Butte County (Oroville)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Butte County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2015; sole practitioner, Chico, 2002-15; associate, Law Office of Robert A. Glusman, Chico, 1995-02.
Law School: Cal Northern School of Law, 1994
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Butte County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2015; sole practitioner, Chico, 2002-15; associate, Law Office of Robert A. Glusman, Chico, 1995-02.
Law School: Cal Northern School of Law, 1994
OROVILLE — In 2006, Kimberly Merrifield was in a unique position: fighting to uphold a guardianship in an appellate court after a major change in the language determining a permanent home for wayward children.
The phrase “no longer necessary” was the bar needing to be met to end a guardianship and restore parentage. But in the early 2000s, the wording changed to a descriptor now ubiquitous in cases involving minors: “bes... (continued)
