percent of which involve parental addiction). Drug courts are already wildly popular in the criminal system, where their numbers have grown from one a decade ago to 400 today. The idea is just now gaining acceptance in family court; the first two Family Treatment Courts in New York State were launched last year.

Unlike conventional Family Court, FTC has a team of people who work with the same clients, in the same courtroom with the same judge, under a strict schedule of appearances that speeds the entire process. As the Adoption and Safe Families Act is implemented over the next year, such speed will be crucial.

"Clearly there are two clocks running here," says FTC project director Raye Barbieri. "There's the recovery clock, which is long-term and 15 months isdiversity of citizenship, appellants did not oppose the motion. The federal court granted the motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on March 16, 1989.
Shortly thereafter, on March 30, 1989, appellants filed a new complaint, identical to the complaint filed in federal court, in the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County. Attached to the complaint were certified copies of the federal court docket and the March 16, 1989, Order of the federal court dismissing the action for lack of jurisdiction. Approximately one month later, on April 24, 1989, appellants filed copies of the pleadings which had been filed in the federal court action. Later, in October of 1989, appellants filed certified copies of the federal pleadings in the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas. In