New Philadelphia Family Court Opens

Four years and $200 million later, Philadelphia's new family court building at 15th and Arch Street has opened its doors as of November 17, 2018. Supreme Court Justice, Ron Castille, was among the officials that were cutting the ribbon of the new Family Court of Philadelphia. Previously, court services were run out of two buildings, one small facility at 1801 Vine Street, and a rundown facility at 34 South 11th Street. The new administrative Judge of Family Court is the Honorable Kevin Dougherty. He says "it's the first time that services will be able to be combined. This building offers the reunification of all public services so that those services readily available to my juvenile justice and child welfare services will now be readily available to those children from family matters being custody support, divorce and the likes of that matter."