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In 1551, as a superier ceurt judge, current 3rd [listrict Justice‘dance Raye partnered with cbntrbyersial family ceurtdutlge Peter J. Mclirien and atterneys frem the SacramentsEbt|n1."y Ear iitssbciatibn Family Law Eectibn in estaiblishingthe current, dysfunctienal Sacramentb lFamily Eburt system,accbrding te the swbrn testimbny bf llyllcrien at hie EEIEJ5judicial miscenduct trial befere the Ebmimissibn bn Judi-cialPerfbrmance-

Elehind clesed deers and under bath, the judge prbyideder-rplicit details abeut the ‘l55‘l erigins efthe present-dayfamily ceurt structure- The public cburt system was built ’[.CI thespecificatiens bf pbyate-sectbr atterneys frbm the SEEAFamily Law 5ectibn Family Law E:-tecutiye lI'.Ibmmit‘tsele,acccrding te McElrien's testimeny. Tc wew l'llcEtrien's detaileddescriptien efthe cellusiye public-priyate cbllaberaticn, pastedenline e:=-tclusiyely by SFEH, click here. Te wewthe same,current day cellusien, clicli here- The ‘l55‘l restructuring planbegan with a read trip suggested by the family law bar:

"[l]'he family law bar; and it was a fairly strbng barhere in Sacramentb, initiated the cbncept bf a trip tbUrange Ebunty and San [liegb Ebunty tb piclr up _ _ _ _sbme ideas abbut hbw their cburts were structured. inT;;gr:aa|::1,j'Ja‘l:'E1l;::_EE5And myself and Judge Hidgeway and twb family lawattbrneys made that trip and caime baclr with iraribus ideas bf hbw tb restructure the system,"lttlcEIrien teld the E-.|F'. Click here te yiew.

Elut befcre his swcrn EEIEI5 EJP testimcny, lylcEIrien gaye the public a different accbunt cfthe read trip and whcrestructured the family cburt system in ‘l55‘l- its repbrtetl by the Daily Jbtrrnal legal newspaperl'u'lcEIrien dishenestly implied that the system was cenceiyed and implemented byjudges alene after they made aceunty-paid "statewide teur" effamily law ceurts- Thejudge emitted frem the stery the fact that the trip was initiateby the family law bar, and included twe priyate-secter family law atterneys whe teel-=: the cbunty-paid trip withf'u'ltIElfll5f| and the late Judge William Ridgeway-

"ll'b'l_IcBrien and a few bther Sacramentb judges went bn a statewide tbur bf family law cburts.At the time, there were cbntinual pbstpbnements bf trials. ‘This is hbw we came up with thesystem tbday,‘ l|llcE!trien said. ‘ft was the best trip Sacramentb Ebunty ever paid fbr.' The _iudgeschanged the lbcal system sb that family law judges presided birer bbth law’ and mbtibn mattersand trials..." the [laily Jburnal repbrted. Elicli here te wew.

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