Search results
Results from the Tech24 Deals Content Network
The McMartin preschool trial was a day care sexual abuse case in the 1980s, prosecuted by the Los Angeles District Attorney, Ira Reiner. [ 1] Members of the McMartin family, who operated a preschool in Manhattan Beach, California, were charged with hundreds of acts of sexual abuse of children in their care. Accusations were made in 1983, with ...
In the United States, a state court has jurisdiction over disputes with some connection to a U.S. state. State courts handle the vast majority of civil and criminal cases in the United States; the United States federal courts are far smaller in terms of both personnel and caseload, and handle different types of cases. [ 1][ 2] States often ...
t. e. The Judiciary of California or the Judicial Branch of California is defined under the California Constitution as holding the judicial power of the state of California which is vested in the Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal and the Superior Courts. [1] The judiciary has a hierarchical structure with the California Supreme Court at the ...
When a child fails to conduct themselves according to rules which ensure their basic safety and the safety of those around them, a parent has recourse to petition a court to declare the child a "person in need of supervision", which essentially transfers guardianship to the state, who in turn subjects the child to supervision in the form of a ...
Kevin Assemi, a member of one of the region’s most prosperous business families, is asking a Fresno County judge to block the potential sale of the family’s farming properties, valued at an ...
As of 2007, the superior courts of California consisted of over 1,500 judges, and make up the largest part of California's judicial system, which is in turn one of the largest court systems in the United States . Superior court judges are elected by each county's voters to six-year terms. California attorneys are allowed to run against sitting ...
Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, “median income for families” ranged from about $68,000 to $142,000. “Median income for married couple families” ranged from about $85,000 ...
t. e. Proposition 13 (officially named the People's Initiative to Limit Property Taxation) is an amendment of the Constitution of California enacted during 1978, by means of the initiative process, to cap property taxes and limit property reassessments to when the property changes ownership, as well as require a 2/3 majority for tax increases ...