their work.

CFCC's Unified Family Court Connection is the only publication  

in the U.S. devoted to the development and advancement  

of unified family courts. 
For a listing of previously released issues  click here.
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The Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts promotes policies and practices that unite families, communities and the justice system to improve the lives of children and families and the health of communities. CFCC advocates the use of therapeutic jurisprudence, the understanding that the legal system has an effect on behavior, emotions and mental health.

Barbara A. Babb is the Associate Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law; Founder and Director of Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC); Director of the Post-J.D. Certificate in Family Law program at the University of Baltimore School of Law; and Editor-in-Chief of the Family Court Review. 

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