Senate Approves Bill for District of Columbia Family Court

January 7, 2002 Senate Approves Bill for District of Columbia Family Court  In December 2001, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives approved a measure to establish, for the first time, a family court in the District of Columbia to supervise thousands of children's abuse and neglect cases. The bill would create a family court to be staffed by 15 judges. New judges would serve a minimum of five years before moving to other assignments in Superior Court, and current judges assigned to that division would serve three years. It also directs that 3,600 current cases be . . .