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Family Law

University of Richmond

Law Faculty Publications

2013

Child welfare

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Parents With Mental Disabilities: The Legal Landscape, Dale Margolin Cecka Jan 2013

Parents With Mental Disabilities: The Legal Landscape, Dale Margolin Cecka

Law Faculty Publications

The ADA, coupled with federal and state child welfare laws, provides broad brush strokes for advocates of parents with mental disabilities and their children. To effectuate parents’ rights, child welfare professionals must work with the parents themselves, as well as with other state departments, to form service plans that are tailored for the success of each individual family.