Report 2009-109 Recommendation 22 Responses

Report 2009-109: Sacramento and Marin Superior Courts: Both Courts Need to Ensure That Family Court Appointees Have Necessary Qualifications, Improve Administrative Policies and Procedures, and Comply With Laws and Rules (Release Date: January 2011)

Recommendation #22 To: Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento

The Sacramento family court should ensure that minor’s counsel submit, within 10 days of their appointment, the required declarations about their qualifications, education, training, and experience. Specifically, the family court should continue to ensure the appointment orders direct the minor’s counsel to complete and promptly file the declaration.

1-Year Agency Response

The Sacramento Family Court included in its Order Appointing Counsel for a Child the specific requirement to file a declaration of qualifications within 10 days of appointment or before beginning work on a case. (See 2013-406, p. 156)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2009-109

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.