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In 1984, after public discussion and hearings, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors created both the Department of Children Services and the Commission for Children's Services. [5] In 1994, the Board changed the name to the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). [2]
The Department of Social Services is divided into 10 divisions, with programs, branches, and agencies under those divisions: Administration; Legal; Children and Family Services; Community Care Licensing; Disability Determination Service; Adult Programs; Family Engagement and Empowerment; State Hearings; Information Systems
Starting in the 1970s, California began to slowly phase out the use of justice courts (in which non-lawyers were authorized by statute to preside as judges) after a landmark 1974 decision in which the Supreme Court of California unanimously held that it was a violation of due process to allow a non-lawyer to preside over a criminal trial which ...
Bohn sat down with Fox News Digital to discuss California's recently passed legislation, AB 1955, which would prohibit educators from informing parents when their children change their pronouns ...
Judge Agustín Olvera of the County Court and Judge Jonathan R. Scott of the Justice of the Peace Court were the first judges of these lower courts. Almost immediately the District Court system was burdened by the vast expanse of the district. District Judges were required to hold court proceedings where the cases were filed.
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To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.