Report 2009-109 Recommendation 24 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 #24 To: Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento

To make sure that the minor’s counsel it appoints meet the additional standards required by the superior court’s local rules, the Sacramento family court should create a record retention policy to retain the minor’s counsel applications for as long as they remain on its panel list.

1-Year Agency Response

The Sacramento Family Court established a policy to maintain the minor’s counsel application for as long as the minor’s counsel remains on the court’s panel list. (See 2013-406, p. 157)

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.