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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

Email: Megan.moghtaderi@offitkurman.com

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The coming wave of CARE Court litigation: Eligibility, due process and system capacity collide
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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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