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Statewide ChINS judge emphasizes timely hearings and backlog reduction to protect child permanency
Summary
Judge Howard Kalsas, the judiciary’s statewide Children In Need of Care or Supervision (ChINS) judge, told the retention panel his role tracks every pending ChINS case statewide, prioritizes statutorily required hearings and coordinates to reduce placements out of the home and speed permanency
Judge Howard Kalsas told the Judicial Retention Committee he serves as the judiciary’s first statewide ChINS judge and that the position was created to reduce backlog and secure timely hearings in juvenile matters.
Kalsas explained that ChINS (children in need of care or supervision) cases include abuse, neglect, abandonment, truancy or unmanageability and that federal, state and court timeframes shape the docket. He described a spreadsheet he keeps of every pending ChINS case statewide, tracking…
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