Judges and Judiciary,
Government
Mar. 27, 2026
The coming wave of CARE Court litigation: Eligibility, due process and system capacity collide
CARE Court has gone from experiment to scoreboard, with counties now judged on filings, outcomes and their ability to turn court orders into real-world treatment.
Megan A. Moghtaderi
Principal and Practice Group Leader for the Trust and Estates Department West
Offit Kurman, Attorneys at Law
Certified Specialist by the State Bar in Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate
California's Community Assistance, Recovery and
Empowerment (CARE) Court is entering a moment of reckoning. More than two years
after its launch--and now fully implemented statewide--the program is no longer
being evaluated on theory or aspiration. It is being judged on numbers.
That shi...
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