Plot
Amy Gray (Brenneman), a young New York attorney, after separating from her husband, returns with her young daughter to her childhood home in Hartford, Connecticut. She becomes a judge on that city's family court at age 34 and eventually gets a divorce. Her mother, Maxine Gray (Daly), with whom Amy lives, is a caseworker for the Department of Children and Families. In the series finale, Amy quits the judiciary to run for the U.S. Senate.
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