For three months, a team of two reporters and an editor investigated the court procedures, judges' behavior and rulings, and ever-increasing complaints about the court. They interviewed scores of litigants and reviewed dozens of cases. Families are frustrated with needless delays and unenforced court orders that create unnecessary stress and staggering financial debt.
Judges vary in efficiency.
It took one judge two years to decide a custody case. Another judge puts time limits on court arguments. Some families wonder if judges even read the case records. The series concludes Jan. 26 in the SUN section of the Sunday paper. An overview of Family Court.