Trial Court Allocations: Children’s Waiting Room Distribution

The Judicial Council of California established a fund for children's waiting rooms, with distribution amounts ranging from $2 to $5 per filing fee. As of January 1, 2006, counties were required to transfer any existing Children's Waiting Room Fund to the court's operations fund. Courts can apply to the Judicial Council for an adjustment or new distribution from the fund. The data provided shows the total distributions made by county for the years FY 2010-11 to FY 2012-13, with amounts ranging from $27,018 in El Dorado County to $1,169,325 in Los Angeles County.