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Residents urge Franklin County commissioners to review family-court practices after public comments
Summary
At an April 1 meeting, several residents told Franklin County commissioners they believe family-court orders have placed children with dangerous caregivers and urged the board to forward patterns of judicial bias and due-process concerns to the Independent Commission on Judicial Conduct; commissioners said counsel will review what actions are available.
Several residents used the Franklin County Board of Commissioners’ April 1 public-comment period to raise allegations about family-court decisions and urge the board to act.
"This isn't being followed," said Marcy Torres, who opened a series of public comments by reading an oath and urging the commissioners to forward "documented patterns of judicial bias, ethical breaches, [and] due-process violations" to the Independent Commission on Judicial Conduct (she cited "RCW 264"). Torres told the board she has cases in which, she said, a judge…
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