I want to digest this a bit more and hopefully hear from some of the players in this before reproducing the text of the complaint here, but I will follow up on it.
If nothing else it highlights what many of us have known from the beginning, that the budget for the Regional Counsel system is ridiculously inadequate, and the whole thing will either end up costing as much or more as using private contractors as in the past, or else collapse as a house of cards.
I am willing, given the fact that the people copied on the complaint suggests that the author does not oppose at least some discussion of it, to pass on this much (disturbing):
Once the change in management came into effect, the lack of understanding or respect for the dependency system and the rights of the children to permanency became clear. A practice which engaged unethical acts began. The rights of the indigent people we have been appointed to represent and protect were unprotected.
As always, any and all of the Regional Counsels and/or their spokespeople are welcome to contact this site. More information and viewpoints are good things. I've repeatedly emailed each of them in the past, with only one ever responding.
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I was informed recently by court staff that the RC for my District is telling Judges and court personnel that his office intends on representing both parents in Dependency cases. This tells me that he is trying to save his rear-end by trying to cut-out the registry attorneys entirely. Furthermore, back in November the RC was at the local FACDL meeting soliciting attorneys. He told the group that "He was the only game in town and that if you didn't sign on with him you will be left out in the cold. He also said that "Once his office gets up and running he was going to push the Legislature to reduce the flat fees for the registry appointments to prevent competition with his office." I would'nt be surprised if he was the one brought up on ethics charges.
Thank you for the updates, please keep us informed. Fascinating is that that the ROC is greatly understaffed in Miami-Dade. I'm really surprised that the employees are willing to take this punishment. The question is for how long will the indigent clients; the workers and Florida voters accept it? People need to be informed of the abuse.
The State may not just be looking to wipe out private attorneys from the courts, but the government may be seeking to wipe out the defense from unreasonable government intrusion. We all know that the government makes a lot of mistakes and sometimes steps out of bounds when it attempts to prosecute the laws.
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