In 2025, approximately 10% of the children and youth who exited foster care attained permanency through guardianship.

(Subscription required) A published ruling holds that sheriff's officials cannot independently settle disciplinary appeals before the county Civil Service Commission without proper authorization, even when the agreements would reduce discipline and return deputies to work.

(Subscription required) Justices appeared divided over whether employees can pursue representative claims under the Private Attorneys General Act while disclaiming individual claims that could be sent to arbitration.

The Sixth District Court of Appeal has held that a drug dealer is not liable for murder as a matter of law relating to the death of his roommates’ 19-month-old child following her ingestion of fentanyl, which he regularly supplied to the decedents’ parents.