PROVIDENCE – Family Court Chief Judge Michael B. Forte wants magistrates to perform the same duties as judges and preside over and decide contested divorce cases, some of the most emotionally draining ...

One of Colorado's federal judges rung in the new year with a new effort to spread out the U.S. District Court's civil ...

Just seven support staff work with the judges at Fulton County Magistrate Court, which receives about 80,000 cases a year as the busiest court of its kind in Georgia. That’s not sustainable, says ...

Magistrates, who set bonds for criminal defendants on all but a small subset of cases and conduct probable cause hearings for defendants facing serious criminal charges, are frequently criticized for ...