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effect something of a merger, perhaps, or a coordinated
effort between the Equity Courts which are handling divorce
cases and the Juvenile Courts, which are handling child-
ren, but the problem is an administrative one, I suggest.
It is a question of coordinating existing facilities and
providing new ones to deal with this with the aid of
expert professional advice, depending not so much on the
personality of the judge, but on the professional staff
which attacks these problems on a coordinated basis.
Now the legislature under this amendment is left
perfectly free to create new courts of action, but I sug-
gest they should not be allowed to create separate courts;
that that is a matter which should be left strictly to
the judiciary.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Johnson.
DELEGATE JOHNSON: I yield three minutes to
Delegate Kahl.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Kahl is recognized to
speak in favor of the amendment.
DELEGATE KAHL: I can certainly see the neces-
sity of reforming our state's judicial system by adopting