Effective next month, the San Diego Superior Court will no longer provide official court reporters in family law matters for domestic violence restraining order hearings or "request for order'' hearings of 40 minutes or less, court officials announced Thursday.As of September 5, 2017, court reporting services for family law cases will not be available.The decision to cut court reporters is troubling to a North County woman who we’ll call Holly. Holly has been involved in a protracted legal fight over child custody, and she said she has had to spend almost $3,000 in the last two months to ensure that there is always a court reporter present at her hearings.Holly said an official record is extremely important, especially when....MORE
