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THE LEGAL BRIEF
VOLUME 42, ISSUE 5
(Continued from page 2) View from the Bench by Judge Thomas and Judge Amamilo
visitors, stakeholders, and service providers. We are grateful for the opportunity to support community - based intervention as part of the solution. Providing a structure that respects court - related trauma but also tools to address the behaviors leading to court involvement successfully. Rehabilitation is safer for individuals and restores confidence in those who may have been harmed. We are grateful for redemption . Redemption is an act of atoning for guilt, a fault, a mistake, or the state of having atoned. The Family and Juvenile Court is one of the most important pillars of our community. This is where it all begins. We are born, we grow, we grow old, and we pass on. Every issue related to a healthy and stable life passes through these halls ’ multiple times a day, thousands of times per year. A little grace goes a long way toward helping everyone make good choices that impact a lifetime. We are grateful for adoptions . National Adoption Day is celebrated on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in the US. World Adoption Day is celebrated on November 9th. We celebrate the creation of forever families for children who have been in foster care. This year Thurston County will celebrate Adoption Day at Family and Juvenile Court Courtroom #2 at 4:00 pm. We welcome you to join us by zoom or in person to share in the joy and hope of the day.
We are a community, and it is important to look at the cases we have closed thus far in 2024. The numbers tell part of the story and so we share the link to the caseload reports and the totals with you for context.
https://www.courts.wa.gov/caseload/?fa=caseload.showReport&level=s&freq=a&tab=&fileID=filyr
Probate/ Guardianship (5)
Adoption/ Parentage (3)
Mental Illness/ Alcohol
Juvenile Dependency (4)
Juvenile Offender (1)
Domestic
1,408
1,217
159
1,056
786
365
The bigger picture is the people behind the numbers. Fred Rogers an enormously influential figure in the history of children ’ s television famously explained that when he was a child and saw something scary in the news, his mother told him to “ Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. ” In a place and time where there are many challenges in our lives and in our offices, it is a privilege to work in this community where there are so many helpers. We thank you for your diligence in the work that you do for this community and the generous gift of your time. We thank you for your service and support of the work that we do.
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