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Parents and an investigative reporter urge probe of Orange County family-court professionals
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the Dec. 17 Orange County Board meeting alleged biased or fraudulent court-appointed therapists and attorneys and asked the board to request a Department of Justice–style investigation into family-court practices.
Speakers at the Dec. 17 public-comment period urged the county to investigate an alleged pattern of biased or unqualified court-appointed professionals in Orange County Family Court. One commenter (identified in the agenda list as James P.) said a court-appointed therapist, named in the transcript as Jessica St. Clair, had "fraudulent credentials and extreme bias" and claimed such recommendations sometimes overrode forensic…
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