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Residents urge Cook County board to investigate alleged family-court failures
Summary
Several Cook County residents told the County Board they were denied hearings, blocked from submitting evidence and subjected to unfair financial orders in family-court cases, and urged the board to create a task force and push for greater oversight and access to court records.
Lisa, a protective mother from Cook County, told the board that judges in family court had repeatedly denied hearings, refused evidence and ordered her to pay nearly $200,000 in attorney fees, which she said "was the removal of due process." She said a judge conducted an emergency hearing off the record and denied requests for court reporters and evidentiary hearings that affected custody decisions.
Other speakers echoed Lisa's…
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