Lambayeque Court Worked Overtime to Speed Up Family Cases

The Multidisciplinary Team of the Family Module of the Lambayeque Superior Court carried out an extraordinary working shift on Saturday in order to demonstrate their commitment to the public and to provide faster responses to citizens using the justice system. This special working day was organized to ensure that family judicial processes continue without disruption by quickly addressing accumulated and pending cases. Court personnel aim to alleviate the system's burden by making sacrifices outside of working hours. This initiative, launched to deliver justice in a more effective and human-focused manner, has been received with great satisfaction by the residents of the region. Within the scope of the work, it was stated that priority was given to eliminating the grievances of families who are negatively affected, especially by the prolongation of the process.

During this comprehensive and special working program, professionals specialized in the fields of Social Services, Psychology, and Medicine put in intense effort. The expert teams prepared technical reports by conducting various assessments, detailed interviews, field visits, and in-depth analyses. Due to the oral trial model (oralidad) becoming a priority, it is aimed to rapidly advance the waiting and accumulated files in research and intervention processes thanks to this. This interdisciplinary collaboration is of great importance in solving complex legal matters where the rights of children and vulnerable individuals need to be protected. These comprehensive reports prepared by experts help judges and prosecutors fully understand the background of the files.

This extraordinary effort clearly demonstrates that all professionals who are part of the multidisciplinary team have exhibited an exemplary dedication and professional solidarity. By working an extra day outside of normal weekly working hours, the teams prioritized the cases with the oldest dates and Sensitive files awaiting urgent solutions. Thanks to this overtime practice, the timely and uninterrupted execution of judicial processes is encouraged, while public confidence in the justice system has also been significantly increased. Thanks to rapid and effective interventions, the problem of file accumulation in the judiciary is being permanently reduced. This outstanding performance exhibited sacrificially by the personnel contributes to the courthouse becoming a more functional and citizen-oriented institution.

The technical reports prepared during these special investigations constitute one of the most fundamental elements for judicial authorities to make highly sensitive decisions. The said reports are guiding in extremely critical matters, especially regarding who will have custody of the children, interview arrangements between parents, alimony amounts set for children or spouses, and intervention in domestic violence cases. In addition to these, these expert reports also become determinant in the stage of operating legal support and guarantee mechanisms for individuals with restricted rights. Considering that every step to be taken in such cases directly affects human lives and psychology, the rapid and complete processing of the process is a great necessity. In order for judges to be fair and objective in their decisions, they absolutely need such comprehensive field research and medical evaluations.

Along with this successful and intense extraordinary shift organized, the Lambayeque Superior Court has once again proven its determination to make the justice system more humane and efficient in all aspects. The court management has explicitly emphasized how valuable it is that the technical teams reduce the pending file load by tirelessly putting forth their knowledge, skills, effort, and time. Thanks to the joint efforts of the dedicated teams, many families seeking justice have finally quickly attained the holistic, expert, and uninterrupted service they needed. This model implementation in the Lambayeque region also constitutes an inspiring and followable example for courts in other regions of the judiciary. Ultimately, an increase in such innovative and populist steps will pave the way for the establishment of a fairer, more transparent, and accessible judicial system throughout the country.