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Graham County ratifies limited-representation contract for dependency alternative cases
Summary
The Graham County Board of Supervisors ratified a fiscal-year contract to pay a flat fee for limited legal representation in certain dependency cases as part of the county's dependency alternative program (DAP). The board approved the renewal after Superior Court described cost and time savings from the earlier year.
Graham County supervisors on July 7 ratified a fiscal-year contract to provide limited representation under the county's dependency alternative program (DAP), approving a flat-fee arrangement intended to resolve some child-dependency cases more quickly and at lower cost.
Mindy, a Superior Court representative, told the board the renewal covers July 1 through June 30 and that the county used the program in the prior fiscal year. "This is a renewal," Mindy said. She described the arrangement as an alternative to…
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