It's imperative for family courts to communicate: 'We've failed because our approach...

For some Florida families, a unified court can mean the difference between life and death.

According to the latest annual report of the Florida Child Abuse Death Review, of the 161 child deaths reviewed over the past five years, 92 children, or 57 percent, had five or more risk factors present at the time of the child's death. If you ask Barry Krischer, state attorney for the 15th Circuit, some of these deaths may have been prevented through the utilization of a unified family court.

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