For the pasts 3 years, Bay area courts have suffered from deep state budget cuts.
Recent state cuts have diminished the court’s ability to serve the public.
Indeed, California’s courts have lost about 65% of their general fund support from the state in the past 5 years!
Some areas such as divorce, child custody and resolving civil feuds between businesses are highly affected and you may be confronted with longer lines, delays in moving the case forward and increased fees.
As an example of the impact of the cuts, most of the courts have eliminated their evening operations meaning that you may have to consider taking a day off in order to achieve your court business. In addition to that, courts offer shorter amounts of time dedicated to filing and obtaining court records.
If you are about to file a case or have to solve any other issue involving a Court in California, we recommend that you carefully consider the costs and time involved and that you not to wait too long as delays might go up to several months or longer depending on the case.