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This page covers articles before 2005. Latest first. The list is less complete the further we go back in time. We are interested mainly in articles that remain relevant today.
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See next page for 2005 articles and key to symbols.
At present, the articles below are not included in the headline index.
♠ 11/3/04: Chilean celebration to aid foster child group (on Child Focus)
¶ 9/25/04: Suspended hearing master had previous problems. Sylvia Beller
¶ 9/16/04: Rape suspect's family sues (RJ/gp) The only connection to family court is this:
♦¶ 8/27/04: Official allegedly 'humiliated' teen suspect in court (Sun). Hearing Master Sylvia Beller.
♦ 8/18/04: Public Defender gets three more lawyers: Funding for juvenile division posts approved (RJ)
Each attorney will likely handle about 400 cases per year. The national standard is 200 cases per attorney.
♦ 7/9/04: PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE: Insufficient staffing may invite lawsuit: ACLU national office threatens county (RJ)
Over the last year, Clark County officials have vowed to cure the ills. In its most recent budget, the county funded seven new attorneys for the office, and also paid for the hiring of a variety of support staff.
"A year ago today in the juvenile division, we were looking at three attorneys, one legal secretary, two legal office specialists and one part-time paralegal," said Cortez Masto. "We now have 10 attorneys, two investigators, three social workers, one law clerk, two legal secretaries, two legal office assistants, one part-time paralegal, two part-time runners, as well as social worker externs and law school externs."
¶ 6/1/04:
Las Vegas Juvenile Judge Finds Test Case at Home." (New York Times)
♠ 3/21/04: Parent decries adoption secrecy: Others say opening records causes harm &diams: 3/5/04: Youth admits he set huge fire: Teen sentenced to juvenile correctional facility; won't be tried as adult
♠ 2/26/04:
Radio
Interviews on Foster Care (Nevada Public Radio). Includes interviews
with Them Reilly on aged-out foster children and Lynn Price of Camp-to-Belong. Also a panel discussion with Patty Maryfield (DFS),
Kristen Scheiber (MapleStar Foster Care Program),
Father Steven Mues (St. Judes Ranch).
♠ 1/12/04:
Radio
panel on adoption in Las Vegas (Nevada Public Radio)
♠ 2001-2005: Other
News Articles on Adoption Openness in Nevada
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8/12/03:
Office's troubles focus of panel:
County's agency for defense of poor recently criticized (RJ)
From 1993 to 2001, the number of new juvenile cases increased more than 379 percent while staffing stayed the same, the report said. At the end of 2001, each attorney for juvenile cases was handling 950 cases per year.
It states. "Juvenile representation is beyond the crisis point and requires immediate attention to avert constitutional challenges of ineffective assistance of counsel."...
The report compliments current Public Defender Marcus Cooper as having the "vision and compassion" to rejuvenate the office, and for recognizing that the "enormity" of the problems must be resolved in a pragmatic way....
Under [former Public Defender Morgan Harris], the lawyers had too much autonomy and weren't held accountable for how they handled cases, the report states. Defendants probably suffered as a result, it says, and some might have spent more time in jail than necessary.
Training was lacking under Harris, and attorneys complained of being "thrown into" practice without any direction. They had to figure out for themselves how to file motions and appeals and how to conduct themselves at trial, according to the report....
The public defender's office had two attorneys assigned to juvenile cases until Cooper assigned a third last year [2002]. From 1993 to 2001, the number of new juvenile cases increased more than 379 percent while staffing stayed the same, the report said. At the end of 2001, each juvenile attorney was handling 950 cases per year, which means each case received less than two hours of an attorney's time.
"The attorneys' work in this unit ... is not about representing children, it is about processing cases," the report states.
♥ 5/20/02: Domestic abuse of immigrants is on the rise (Sun)
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6/28/01:
Zero tolerance strikes again —
Clark County School District: Expel first, questions later
(Las Vegas Weekly). A student is arrested and expelled
for making "Columbine" remark. Hearing Master Sylvia Beller mentioned.
♣ 10/7/00: Columnist Sandra Thompson: Children have right to not be abused (Sun)
¶♠ 9/25/00:
Group tries to improve legal help:
Children's Attorney Project provides lawyers to abused, neglected minors in Clark County. Describes the CAP program.
♣♠11/29/97: Protective
disservices: SUN's look at child protective services system shows shortcomings
(7 articles)
♥ 3/21/97:
Judges limit Family Court
order's clout (Sun)
♥¶ 1/19/97:
A Week-Long Examination of Family Court (Sun). An extensive series
of articles, mainly on divorce and child support.
The report said attorneys in the public defender's office are saddled with workloads double the national standard, and juvenile cases are mounting at such a rate that lawyers devote an average of two hours to each case.
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4/11/03:
Public defender fee plan to be floated:
Proposal follows report on workload levels, poor training (RJ)
Criminal defendants who are poor might be charged for legal services to help cover costs at the financially crippled Clark County Public Defender's Office....
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4/2/03:
Report outlines gaps at public defender's office (RJ) Heavy workloads, inadequate training and lackluster accountability in the Clark County public defender's office have compromised the legal defense provided to the poor, according to a report released Tuesday.... Juvenile cases are mounting at such a rate that lawyers devote an average of two hours to each case....
¶♣♠♦ 7/2/02:
County launches new child welfare department.
Family Services will house adoption and foster care services, and Child Protective Services and Child Haven, the temporary shelter for abused, neglected and abandoned children.
The county's juvenile detention, probation and youth correctional centers as of Monday became part of newly named Department of Juvenile Justice Services, headed by Kirby Burgess.
The two new departments replace the county's Family and Youth Services Department.
♥ 5/23/02: John Wayne Bobbitt appears in Family Court (Sun):
Photo 1
| Photo 2
¶ 2001:
Annual Report for 8th Judicial District Court (PDF).
Lots of good background info here. (This is
apparently the latest copy online.)
♦ 3/22/00:
End teen chain gangs:
Let Silver State pick up its own trash.
♥ 2/1/99:
County speeds up protective process:
A woman's slaying spurs changes in how requests for orders in domestic violence cases are handled.
¶ 1/99:
Legislative Report on Family Courts,
prepared for the Nevada Legislature.
♥ 11/27/97: To many, protective orders 'just paper' (Sun) Photos: Commissioner
Patricia Doninger | Hearing.
♦ 6/7/97:
LV concrete artist to do his time at the YMCA. Case received national attention. There were several other articles in 1997.
Clark County Family Court officials have limited the powers of the temporary protective order, criticized for serving as a "poor man's divorce" that violated couples' constitutional rights.
The eight judges agreed last month to restrict the restraining order's authority over temporary alimony and child support, custody and visitation. The orders, once good for a year, now expire after 60 days.
♥ 3/9/97:
Divorce Las Vegas Style: No More Quickies
(RJ)
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