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A task force has identified areas of the state's child-custody system that it says the Judicial Branch ought to evaluate, including whether to establish billing rates for legal guardians appointed to represent children in contentious court cases.
The Task Force to Study Legal Disputes Involving the Care and Custody of Minor Children issued a 43-page report Friday. The report comes after the volunteer 10-member group held 13 meetings and a 15-hour public hearing in four months.
There were many points of contention, including criticism over high legal costs. The task force studied, among other issues, the roles of lawyers and guardians appointed by courts to represent children.
"Given the issues that were within our charge, it was not unexpected that there would be disagreement and enthusiastic debate among the members of the Task Force," the report reads in part.
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