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Mar. 18, 2010

Carolyn Kirkwood

Juvenile Court Judge Carolyn Kirkwood navigated the judicial system herself to see how parents feel.

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By Pat Alston

Daily Journal Staff Writer

ORANGE - Going to court can be scary, especially when you don't have a choice. For parents summoned to juvenile dependency court with problems that threaten to tear their families apart, it can be a particularly fearful and upsetting experience.

Carolyn Kirkwood, presiding judge of the Orange County Juvenile Court, decided to find out how they feel.

One morning, Kirkwood and Anaruth Gonzalez, a juvenil... (continued)

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