WLC Students Translate for Essex County Probate and Family Court

Following last year's translation project for the Essex County District Attorney's Office, this year's World Languages and Cultures (WLC) Certificate in Translation students have translated numerous documents from English to Spanish for the Probate and Family Court.

The Probate and Family Court is one of the divisions within the Massachusetts Trial Court that handles cases including divorce, paternity, guardianship, estates, adoptions, and many more. The Essex County division serves 34 towns and cities throughout the Commonwealth and serves an average of 300,000 to 400,000 court users every year, taking in over 16,000 cases annually. In addition to the newly-filed cases, there are thousands of on-going cases.