Navigation Sen. Clay Yarborough A bipartisan proposal supported by the Family Law Section to require safe-exchange locations for the parents of minor children cleared the Legislature February 21. The Senate took up and passed Judiciary Committee HB 385 37-1. The House passed the measure 115-0 on January 18.
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Jacksonville Area Legal Aid works to save the home of local golf and civil rights legend Arthur Leroy Johnson
Arthur Johnson beside his house. As a child in Jacksonville in the 1950s, Arthur Leroy Johnson would go get ice cream with his father and brothers at the Foremost Dairy in Riverside, the Jacksonville neighborhood where he has lived for nearly 40 years and where he is struggling to hold onto his two-bedroom home with […]
Measure expanding exceptions to grand jury secrecy clears the Legislature
Sen. Tina Polsky The Legislature has agreed to expand exceptions to grand jury secrecy after victims accused a former prosecutor of mishandling a 2006 case against Jeffrey Epstein. The Senate took up and passed HB 117 February 21 by a vote of 37-0. The House approved the measure 119-0 on February 15.
Bill to help stabilize clerk funding moves in the Senate
Sen. Travis Hutson A bill Sen. Travis Hudson says takes another step in helping the clerks of court meet their operational needs cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice February 20. “SB 1470 continues our efforts to help our clerks of courts to provide critical service for our communities and the court […]
Westheimer visits with the Seminole County Bar Association
18th Circuit Board of Governors member Jim Vickaryous, from the left, Judge Tesha Ballou, President Scott Westheimer, and Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award recipient Eric Boughman. Florida Bar President Scott Westheimer talked to the Seminole County Bar Association September 16 about the Bar disciplinary procedures, gave tips on avoiding disciplinary complaints, and on […]