Post by Logan on Feb 1, 2016 20:51:30 GMT -6
Methamphetamine's grip on Montana not only harms parents who use the drug and their children, it's also taking a toll on the state’s public defender office.
That’s what the state’s Supreme Court administrator told the Task Force of State Public Defender Operations, which met Monday in Helena.
The 2015 legislative bill that created the task force cited increased caseload, more abuse and neglect cases and 21,000 open cases by the end of fiscal year 2014.
In District Courts across Montana, the number of abuse and neglect cases has doubled from 2009 to 2015, said Beth McLaughlin, administrator for Montana Supreme Court.
Read more: helenair.com/news/politics/state/updated-meth-cases-are-taxing-state-s-public-defender-office/article_e97ff59f-9ef0-5994-9e9b-60bcec14edd7.html
That’s what the state’s Supreme Court administrator told the Task Force of State Public Defender Operations, which met Monday in Helena.
The 2015 legislative bill that created the task force cited increased caseload, more abuse and neglect cases and 21,000 open cases by the end of fiscal year 2014.
In District Courts across Montana, the number of abuse and neglect cases has doubled from 2009 to 2015, said Beth McLaughlin, administrator for Montana Supreme Court.
Read more: helenair.com/news/politics/state/updated-meth-cases-are-taxing-state-s-public-defender-office/article_e97ff59f-9ef0-5994-9e9b-60bcec14edd7.html