Proposed Family Court Judge Performance Report Cards

The Frame

What this does

If enacted, this would provide litigants and the public with standardized performance data for family court judges, potentially influencing how court outcomes and case management are evaluated across all s.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Family court judges

Individual judges will have their performance metrics compiled and published in a public, searchable database.

Litigants in family court

Litigants will have access to standardized performance data regarding the judges presiding over their cases.

What changed

Last recorded activity March 13, 2026.

What's next

Introduced.

Summary

This bill would require the state to publish annual performance report cards for every family court judge, detailing metrics like case resolution times and appeal rates. The goal is to increase transparency in the family law system by making this data publicly available in an online database.

Key Facts

You don't have to trust us. Each fact below is taken straight from the official document - click any one to see the exact passage, highlighted in the original.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will my personal information be on these report cards?

No. The bill explicitly prohibits the inclusion of personal identifying information about litigants or minor children.

What specific information will be tracked for each judge?

The report cards will track case management metrics including time to final judgment, mediation rates, use of court-appointed professionals, , ruling timeliness, and appeal reversal rates.

Why It Matters

If enacted, this would provide litigants and the public with standardized performance data for family court judges, potentially influencing how court outcomes and case management are evaluated across all s.

News Coverage

No news coverage found yet. Articles are indexed twice daily.

Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift90% confidence

Judicial Performance Transparency

The bill represents a move toward quantifying judicial performance through standardized metrics, shifting from qualitative oversight to data-driven public reporting.

Office of the State Courts Administrator Supreme Court