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Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court is a
Los Angeles County Superior Court The Superior Court of Los Angeles County is the California Superior Courts of California, Superior Court located in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County. It is the largest single unified trial court in the United States. The Sup ...
in Monterey Park, California, United States. This court handles all of the juvenile dependency cases in
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. The court is named after former member of the
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (LACBOS) is the five-member Board of Supervisors, governing body of Los Angeles County, California, United States. History On April 1, 1850 the citizens of Los Angeles elected a three-man Court of Se ...
Edmund D. Edelman Edmund D. Edelman (September 27, 1930 – September 12, 2016) was an American attorney and politician. He served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1965 to 1974 and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1975 to 1994. Ear ...
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Social workers Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social work ...
from the Department of Children and Family Services (Los Angeles County) investigate child welfare concerns in the county. The building houses attorneys from
Los Angeles County Counsel The Office of the Los Angeles County Counsel is a public law office that serves as legal counsel to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and other County agencies. History The Office of the Los Angeles County Counsel was established in 191 ...
, Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, and Children's Law Center. In 2012, the media gained unprecedented access to the court. At that time, about 25,000 cases annually went before the combined 21 judges, commissioners and referees who oversee the cases.


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