"What is the Kelsey Smith-Briggs Child Protection Reform Act?" was first aired on Sunday June 25th 2006. Our Guest was The Honorable Roger Stuart, Special Judge, Juvenile Division. Our topics included:- Discuss his job and what he does everyday
- Resources he has available to you to do his job
- Average case load the last couple of years - how he keeps track of these cases
- Describe the Kelsey Smith-Briggs Child Protection Reform Act
- Significant changes in this Act as it applies to children who are subject to Juvenile Court jurisdiction
- How his duties changed under the Act - how he will get them done
- How duties of the lawyers representing the child or other parties changed
- Any conflict of interest in the standards proposed by the Act
- How the responsibilities of the Department of Human Services Changed
- Does he believe this will be a positive step toward preventing future child murders or simply an example of hard cases make bad law
 Judge Stuart, Kent Meyers
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